"The dances are prayers." -Pop Chalee, TAOS PUEBLO
”When we dance to the drum we pray to the Creator and attract the heartbeat of the earth. We never dance without reason; every dance has a purpose. We dance for rain; we dance for healing; we dance for seasons; we dance for joy; we dance for our children; we dance for the people; we dance for courage. The drum plays to the beat of the heart, to the beat of the Earth. The drum connects us to the Earth while we dance our prayers. Oh, Great One, let my dance and prayer be heard by You.” – Maxine Hartman
“... a few related stories come to mind hearing these words anew. Tied to the Creation story of the Drum is this very same charge when the People first met the drum. Every one of the People from the Four Walks, the Four Winds, the Four Colors heard the Drum telling its stories yesterday a long time ago. We all remember in our heart chambers the song of the first story about the relationship between heart, and dance, the mind and the heart, and sound and movement.
AHO! We dance and live.” – Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of the Drum
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| dancing at powwow |
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| dancing at Temple University homecoming by Talia Woods |
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| Here I am, Dawn Wolf, (l.) dancing at 2008 powow at Maryland University |
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