Native American dance: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Indian dance • American Indian dance

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Aztec manuscript illustration showing figures in elaborate costumes dancing in a circle, with two larger deities, Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl, at the center, from Codex Borbonicus.

Yaqui deer dancer

Karl Bodmer: Dancer of the Hidatsa Dog Society

Guatemalan dance-drama

Ojibwa birch-bark scroll

Hopi: snake dance

Juego de los voladores

Diego Rivera: Jarabe

Friendship dance

Traditional performance

A dancer in a bright pink shawl with fringe, wearing traditional regalia adorned with blue and black accents, performs at an outdoor cultural event.

Learn about the history of the annual powwow celebration of Mi'kmaq people

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