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The Wild Spirit Horse
The Wild Spirit Horse, Inc, located in Silver Springs, Nevada, is a 501(c)3 wild horse nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of America's wild horses and burros. They work to educate the public on issues that pertain to the native wild mustang. They also teach the wild horses that have been gathered off the range so they may live in peace and harmony in a domesticated world. Founded by Karen Mayfield, also President, leads her volunteers by gentling the wild horses ...
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Disney’s Lone Ranger is Native Approved
Past Disney movies have not been well received by the Indian Country. Pocahontas contained many historical inaccuracies and Peter Pan includes stereotypical portrayals of American Indians. With the upcoming Lone Range movie, Disney hoped to have the blessing of Indian Country.
Johnny Depp has been cast as the Native American partner Tonto in the movie. Disney had an outreach program during pre-production. During this time the film's producers sought involvement by Native American leaders in the development of the script. Depp ...
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Tips From Former Smokers Videos Featuring NativeAmericans
In March 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the first-ever paid national tobacco education campaign — Tips From Former Smokers (Tips). Tips encouraged people to quit smoking by highlighting the toll that smoking-related illnesses take on smokers and their loved ones. The hard-hitting ads showed people living with the real and painful consequences of smoking. Many of the people featured in the ads started smoking in their early teens, and some were diagnosed with ...
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Dance Hard – Pow Wow Dancing Feature Film
Dance Hard will be the first feature film about the life of Pow Wow dancers. The film will follow the life of a Fancy Feather dancers as they travel and compete. The two main characters are brothers from a Native reservation, one Native and one non-Native. The pair take up Fancy Feather dancing to earn money for college. Their goal is to find more opportunities than their reservation can provide....
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Wahzhazhe an Osage Ballet
Dance is something that is important to Osages. "The Osage danced before a raid, they danced before a hunt, they danced to the beat of the drum, they danced to the prayer songs, and sometimes they just danced. What better way to tell the Osage story than through a ballet that expresses the rich culture of a warrior people that controlled a large part of what is now called the United States of America," said project sponsor, Kathryn Red ...
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True By Wayne Silas Jr.
Wayne is a Fancy Feather War Dancer, and has been blessed with many awards and achievements on the competitive Pow-Wow circuit. As a Fancy Dancer he has won five Title Championship from the Gathering of Nations, and the 2009 World Class Title from the United Tribes Technical College Pow-Wow in Bismarck, North Dakota. In addition, he has been blessed with many singing titles while singing with various drum groups including eight Title Championships from the Schemitzun World Championship Festival and ...
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Shorty Studios Navajo Photography
Donovan Shortey from the Dineh is a well know photographer from Window Rock, Arizona. PowWows.com is honored to bring you this interview.
Tell me about yourself and your background? Yá'át'ééh, My name is Donovan Shortey. I am of the Kinyaa'aani clan, born for the Naakai dine'e clan. My maternal clan is the Tsekeehe clan and my paternal clan is Tabaaha. My maternal family is from Many Farms, Arizona and my paternal family is from Indian Wells, Arizona.
I am 32 ...
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Pow Wow Dancers on American Idol
A new addition to the American Idol show this year is "Idol Across America". You can follow the American Idol microphone as it travels across the country.
This past week the microphone made a stop in Oklahoma City. The visit included a brief Pow Wow!
Logging an impressive 3,318 miles so far, the Idol mic now stops in Oklahoma City! Watch to see what adventures we had in the Sooner State.
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We are Indian Video
The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center produced this video of Tribal Youth Ambassadors declaring their heritage!
The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center was founded in 1996 with the purpose of educating the public about the history, culture, and contemporary life of California Indians and to honor their contributions to civilization.
Share this video and spread the word that We Are Indian and We Are Proud!
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Native American Women Warriors
The Native American Women Warriors was created to raise awareness of women veterans.
Founder Mitchelene BigMan
Mitchelene BigMan President and founder had created dresses to signify her patriotism to this great nation and the First Nations People. In March 2010, the dresses caught the eye of an elder, which was the time the group was recognized as the first all female Native American Color ...
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Straight Dancing
The Straight Dance from Oklahoma Native American Tribes is a formal, tailored, prestigious form of southern dance clothes. The overall effect is of reassuring solidity, with everything closely matched and …
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How To Make a Beaded Rosette Medallion – Craft Tutorials
This project will help you learn to do applique rosettes on a small project. Beaded medallion necklaces have been popular for both men and women dancers for many generations. These …
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