Samsoche Sampson’s Gift for Hoop Dancing and Cultural Artistry

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine · Feb 25, 2021 · 28m

Today we’re talking with Samsoche Sampson (Mvskoke Creek/Seneca) who is an interdisciplinary artist, powwow and hoop dancer, performer, musician, as well as a father and partner. Samsoche and his brother, Luhme, make up the world-renowned hoop dancing team known as the Sampson Brothers, who over twenty-five years have performed throughout the world: on stage in big cities and at powwows in remote Indigenous communities.

Samsoche tells the story of how he first started hoop dancing and the many ways he and his family shared their passion for dancing at powwows, rodeos, and schools, and then…