From an Indigenous creative team comes a powerful and exuberant Story about the heritage, joy, and Healing power of the Jingle Dress Dance It\'s a special day--the day of the Jingle Dress Dance! Before the big powwow, there\'s a lot to do: getting dressed, braiding hair, packing lunches, and practicing bounce-steps.
Lyrically and rhythmically written with lush, full-color illustrations, Why We Dance is a joyous celebration of a proud Indigenous tradition that inspires hope, resilience, and unity..
Emerging historically in response to the global influenza pandemic of 1918-19, the Jingle Dress Dance is a ceremonial dance of Healing and prayer that still thrives today in many Indigenous and First Nations communities across North America.
When the drumbeats begin, though, her family soothes her nerves and reminds her why she dances.
But one young girl gets butterflies in her stomach thinking about performing in front of her whole community.
It\'s a special day--the day of the Jingle Dress Dance! Before the big powwow, there\'s a lot to do: getting dressed, braiding hair, packing lunches, and practicing bounce-steps.
From Indigenous creative team Deidre Havrelock and Aly McKnight comes a powerful and exuberant Story about the heritage, joy, and Healing power of the Jingle Dress Dance--a perfect read-aloud picture book.
Lyrically written and lushly illustrated, Why We Dance is a joyous celebration of a proud Indigenous tradition that inspires hope, resilience, and unity.
Emerging historically in response to the global influenza pandemic of 1918-19, the Jingle Dress Dance is a ceremonial dance of Healing and prayer that still thrives today in many Indigenous and First Nations communities across North America.
When the drumbeats begin, though, her family soothes her nerves and reminds her why she dances.
But one young girl gets butterflies in her stomach thinking about performing in front of her whole community.
From an Indigenous creative team comes a powerful and exuberant Story about the heritage, joy, and Healing power of the Jingle Dress Dance It\'s a special day--the day of the Jingle Dress Dance! Before the big powwow, there\'s a lot to do: getting dressed, braiding hair, packing lunches, and practicing bounce-steps
