The famous sun dance is the most important dance for Indians living in grasslands and plains. Dancers should always keep their eyes on the sun when dancing (hence the name sun dance). The dance is held in summer, but it is necessary to prepare for a winter and a spring (the longest dance in the world). Actually, it's totally a ceremony. In the long winter, they all prepare to dance, fast and bathe in special tents (to avoid the harm of disasters). Summer has come, and the day of dancing has come. The dance venue must be surrounded by wooden poles, and a "sun column" is erected in the middle, which is covered with small pieces of cloth, skins and feathers (to show the sacrifice to the sun). There is an altar (made of bison skull) under the column, and a sacrificial (sworn) who wears a belt through the body hangs high on the sun column. Dancers kept dancing in the venue to the rhythm of dance music and tambourines.

This kind of dance usually lasts for three days.

North American Indians have many dances related to farming, hunting, fighting and entertainment. Some tribes have to dance "dog dance" when publishing laws (hunting laws or regional laws); Many tribes dance "bison dance" (in order to hunt bison smoothly); Aberdeen, Sarroca and Sikh also dance while planting tobacco. When Iroquois are excited about weaving corn, they will dance while playing musical instruments. People also sing and dance when they spend sowing festival, strawberry festival, green corn festival, harvest festival and maple leaf festival. When soldiers come back from the battlefield, they will dance (group dance or solo dance) with drums, flutes, songs and various musical instruments.

Indians in the plain area, in social entertainment activities, popular dance "owl dance" (a pair of same-sex couples, holding hands in a big circle; Sometimes women form a big circle alone, and both men and women jump to the left, move to the corner and then turn right. At this time, each partner is free to play some dance skills. The pace of this dance is very small.

Indians along the Pacific coast like to dance cannibalism dance, funeral dance, echo dance, chieftain dance, mask handover dance, reggae dance and so on. (mainly related to religion and maintaining privileges). The Leigong costume dance of the Quikts (vancouver island) is a typical dance that embodies the connotation of maintaining traditional privileges. Dancers should wear masks with various patterns (handed down from generation to generation), which symbolizes the traditional privilege of the family. Dance has some stories about ancestors' adventures, some stories about ancestors and myths, or stories about interacting with people in dreams.