Footwork for Fancy Shawl and Jingle Dress Dancers

Fancy Shawl and Jingle Dress dance moves. All my favourite dance moves I use when I powwow dance. This was requested by many of you. Jingle Dress steps and close up of the feet. Due to this week's heat wave I filmed inside. Next week I am going to post a video on Crow Hop, Double Beat and Side Step!
Please comment and let me know if you tried the dances. And feel free to give me some ideas for the future!

[@katy3237]

Im a white foster mom and the county has only ever referred ICWA cases to me - which should be illegal, but there are no more Indigenous foster homes available bc CPS stays targeting Native people more than anyone else. These videos have helped several of the kids in my care stay connected and practice, because I can't teach them and they deserve to learn. Thank you ❤

[@0r1g1nal._w3ird0]

Because they want us to lose our culture and language they target us for land. Land! We were forced to live in homes, I can barely speak my language because my cultural language teacher is bad at teaching.

[@F4nd0mH0pp3r]

​@@0r1g1nal._w3ird0thats sad😔 we should not be targeted for our land ever. Yet this is what society has come to I guess.

[@jtmediaholdings7877]

It's because you pass.

[@deblscott2277]

I love that you want to teach them culture while in your care. Thank you for your beautiful service to the children. They could be somewhere where the caregiver doesn’t care about them in that way. 🙏🏽💙✨

[@AetherMagicChatroom]

My great grandma was put into white Christian foster care, made to marry a man at 15, made to raise her children and grandchildren in assimilated protection: live white and you will be safer. But not me. Not this great grandchild. I am proud cherokee. I am PROUD! thank you for helping me heal my family by teaching me dance so I may dance where my ancestors were told to sit still and prayx

[@kielagustafson4762]

I danced when I was younger but was adopted out of my tribe. I never danced again after that. I never got to go to pow wows or learn my culture. 22 now and slowly learning again. Thank you for these videos!!

[@Genmawinyan96]

I’m oglala lakota and I’ve been dancing since the beginning of the year and your intro is such a good reminder for why I continue dancing. I’m always worried about what I look like, if i’m doing it right, or if i’m even good enough to be fancy dancing. I need to get out of that mindset and just dance from the heart. Just keep dancing and practice practice practice 💃

[@HowToPowwowDance]

I always tell people who come to my in person classes not to care what people think. Even me I still get nervous. I wear strong glasses and everytime I dance I take them off and I can't see anyone lol.

[@TheCarriecarrie41]

Your dancing is medicine.

[@pocosblackhorn9141]

I know how you feel. I feel like that to. I have faith one day I will get it right & I know you will to

[@mildredmartinez8843]

OMG I didnt know that native dancing had so many different steps. Ive gone to pow wows and the dancers make it seem so easy. I am fascinated by Native American culture. I understand fully your, and your people's pain. And i admire and respect your brave and resilient spirit. Keep strong. Keep brave.

[@zblayne]

I’m Lakota Sioux and started learning to bead 8 years ago and my grandpa always wanted me to dance in powwows. He died when I was learning how to make moccasins and it’s been a struggle learning how to dance and make things for dancing on my own and relearn the my own culture. I’m glad I found your video.

[@KristenSharks]

Love this!! I’m slowly learning/living our beautiful culture. I’ve started to teach myself to braid my hair. Learning as I go 😊

[@thebogcreature6268]

These videos always make me happy, cuz I never learned anything about my culture (Sichagu Teton). So I really need this :)

[@orionargent]

i'm so glad someone shared this in an fb group i'm in. I'm anishinaabe (hey fellow ojibway lol) but I have no like. immediate connections to my people or our culture because i'm displaced. bascially the moment I began reconnecting with my culture and my people I wanted to dance at powwows, but I have no mentors, no regalia, and of course no powwows to attend because of covid. at least now I have this so I can learn the moves! chii miigwetch for uploading these, i'm so grateful

[@savannahblackhawk-mccormic2140]

Can I ask What do you mean, where do you come from, what side are you native and in native culture we ain't like that we are protective over our culture and people because alot people claim, make money off is us, and we to this day , I'm curious, why your saying that and like to know ( I've been seeing and meeting people claiming there native but aren't , im also getting to know people that are native and you need to ask creator or whoever higher power is and ask for help and pray and do what feels right. Take care

[@sanl.6813]

That is amazing. Recpmmection can be hard, but u got this. This is a positive reminder that people are hear for you and hope that u are able to learn and reconnect.

