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'Keeping the culture alive’: Native dance goes digital during pandemic

Title (Dublin Core)

'Keeping the culture alive’: Native dance goes digital during pandemic

Description (Dublin Core)

By McKenzie Allen-Charmley|Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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PHOENIX – Singing, dancing, socializing, sharing food – the elements that make powwows an essential part of preserving Indigenous culture are the same ones that make them a coronavirus risk.

Native communities throughout the country have cancelled the traditional gatherings indefinitely as a result. But Tiny Rosales, a member of the Ojibwe tribe, has found a way to “to keep the people dancing.”

In March, Rosales created a space on Facebook allowing families, schools and businesses to host virtual Native dance competitions from afar.

Four months later, “Quarantine Dance Specials 2020” has more than 71,000 members and hundreds of video submissions from Indigenous dancers in Canada and the United States.

“Some (Native) people are having a hard time right now” as the pandemic continues to spur cancellations and limit gatherings, Rosales said.

“These specials are not a powwow … but it does feel good to be able to get dressed and put our outfits on and dance.”

Date (Dublin Core)

August 11, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

McKenzie Allen-Charmley

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Erin Craft

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

Conkrite-Luce Fellowship

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/08/11/native-dance-digital-pandemic/
http://web.archive.org/web/20200814031634/https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/08/11/native-dance-digital-pandemic/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English News coverage
English Community & Community Organizations
English Social Distance
English Social Media (including Memes)

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

indigenous
culture
dance
Native
honor
performance
competition
virtual
powwow

Collection (Dublin Core)

Luce Grant

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Erin Craft Biography Sheet

Exhibit (Dublin Core)

Southwest Stories>Native American Communities
Southwest Stories>McKenzie Allen-Charmley

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/13/2020
07/15/2021
06/11/2022

Item sets

Covid 19
Indigenous Stories
Southwest Stories
Arizona State University

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