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Young Spirit Singers are nominated for the Best American Roots Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Today they arrived at the red carpet in a limo provided by Gabrielle Union Wade.   The group sang two hand drum songs on the Red Carpet! Congrats to Young Spirit for the nomination!  Way to represent….

Just got your DNA test and want to know more? Or maybe you want to validate the family stories about your heritage? If so, you may ask, “How much Native American do I have in my blood?” It is no surprise that many of us have a mixture of ethnicities….

The Pow Wow Calendar on PowWows.com lists thousands of Native American events across Canada and the United States. You can find them in your province!   Find one near you by using the Pow Wow Calendar. Plan your Pow Wow travel with special discounts just for you! Pow Wow Travel Pow Wows in Canada….

Have you heard or seen Tufawon in concert? If you have, you’re not soon to forget it. Rafael Gonzales known on stage as Tufawon has a command of the stage from the second he walks on, but his command is more than a good lyric and a sick beat. (Though….

According to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Native Americans and Indigenous Hawaiians are protected and able to practice their religion without prosecution. Because of this act, the San Quentin Prison allows Hula classes for the inmates. Hula for native Hawaiians is less a dance for tourists and more spiritual….

The following is from Rhonda Head’s website: Rhonda Head is a Mezzo-Soprano from Opaskwayak Cree Nation.  She has been studying classical music with Private vocal teachers from Toronto, Ontario; Denver, Colorado; The Pas, Manitoba; and Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Rhonda also had the opportunity to study with Dramatic Mezzo Soprano – Barbara….

Many of you have probably seen Sean and Adrian’s famous sweetheart dance that went viral online at the San Manuel Powwow in 2017. The Big Sky Film Festival in Missoula Montana will be showing a documentary titled “Sweetheart Dancers” on the couple and their two-spirit flare in the sweetheart dance…..

For the month of November on my Instagram page, I did daily mini-lessons on some of our Tribal Nations! Thought the month of November is over, I am continuing to post a few of those mini-lessons here, as well as some new lessons that never appeared on my Instagram. Please….

In case you missed seeing this show last year, Colorado Ballet has released a video on youtube that shares a fantastic art collaboration between a Fancy Shawl dancer and the Colorado Ballet. In the video, Fancy Shawl dancer and Denver March Powwow Princess of 2016 Keya Clairmont teams up with….

Have you heard or seen Tufawon in concert? If you have, you’re not soon to forget it. Rafael Gonzalez, better known on stage as Tufawon has a command of the stage from the second he walks on, but his command is more than a good lyric and a sick beat….

  Today’s mini-lesson is on the great Chickasaw Nation. Traditional Chickasaw territory is now known as Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. Like many other southern tribes, with the Indian Removal Act, they were forced to move to Oklahoma where the tribe is currently. Pre-colonial Chickasaw villages made homes in these….

Every day this month in honor of Native American Heritage Month, I am dedicating time in my Instagram stories to learning about a Tribal nation. These are fun mini-lessons that I get to share with my followers, and will also be sharing a few of them here on the powwows….