[@sanl.6813]

@@savannahblackhawk-mccormic2140 She did not say she wants money, only that she wants to learn her culture. There are many people out there who didnt have the privledge of growing up with their culture. It is important that we remember to be welcoming and inclusive. Please remember to pray to Creator, yourself and remember to have compassion for those who haven't always had access to their culture.

[@angelharper2176]

@@savannahblackhawk-mccormic2140 You forget, that our ancestors were displaced. Forced to leave their tribe and culture. My great grandfather and grandmother could only tell their children that we are Cherokee and Apache. We have very little evidence though. Mostly only by word. Many of us who come from these families don't reach out to our culture because we are worried that we would be doing something wrong. Like we aren't enough. Yes, there will always be people who lie, but for the people who just want to learn- why is that wrong?

[@alexandrahenderson4368]

@@savannahblackhawk-mccormic2140 I mean lots of people moved from tribal territories before rolls were finalized. Like my great grandma is ojibwe (1/4) which makes me not ojibwe (my quantum isn't enough) but we don't know a lot of our family because my great great great grandma married a white guy before the rolls and moved. If she hadn't done that we'd know more of our family tht stayed behind. Also some religious groups didn't allow mixed families so like many native Mormons tried to say they were white if they could. I'm nearly 1/4 native but only my paternal grandma practiced her culture. It's kinda common. I also learned about it when I visited my cousins tribe (technically not mine since I'm not enrolled). They said during the trail of tears they left lots of brothers, sisters and cousins behind. My great grandma being one of the ones who was born to a couple that was "left behind". They know her aunt's and uncles and cousins but since she's not enrolled we can't either.

[@shay2467]

I’m learning jingle dancing right now and I hope soon when COVID is over I can dance in a Pow-Wow rather than just watching the dancers dance. Im African-American and Indigenous. I’m reconnecting with my roots more and more everyday, and learning my language too. Chi Miigwetch for this video!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@stefonjabison]

how has it been?? im 17 and I want to start dancing at least in innertribals within the year!!!

[@mistybrown4406]

Ever since I was like 7years old but no family relatives would teach me. So made me feel like they wanted only 2 other girls as dancers cause relatives would support them so much. I love watching powwows, so beautiful. I’m 33, regret that I didn’t allow myself to dance as my choice instead letting family chose. Told my daughters I’ll support and find people who will teach them if they want to dance.

[@Princess-re6ow]

I'm from the Crow Nation and I started practicing fancy dancing when I was 10. I haven't done it for a few years now, but me and my kaala are gonna make me a regalia so I wanna get back into powwow dancing again

[@HowToPowwowDance]

Awe that's amazing! Let me know if you have any questions about Regalia Making 😁

[@ObsidianRST]

I love this video. I saved it so my babies can watch it over and over. I’m entering the Wacipi (Pow Wow) Circle for the first time. I’m mid 30’s and have no idea where to start. Your tutorials are helping my babies get the footwork down. One is going fancy shawl and other is jingle dress. Thank you for creating this video. Wopila!

[@LaikaLovelace]

I'm so glad that I found this channel and this video. I'm Kanien’kèha (Mohawk), and because of family rifts, I’ve been very distanced from my roots and culture. The opener for this video touched my heart so deeply, and I’m so immensely grateful to you for this video, as well as others on this topic. Nia:wen

[@rinnfld]

Beautiful dancing, love your leggings and Mocs. I shared your video with some young ladies wanting to learn to dance. Dancing is the one place I feel safe and I pray so hard for those who can’t. Wela’lin for sharing.

