Indigenous Enterprise Brings Powwow Dancing to the World Stage | If Cities Could Dance
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- @fancydancevideos, made up of a new generation of Native American Powwow dancers from across the U.S. and Canada, is on a mission to bring Native culture to new heights and audiences.
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In just seven years, the dance troupe Indigenous Enterprise has built an international following, competing in the fourth season of NBC’s prime-time show World of Dance, performing in a music video with Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, and dancing for thousands of basketball fans at the NBA finals in 2021. The dancers have been featured in Vogue and the New York Times, and recently attended the Met Gala, where Shirley and fellow dancer Dominic Pablo showed up in full regalia.
Founded on what Kenneth Shirley (Diné) calls the “Three Ps”-preservation, performance and progression-Indigenous Enterprise focuses on uplifting sacred dances and rituals. The material they perform has survived various attempts at cultural erasure imposed by both political and religious groups over centuries. “A hundred years ago, Natives were being thrown in prison for what we are doing today,” says founder Shirley, a champion Fancy War Dancer from Phoenix, Arizona, where 22 Native tribes are recognized.
Watch as Indigenous Enterprise takes you on a journey through Phoenix, Arizona, dancing in front of the Smithsonian-affiliated Heard Museum dedicated to Native art; at Arizona State University Mountain; and in front of vibrant murals inspired by Native culture.
Our history. Our culture. Our moves.
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Featured Dancers:
Kenneth Shirley (Diné), Champion Fancy War Dancer
Ty Lodgepole (Diné), Champion Prairie Chicken Dancer
Jorge Gonzales (Salt River Pima-Maricopa), Champion Hoop Dancer
Blythe Norris (Diné, Tsalagi, Iswa), Jingle Dress Dancer
Kevin Dakota Duncan (San Carlos Apache and Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nations)
Champion Hoop Dancer
🖼️ Featured Muralists:
Leter91, Guache, Dwayne Manuel, 0rgans, VelaArt
Estria Foundation, Bunky Echo-Hawk, Charlie Edmiston, Zachary Justin (Gila River Indian Community)
00:00 Intro
00:48 Phoenix Native Representation
01:16 Kenneth Shirley's family story
01:56 The history of Native dance and attempts at cultural erasure
02:53 Powwow culture
04:05 Men's Prairie Chicken Dance
04:21 Jingle Dress Dance
04:40 Men's Fancy War Dance
04:54 Hoop Dance
05:12 Misrepresentation of the Native experience
05:28 Indigenous Enterprise's Mission and Impact
Accessibility provided by the Described and Captioned Media Program (www.dcmp.org), funded by the US Department of Education (www.ed.gov).
Captioning: Rick Goldman
Captioning QC: Rebecca Phelps
Audio Description Scriptwriter: Valerie Hunter
Audio Description Voice Over Artist: Debbie Grattan
Audio Description Editor: Heather Warren
Accessibility Engineering: Kyle Sisk
📌 Editor’s note: This episode was filmed under strict guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic. Safety parameters were followed to protect the health of the dancers and video production team.
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Hey everyone, It’s Manjula here from the If Cities Could Dance team. I was extremely humbled to direct this episode and to collaborate with Indigenous Enterprise, as well as with director of photography Adam Conte. It was a huge honor and privilege to learn from them about their culture and history. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us.
I would love to hear from you all about the ways you are honoring your community’s history and preserving your culture?
Working on projects like this is the reason I picked up a camera. I got a late start to videography but I knew from the very beginning I wanted to work on projects like this. As a Native American I am so proud to see groups like this. They have broken down walls and have educated the world on our people. I am honored to have worked on this with Indigenous Enterprise and KQED. Thank you all and let’s do it again 💪🏽
As a kid (1960) we saw a presentation of dances of the local tribe at Grand Canyon. I was in awe. The dress was so impressive and the meaning of each dance was deeply spiritual for me. My Mom escorted me to the dressing area so I could meet them and they were goofing around, smoking and casually throwing parts of their dres here or there with no care. I wispered, Why are they doing that? Mom said the dances aren't real to them, it's just a job. Do you still want to meet them? No. I'm so glad a pride of their culture is coming back today. It broke my heart to see the brazen disrespect they showed.
