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.