[@RJVRXPLR]

I’m Indian and I just think that the indigenous culture is just absolutely beautiful❤️ and I hate how the little kids were just ripped out of there homes and it really makes me sad because no one deserves that. God Bless you

[@dublinledger]

I'm non native but I've always been fascinated by native american culture and now with the help of my boyfriend (a lakota and fancy dancer) I'm learning to fancy shawl dance. Thank you so much for this video.

[@ashleyrushin3120]

Hello I am Maya I'm 8 years old I've been dancing since I was five and you help me so much to pow wow dance and you help me so much

[@chherryf1av0r]

I wish I started as early as you ❤❤ I'm twelve _(going on thirteen)_ and I've started to become really passionate about learning fancy shawl, and in general most dancing styles. She's been helping me a ton too, I wish you good luck in dancing Maya!

[@Natalie_C03]

So I wasn’t raised very close my culture at all but started reconnecting on my own a couple years ago. I’ve always loved jingle and am so mesmerized by it, but am not totally sure if it would be appropriate for me to learn. I have only ever done traditional stomp dancing and have been shaking for several years now but I feel the urge to learn more of that makes sense. I am enrolled Chickasaw and have other tribes mixed in as well. I really am a white passing gathering of the nations.😂

[@KalynnChavis]

I am going through the same thing haha, I am going to learn. I am also white passing and even though my birth certificate says I'm native american, people will tell me that I'm not because the color of my skin.

[@mercuryspit]

Hey from another white passing native who's reconnecting with their culture , don't let white people who police what indigenous people *"need"* look like be your only rule of thumb on how to practice your culture

[@Tlahuiltezcatl]

Who else is here because they love mother earths heartbeats ❤

[@singer2be256]

A lot of these moves remind me of Irish step dancing. It's always so fascinating when completely different cultures have similar dance moves.

[@tonkagarfield]

I haven’t danced in a decade. As a child going through a lot of bad stuff growing up I forgot my appreciation for what I wanted to learn and be good at in order to bring pride to my culture. I’m also Ojibway from the turtle mountains and quietly I’m trying to relearn what I tried hard to excel at as a kid. Thank you for the videos, you provided me a teacher when I knew no one else to ask. Thank you.

[@HowToPowwowDance]

Miigwech for sharing your story ❤️

[@HowToPowwowDance]

If you have any requests just lmk. I am hoping to make some new videos soon ❤️

[@Hinodeblu]

Âmbawathtich (hello in my native Language) I’m am learning jingle and fancy because i have always been in spired by all native dancers, i always wanted to be a dancer ever since i was 4 when i saw my first powwow, i saw how pretty everyone was in the ring where the dancers dance i always thought one day i would be there too, so thats why I’m learning how to dance and its not perfect but I’m still trying. Because I’m not giving up, no not even close to giving up

[@chloejoe9906]

I always felt so disconnected, or out of place since I didn’t grow up spiritual and in touch with my culture (I don’t know my language either). My family has endured so much intergenerational trauma from the genocide of our people, it’s no surprise they werent either. I hope to dance shawl for my dad someday, wela’lin for sharing your teachings ❤️

[@RoeBonebrake]

Sometimes I forget that even though I'm pale I'm allowed to be a part of my own culture

[@mamabearfirst1344]

I am residential survivor, I was introduced my culture when I was ten old years. I was dance woman fancy, I love this , now I am jingle dancer. My name is warclub woman. I listen to powwow music and watch video when I am not traveling stay home, keep up the video teaching our dancing steps.

[@StarloMichelle]

Same with me and my chickasaw^ness! YESSSSSS DANCE AND SHAKE FOR ALL WHO CANT!!!!!!!