Working on projects like this is the reason I picked up a camera. I got a late start to videography but I knew from the very beginning I wanted to work on projects like this. As a Native American I am so proud to see groups like this. They have broken down walls and have educated the world on our people. I am honored to have worked on this with Indigenous Enterprise and KQED. Thank you all and let’s do it again 💪🏽
I can be dog tired and as soon as I get to the Pow Wow and hear the drums , my eagle feathers are ready to dance and honor our culture and people. Love making new friends and eating fried bread :-)
Finally! Natives doing documentaries about native culture. Love it and now people will have a better understanding. Thanks so much for the video! I'm from Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nixon, NV
Simply because how the Indigenous people are still strong and teaching the youth the ways of your forefathers. Two of my friends & families here in Phoenix would share some of their history with me, showing what the feathers and bells meant, etc. One family was Navajo and the other was Hopi. Different but yet similar. One friend’s brother did hoop dances and we’d watch him practice as his father beat the drum. Now at 67 yrs old one of my friends and even a nurse I had both said I have the spirit of an matriarch bear. (I am white in skin.) Even my eldest grandson listens to Native American flute music. Your history is rich and I’m so happy this is being shared with everyone.
I can only admire the beauty and courage of the young artist... we the people ....and other ethnicities should be proud of who we are...so please continue...and bless us
I should have said may God protect and bless us all
I am not Native American, but I have always had so much love and respect for them passed down to me by my grandfather who had many native friends. We used to play many of the reservation teams in basketball and man could they shoot 3 pointers ALL DAY LONG!!
This just brings me so much joy, as a Native American who also does dances and ceremonies, I am truly grateful for you guys showing that we are still here and we are still contributing to our culture and beliefs despite the many things we have and had to go through. As an Indigenous youth, aho!💕
I’m in Oceanside lol I I
6:52 meet your prayer halfway is so powerful. Thankful for you sharing all you have in this video
Miloh, We love this moment in the video too! 💛💛💛
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Thanks for all your support Imran, for rockstar editor Creo Najam-Noveno! We see you!
Hermosa historia unos grandes danzas sigan adelante Dios los bendiga sempre enlo ke asen y toda su familia 🙏💞😍💋
Wow!!! This came up and I loved it all. I do believe traditions should never die as well as language. It is each persons’ foundation and it should move generation to generation. I too have Indian called Taino and Arawak. I hope you can show of your traditions to schools nationwide. I think schools right now want evilness within their curriculum and your traditional dances can show much more to upcoming generations within themselves, their communities, and all people they will ever come in contact with because these traditions bring about respect in God, self, and family. These are true foundations that are being done away with and should be a part of true self-respect. 💜☮️
There is so much pride in Nevada, especially in Northern Nevada.
Please to Washington State - Vashon Island, WA, a 15 minute ferry crossing from Seattle. We have a beautiful Vashon Center for the Arts building!
spirit, culture it's always starts as an army of one.
remember who we are.
I love this so much 🥺😊
I wasn't expecting this video to have so few comments? Thank you for sharing, I hope to see you all in person some day :)
Hi Aaron! It always helps with our subscribers share the episode! Thanks for your support.
damn I wish I could you book you guys here in France ... I dream of doing a full Native programmation and touring it in Europe. The times aren't right for me, too tough economically but the public here would appreciate for what it really is, somebody has to get it on the road !!
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Free Palestine!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ love you all
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Where can I find which cities they are performing at?? I’d LOVE to see them!
Hi Vaquera, You can follow Indigenous Enterprise on Instagram @indigenousenterprise for upcoming performances and their website is store.indigenousenterprise.com/
The world is so crazy right now, especially where I'm from. These dancers represent what's good about America. Not the White House and the politicians there, but these guys. There's no America without them.
The only movie that had true Indians was Dances with Wolves
On my mother's death bed she finally told us (her children that we are a quarter Cheyenne...she didn't know how to tell the awful murder of her mother and father...she gave us a hand written letter dated 1992...I always have been drawing in the indain life culture love it...