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Native American Basket Dance

This dance celebrates the harvest.

I found the dance on youtube and adapted the steps for 3rd graders.
Navajo Basket Dance
Navajo Basket Dance #2

In art class, students decorated the “baskets” (paper plates) with Native American symbols.
Here are some authentic baskets we used as examples.



Hopi Basket Dance recording download

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