Toyacoyah Brown

Our Native veterans have been honored many times, but there is currently not a national monument erected in their honor. That will all change soon as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has been charged by Congress with establishing a National Native American Veterans Memorial, in hopes….

The Making Regalia tutorials with host Juaquin Lonelodge have been very popular with you guys! As you might know, Juaquin is a former national Men’s Fancy Dance champion and has many years of experience making regalia. We are all very fortunate to have him sharing his knowledge with us! In….

Husband and wife songwriting team Digging Roots (Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish) have toured extensively across the globe and they’re ready to release some new music into the world. In an interview with Noisey Canada, Raven talks about the meaning of their new song “AK-47” . “This song is very….

Burton Bird might be deaf, but that hasn’t stopped him from learning how to dance and being passionate about sharing the culture with others. Like most deaf or hearing impaired people, he can still feel the rhythm and vibrations from the music. “That’s how I learned, by the beat of….

The Miss Universe Canada 2016 pageant was held June 11th and over 60 ladies were vying for the title. One delegate from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Melinda Henderson, was the only aboriginal contestant this year. She ended up making the Top 20 and also won the People’s Choice Award! Congratulations! Here’s….

The reigning Mrs. Universe, Ashley Callingbull, will be competing on the upcoming season of The Amazing Race Canada. You might recall Ashley (Enoch Cree Nation) made history by becoming the first Canadian AND the first First Nations woman to win the title of Mrs. Universe last summer. She will join….

As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There are so many differences of opinion on what makes a beautiful person, both inside and out. A new television series airing on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) hopes to talk frankly about this topic and how it can….

Over the Memorial Day weekend, there were many pow wows held across Turtle Island. One pow wow we always look forward to hearing about is the one held in Oroville, California because we know photographer Paula Schultz will be on hand to take a ton of photos! This year was….

As they say, on to bigger and better things? After being blindsided by the University of New Mexico, the founders of North America’s largest pow wow had to find a new venue for their event. Tough decisions had to be made. Would the Gathering of Nations pow wow stay in….

First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement speech at Santa Fe Indian School yesterday and the crowd was delighted with her words . The Santa Fe New Mexican shared the speech on their YouTube channel and here it is in full. Wow, very powerful. One of the highlights for me….

The 1st Annual North American Indigenous Cultural Festival was held May 21st & 22nd at Downsview Park in Toronto. The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto ENAGB Youth program hosted the inaugural event and photographer and Becka Commanda (Nipissing Ojibwe) was there to capture some lovely photos for everyone to enjoy…..

We’ve featured many stunning photos and video from Albert Chacon on our website before. You might remember he was the producer of the We Are Birds documentary about bird singing culture in the Southern California Native communities. His documentary caught the eye of the Canon corporation and they will be….