[@krinilad7251]

Hi there! My name is mya and I'm 14! I'm half métis and half african i really want to learn how to jingle dance my cookem taught me a little bit but not much so thank u so much for this video! I was wondering if u could do a short video on how to do heal toe step by step! I know it may seem like an easy step but for me it's really confuseing since I'm a beginner thanks! :)

[@HowToPowwowDance]

Ok I totally can! Geeze I had a longer cut of heel toe but I cut it short 😭 I was worried people would think it was too long.....

[@alowanmitchell1150]

Awww I'm glad that you are taking your time to practice your culture

[@myamariawillie9758]

Omg! My name is also Mya. Im 15 and learning how to dance jingle. I hope we can both reach our goals of dancing! 🥰

[@schrader197]

💯💯💯❤️💚

[@allisonsinclair1027]

Thank you for your videos. I'm adopted out from the Northern Cheyenne tribe. I never got to learn how to dance and now I am able to learn from you.❤

[@lyndacarter4586]

That beadwork is amazing, and your dance moves even more so. 😮

[@maurathedancer]

Thank you for this and for all the videos you create! Shared this with our youth at our Native center pow wow class and they all appreciated it.

[@terrihummingbird1565]

I'm now learning jingle dress dancer, and I'm going to be practicing more. Thank you for the steps and it helped a lot.

[@sanciCills]

Thank you for all of your videos and I feel so inspired in my own dance journey. I am dancer. It's similar style it's shuffling and I feel like I finally understand why I'm drawn to dance with the intentions I put into them. Your words really resonated with me.

[@Lynzeigh]

Thank you so much! Going to tackle each step one at a time and try my first dance at pow wow in a year! I've learned how much connecting to my culture, especially dance, helps heal and I thank you for helping us who didn't have access to this growing up have access now. ❤ Ahéhee

[@Piecedbyjason]

I danced when I was younger but covid came and then I stopped and this helped me remember how ❤️

[@mamamarissa26]

I appreciate your tutorials. Your good energy really shines through✨✨✨

[@solaestan9653]

i’ve watched a few of these videos they rlly help and the sound of your mocs tapping the mat scratches my brain perfectly😭

[@ringscircles142]

masterclass from the master

[@chi-lyn]

The feet movement was so clean!

[@user-vx1yt2dw4y]

You are totally awesome with pure HEART in the explaining of the fancy footwork involved.This looks so tiring and to control your breathing at the same time,lot's of work..Meegwech!

[@user-bq8kd4vr5f]

Thank you so much my great grandmother and her two sisters were taken to residential school so they hardly talked about the language and traditions they were all born miwok under a tree in Yosemite

[@sinergetico]

I love it! you are inspiring!

[@adavarga1107]

Chi migwetch ❤️ I’m from the Potawatomi tribe and used to dance when I was a kid. I’m 19 now and want to get back into my roots. Great video

[@dearconspiracy5504]

i want to fancy shawl sooo bad😭 it’s literally so beautiful.

[@jessie6236]

Thank you so much for this. I'm Ojibwe but don't speak too much of the language either and I'm trying to get into dancing. I'm excited, and your videos help me a lot! ❤️

[@SusanA1056]

Thank you. I am learning so much. I was part of the 60 Scoop and of those who were forcibly sterilized. So learning my language & culture is difficult but I am healing from it. Thank you so much for your teachings. Miigwetch.

[@HowToPowwowDance]

Miigwech for sharing Susan ❤️. I am so sorry to hear you had to endure that. It's in my family too. So much systemic racism we face! I sprained my ankle in January so I'm hoping to dance again in a month. Then I will make more tutorials ❤️.

[@SusanA1056]

@@HowToPowwowDance Heal quickly cousin. I put some tobacco down for your family this morning.

[@tracytrebilcox]

I've been going to pow wows with my Road Dawg, who is a tribal elder. I LOVE watching her granddaughters and great-granddaughters carry on the traditions.

[@juliehedges999]

The beginning of your video made me teary eyed. Loved it so much!!!@

[@dodgegirl19]

Thank you! Messi! 🙏🏽I will be using your teaching content for my learning.

