The annual Gathering of Nations Powwow and Miss Indian World Pageant was attended by 750 indigenous tribes from Canada and the US in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 27, 2019. | Xinhua/Richard Lakin via Getty Images

Social distance powwows are another example of Indigenous communities adapting to crisis.

Scrolling through Facebook posts, I see Indigenous peoples dancing in uploaded videos from all over North America. There is fancy dancing, grass dancing, the Anishinaabe’s jingle dress dancing for healing. Through headphones, I hear the drums keeping beat for those bouncing in their best regalia. I feel their spirits lifting me, bringing me home.

In late March, an Indigenous dance movement, the Social Distance Powwow, was born. Like many Indigenous traditions, the movement was born out of necessity. Originally started on Facebook, the group formed due to strict social distancing measures imposed in many Indigenous