Making the shakers for Indian stomp dances has changed little. OKMULGEE -- When the summer heat turns brutal, scores of stomp dancers across the region look to their local dance grounds and annual ...

Had it been another pow-wow, Jillian Conine probably wouldn't have bothered to stop by at Wichita's Mid-America All Indian Center on Saturday. But because it was a Stomp Dance , she wasn't going to ...

Jun. 17—With tears in the corners of Ahyoka Youngdeer's eyes, she told her audience, "We've come a long ways. ..." In a room first filled with the sound of shakers, the beat of many feet, and chants ...