The Earth Songs of the Seneca Nation

Gasgoëöda’doh (Shake-the-Bush Dance)

Bill Crouse, Sr., and Andrew A. Cashner

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Gasgoëöda’doh or Shake-the-Bush Dance, also known as Naked Dance, is danced in honor of beans, one of Our Three Sisters, just as Corn Dance celebrates corn. This is one of the dances for which tradition allowed women and men to sing together.

Video 1. Gasgoëöda’doh, Bill Crouse and the Allegany Singers, Coldspring Cookhouse, Allegany Territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians, September 2022