On her personal webpage, Jackie Bird says that for her, “the dance is for healing….once it was a male dominant dance, but with the world in need of more healing, women have now joined in” . As the world changes, cultures change with it. Dance, as a living, breathing tradition, is influenced by and influences the traditions connected to it, and Native American dance is no exception. Women hoop dancers are not just artists and athletes; they are signs of the vitality of Native tradition in a modern world.

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