This is the Women’s Fancy Shawl Dance, a Northern Plains style dance that requires agility and grace. The movements trace that of the butterfly and/or hummingbird and are more of a woman warrior's style that took a strong hold in the 1960s as we see it today. This style is a response to the men's fancy shawl dance that emerged in the 1920s as powwow circuits were established in the early 20th century, aka LEGALIZED Native American dances. Did you know it was once ILLEGAL for us to dance traditio