Traditional Sidestep?

[shawldancer]

I actually fancy shawl not jingle but I have always wondered what the tradition side step step is. There are so many ways people do it.
A friend who is Ojib once told me the tradition step was done be keeping the feet together and doing a bouncing type move with more knee bend.
There are a lot of people wh do a swivel step with feet to gether, but I see even more who lift left leg and do a step, and many other variations.

Anyone know what the traditional step is?

[jingle-babygirl]

does anyone have a straight answer because like shawldancer i am confused too....

[sookout sh'nob]

The leg lifting you are mentioning sonds more like a traditional round dance. I can't recall ever seeing anyone side-step that way...but I spose I haven't seen everything yet either. That's the best I got there.

Now on the side of your side step, when I had prairie chicken dance questions i put a little tobacco down there on the ground and made a lil prayer request for some info...

InGee-AhnDoh-BuhWaahChiGay

Maybe try that. Ask the spirit of that dance ot come and show you there. Sometimes a traditional thing like that is just what you need to get your traditional know-how :D

It's also a helluva lot more reliable than the internet ;)