Honey Duvall: Indigenous Stories, Traditions, and Dances | ARTrageous Online

Rhonda ‘Honey’ Duvall is an inspirational advocate, R&B singer, powwow dancer, and Native American storyteller. She is from the Navajo Nation (Diné) of the Tangle Clan and grew up splitting her time between the Navajo Blue Gap reservation in Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah where she currently lives and records her music.

Honey began her musical journey singing in choir class in middle school, soon advancing to the acapella choir, where she found her love for harmonies and variation. In college, she studied music theory and audio engineering and now produces her own vocals and music videos. She performs as a storyteller, dancer, and singer and weaves her clan's traditional dances and songs into her R&B music with influences of hip hop and soul. 

​Honey believes that education is vital, and she uses her vantage points: a Community and Cultural Specialist at the Urban Indian Center in Salt Lake, and a singer-songwriter and dancer performing on a myriad of stages, to educate. She teaches her audiences, young and old, about Native American traditions while emphasizing that “indigenous cultures are still here, alive, and among us in the cities and lands we walk upon.” Education, Honey says, brings us closer. When Honey introduces herself she gives a nod to the land on which she resides in Salt Lake City as the ancestral home of her Ute relatives, and acknowledges the five main tribal groups of Utah: Navajo, Shoshone, Ute, Paiute, and Goshute. Honey has purpose and as she puts it, "I always dance for people other than myself because I know that we as indigenous people — or even non-indigenous — we all need the healing."

Topics: Native American Traditions and Contemporary Art and Artists
Class: English, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Library Media
​Grades: 7-12  | Time: 3 Hours  
Platform: Online Learning Management System (LMS) with synchronous learning option (e.g., Zoom, Google Classroom) 
Tech Tools: Internet

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Part I: Introduction: Meet Honey Duvall

Part II: Voice of Honey

Part III: Indigenous Stories, Tradition, and Dance with Honey