[@glorialittlechild1463]

Alot of energy and work needed I love this awesome thanks I'm gonna start practicing a bit 😁

[@lanilani1009]

Omg...so beautifully complicated.

[@alanawesley9163]

ive wanted to start powwow dancing, and learning my language, my jaban (great grandmother) speaks Cree and english. it seems difficult to talk to her at times.

[@moswaggy]

I recently began learning how to dance (Jingle), and this video is AMAZING. Im learning so much here, THANK YOU!!!!

[@mariareichardt]

Wow thats great. I love this. I learn the Powwow Dance ....this is a great warm up for my indigen Workout

[@deniseh5269]

Awesome production!

[@graciecardinal3932]

Thank you so much for teaching this to others!! I’m learning to do fancy dancing right now (changing from Jingle to Fancy) and this helped me so much!!

[@tqdecrane1951]

As a guy preparing for a switch dance this was very helpful

[@anneg.weaver7749]

Love your Smudge Life shirt!

[@HowToPowwowDance]

Section 35 I think :D It was a gift :D

[@kaymoswa3100]

genuinely so amazing your amazing

[@kaymoswa3100]

watching video like a month ago, started dancing like that when I needed to concentrate, boom kays got the moves. now im coming back to try dancing with you

[@robertcavalluzzi8112]

Pow wow dancing is very educational it dont matter what part of the day you pow wowing it make your day bless if we learn native American language its a way of how we get alongwith eachother this young lady is a good pow wow teacher take care your friend Robert have a good day God bless all of you bye everybody

[@floram9481]

Thank you so much for these videos! My sister sent your videos to me and I absolutely love them. Seeing different moves step by step is always amazing when learning and I cant wait to try them out!

[@alicianadjiwon711]

I had a dream about shawl dancing so chi miigwetch for sharing this, was exactly what I'm looking for 😁 love and light kwe 💞

[@hhyperdd]

You are truly awesome. That's some really beautiful and captivating footwork . Thank you for taking the time.

[@kathrynbissonnette7243]

Same as my Sweet Momma who lives through Residential school she’s passed now 2021 on her birthday. Thank you for keeping our culture live through dance God bless you ❤️‍🩹

[@Ava_776lovescats]

I luv this i need to be working on my powwow dance and you helped me sooo MUCH LOVE YOU UTUBE!!!thank you for sharing this with us😊

[@dec0mposiex]

This has been so incredibly helpful. I’m suquamish and white and I grew up in the suburbs very very far from any of my culture. I’ve been trying to teach myself everything, and in preparation for a powwow I’m planning at my high school, I’m teaching myself to powwow dance. So far, it’s been such an incredible journey to push myself physically and mentally, and it’s felt so liberating to be able to do it

[@candacearrington9295]

I love this! I wasnt aware until now bit I'm very familiar with the footwork. We use them in breakdancing and dub stepping. Many of our instructors notify us that the styles comes from our ancestors.

[@fawnaiabens8926]

Hey Deanna. I watched this video and took notes. Thank you.

[@sabine2703]

Tank you for theaching. It looks so great.

[@Apryl11802]

Thank you so muchhh. I know my culture and such and all but I’m jus to scared to dance when everyone is looking but I’m gonna try harder.

[@misstiger8183]

that's a big aerobic workout!

[@gabrielleallen9139]

thank you so much for this video!!! i am acjachemen and our native lands are current day San Diego, california. thank you so much for making these videos!!!!! they helped my dancing SO MUCH!!!! 🥺

[@kyrabayer6248]

I'm a jingle dress dancer and I'm trying to impress my footwork 🥴 snice I only started dancing I'm 2018 so this helps a lot

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Thank you so much as an Anishinaabekwe. I'm mixed blood but my god, dancing makes me feel so good. Thank you thank you. ❤

[@kaymoswa3100]

this is amazing

[@sammybee5441]

thank you for this. I'm jingle dress dancing for the first time again after 3 years after retiring it while i started to learn who I was(I'm still trying to find myself, but I know i am two spirited at least). while I still don't know if I'll return to jingle dress dancing completely, i am doing this for a previous mentor. so thank you for making this video.

