Paul G

If Gathering of Nations has been on your Pow Wow bucket list, this is the year. The 2026 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow is billed as North America’s largest pow wow, and organizers have announced it will be the final one. They’re calling it “The Last Dance.” So we are….

This episode features a powerful conversation with the organizers of the Weaving Unity Southeastern MMIW Informational Pow Wow in Lexington, South Carolina. We talk about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis and why this issue matters deeply here in South Carolina and across the Southeast. The organizers share why they created this event, what they hope the community takes away, and how powwows and gatherings like this can help bring awareness, education, healing, and unity. This is an important conversation about protecting Native women, honoring families and loved ones, and making sure these stories are seen and heard. Watch the interviews: Listen to Podcast Episode: Weaving Unity Pow Wow Information

Burgandi Trejo Phoenix is a stage actor, voiceover actor, voice actor, dancer, writer, and singer. She began dancing ballet at just two and a half years old and started singing in the choir at age five. From an early age, performance was part of her world. Growing up, Burgandi was….

Our friends at The Wandering Bull are back with another craft tutorial. Chris from The Wandering Bull walks through how a traditional-style Crow shirt is constructed and then shows, step by step, how you can make your own deerhide shirt using a regular long-sleeve shirt as the pattern. Save 15% off….

Seeing Baby Opie and the family featured on The Jennifer Hudson Show was such a big moment. I love seeing pow wow culture get this kind of mainstream spotlight, especially in a way that feels joyful, respectful, and real. If you’ve watched Baby Opie online, you already know why so….

I just got to interview Kali Reis for a quick interview in conjunction with the release of the new movie Mercy. If you don’t know Kali yet, she’s the real deal, a Wampanoag champion boxer who’s also building a name for herself on screen. We’ve actually featured her before, and….

No major spoilers here, I promise, so you’re safe to keep reading. I got to see an early screening of Mercy before it’s released, in preparation for  my interview with Kali Reis. What grabbed me right away was the storytelling style. A lot of the movie is told through files,….

We’re kicking off 2026 a little later than planned. A little travel, a little being sick, life happened. But we’re still kicking it off the right way with a giveaway 🎉 This month we’re celebrating something I’m really excited about… our new online community, The Circle. If you haven’t checked….

PowWows.com turns 30 this year! When I started this site, it was never meant to be what it is today. It began as a way for me to learn and play with HTML while I was in college. I never imagined anyone else would read it. It wasn’t a business….

If you’ve ever talked about pow wows with friends, there’s a good chance someone eventually says, “One day I want to go to Gathering of Nations.” The Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque has become one of those bucket-list events because it’s not just one pow wow weekend. It’s a full-on….

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is one of the largest Native communities in the United States, with roughly 60,000 citizens centered in Robeson County and surrounding areas. The Lumbee have been recognized by the state of North Carolina since 1885, but for generations they have pushed for full federal….

Our Black Friday Spin to Win is live, and this one is loaded. We’ve got an Eighth Generation blanket worth over $250, bonus codes, stickers, and more waiting on the wheel. It’s all part of the Explore Native Challenge. The wheel is back, but only for a short time, so….