Jingle Dress

Jingle Dress is a traditional Indigenous healing dance.^[1]

In Anishinabek News

June 2020: The teachings of this dance describe how it was originally gifted to the Ojibway Tribe. Nevaeh Pine performs this dance for healing and to maintain a connection to her heritage.^[2]
June 2020: Corrina Airn started her journey as a dancer in the Jingle Dress style when she was a young child.^[3]
July 2020: Janine Desmoulin began participating in Jingle dancing to heal herself and others.^[4]
April 2021: The Jingle Dress is described as being covered in silver cones made from snuff can lids that reflect the sun. According to Peggy Petahtegoose, the Jingle Dress dancers carry a message of healing for the dancer, their family, and their ancestors.^[5]
May 2021: The Jingle Dress originated from a dream given to a sick woman who was told she would be cured by wearing the dress and dancing. The history of the dress involves a community supporting a dancer until she was strong enough to dance on her own. Krista Knott captured a photograph of a dancer in a Jingle Dress to symbolize the resilience and future of the Anishinaabe people.^[6]
November 2022: The dance is practiced by Nathalie Wajashk Restoule as a form of prayer and cultural priority. The dance is known to be a healing dance.^[1]