[@CandysPowwowTrail]

Thank you so much… I guess I have known these just never broke it down so I could understand it more

[@singingshepard]

Miigwech!!!!! im gona practice all the time and shine !! :)

[@dawnybears]

thanks for teaching us 😙💘

[@alayiasinger4920]

I'm learning different language in grade 4 in school and I'm getting really good at the jingle dancing and I'm 9 Years old and someone is going to make me the jingle dress kokom told me that and I'm so excited!! :D

[@nettiegould4539]

Wow good words. Thank you.

[@GardenJasmine]

Thank you so much for this. So many more young indigenous need to find these places and videos and these teachings to remind them they aren't alone, and that the colonial path is no longer the only one allowed to exist anymore. How interconnected we are from Carrier, to Ojibway, to Secwempemc, Chilcoltin, Dakota, Cree and Cherokee and all the may different tribes alike and different on our recovering continent. Thank you so much for your knowledge and your strength. I respect you and your individuality and unity within your own and other cultures and the emotional and spiritual work you are doing for our people to regain our strength as nation's again, woman and man alike. Aye aye.

[@BellyJae]

Sending so much love. I was adopted out as an infant and it was allowed because I was born off my reservation. But I eventually found my way back. I’m still trying to learn my language (Nde) and our ways. One thing I really want to learn more of is Women’s Old Style Fancy. I don’t see much of it any I’m in love with it. :)

[@HowToPowwowDance]

I can try! With shawl or no shawl? I'm such a high stepper but I can share the basics I've learned ❤️ Maybe I can get an old style chum to do a collab with me 😁

[@marywemigwase3354]

Well done ! Me Gwetch for sharing ❤❤❤

[@thebogcreature6268]

One thing I'd like to see, is different practices for basic things. Just cuz I (and many others) am starting with absolutely zero knowledge. Love ur vids btw♥️💛⚪🖤

[@furby1357]

I always wanted to be a jingle dress dancer as a kid. Livin my little girl dreams by learning these ♡ miigwetch ♡♡

[@marcijager6477]

Thank you so much I just got a jingle dress but I have no lessons so this helps alot because not much people make videos like this

[@sarahwatson3192]

Kwe. I’m Sarah (Wendat/Huron) I love these you really break it down. I’m learning in hopes of dancing for my great grandfather who passed recently at the next powwow. This year felt so empty with out a powwow that it’s really encouraged me to learn. Love your videos. Thanks for making these.

[@dominiclacoote2855]

You're a beautiful dancer

[@anishinaabrie]

hey! thank you SO MUCH. nobody in my family danced so I have nobody to teach me. I appreciate this so much thank you

[@beautifulandbold7117]

Bless you beautiful 💛✨️

[@user-ox1og7xu5y]

You are a beautiful soul my sister, and a beautiful dancer. ~RavenCro

[@marianaaltimirano2644]

On my mothers side of the family is chaktaw and my dad is ojibwa so i love my culture

[@andreagorham250]

I’ve Jingle dress before and i already know how to do this

[@kimberlyblack6015]

This video teach me so much

[@itsjennieduh7228]

My hubby wants to see me shuffle dance 🤦‍♀️ I told him powwow dancing is honestly the same thing (he don't think so) so I watched a few of your recent videos and I use to be a jingle dress dancer so I'm familiar with the steps. Anyways.. I think I'm ready to show him how to shuffle now 😁😁

[@ThomasPaulsen]

It totally is the shuffle dance. Mind blown...

[@adrianwermutowski3191]

Mądre słowa.

[@misstiger8183]

moves might look easy but it's so intense and aerobic dance it got me out of breath!

[@vikachu7248]

thank you for sharing, my father's side of my family has lost their way as well due to the laws that were put here. Thank you!

[@Witchy_carnivore]

❤️❤️❤️❤️