The University of Windsor will be holding a Healing with Dance: "Ojibwe Jingle Dress" workshop on Thursday, May 113th at 8:30am.
 
To register for the workshop, please click here.  
 
The Jingle Dress is a prayer or meditative dance to heal afflicted people. During this workshop, Ann Marie Proulx White will be discussing her life journey in becoming an Old-style Jingle Dress Dancer. Ann Marie will provide information about the historical, traditional, and ceremonial significance of this sacred dance. Through this workshop, Ann Marie will share her knowledge and insights about the teachings of how to make the jingle dress, songs that are played and the performing of the dance. An exceptional opportunity to learn from a Knowledge Keeper who will captivate you with her story and passion.
 
Ann Marie's ancestors are from the Ojibwe and Oneida Nation, she belongs to the Thunderbird Clan, on her father's Ojibwe side and she also belongs to the Turtle clan on her mother's Oneida side. Her spirit's name means "The light in the sky before the sunrises".
 
Ann Marie is a well-known champion Indigenous pow wow dancer. She is known for her Old-Style Fancy Shawl style & Old-style Jingle Dress Dancing. She started dancing at the age of 7 years old. She comes from a well-grounded Indigenous traditional family, her upbringing included participating in Indigenous ceremonies to cultural practices, Elder's gatherings and pow wow celebrations. Pow wow has  become a way of life for Ann Marie.
 
This lecture has been made possible by the "Nanadagikenim Seek to Know Grant" funded by the Office of the Provost and the Human Kinetics Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity Committee.