The Google Doodle gracing the North American landing page of the popular search engine features a Muskoka area artist.
The Jingle Dress is a work done by artist Joshua Mangeship Pawis-Steckley who splits his time between Wasauksing First Nation (in Ontario) and Vancouver.
The dress is adorned with small bells a caption on Google reads.
“Dancers move in unison and a sound fills the air, like raindrops falling on a tin roof,” Google said in its posted explanation.
It originated during the 1920s amongst the Ojibwe tribe somewhere between Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario.
A question asked online of Mangeship Pawis-Steckley is what he would like people to take away from seeing the artwork, which can be potentially viewed millions of times during its 24 hours on the landing page.
“That Anishinaabe culture is beautiful. That indigenous women are strong and resilient, and the voice of our future,” he answered.
Google calls the Jingle Dance a constant and the sounds “affirm the power of Native American women.”