For the Native people of the Great Plains, music and dance are profound cultural and artistic expressions. They are the vessels that carry tribal histories, experiences, traditions, and beliefs. Through difficult and challenging times, Plains Native people survived and found meaning in music and dance traditions combining language, arts, spirituality, and natural philosophy to define cultural identities. "In our music and dance, always expressed within a circle, we are united to every time and place we have been and will be."
