Toyacoyah Brown

After walking around The Pit at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, strolling through the vendors and listening to some good music at Stage 49, you’re going to need to refuel. Luckily the Gathering of Nations has welcomed in some great food vendors. They had Mexican food, Barbecue, typical carnival….

The annual Red Thunder Rolling motorcycle journey arrived at Gathering of Nations on Saturday. Each year the ride benefits a Native American cause, with this year’s ride benefiting the Manuelito Navajo Children’s Home in Gallup, New Mexico. The ride begins in Gallup at the Fire Rock Navajo Casino and ends….

Have you visited the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow?   Charlie Ballard gives us a tour of some of the highlights! I had a great time walking around, chatting with people and just seeing what all the event had to offer. Here’s a little bit of what I got into yesterday…..

Hopefully you guys have had a chance to tune in to our live streaming of the 2016 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow! If you’ve never been here, wow, it’s even more amazing to see the colorful regalia, world-class dancing and hear some of the best drum groups in person! I….

Midnight Shine has been wowing audiences since their self-titled 2013 debut album. This foursome, from the James Bay region of Northern Ontario, creates a sound that seamlessly mixes roots, classic and modern rock. The title track to their 2014 sophomore album, Northern Man, is a tribute to the band’s northern….

The very first official powwow at the University of Iowa was back in 1990. Since that very first event, the number of attendees had steadily grown. So much so that they couldn’t always keep up with the costs to cover the event and the pow wow took a hiatus for….

Kyle Bell (Thlopthlocco) is an independent filmmaker based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. You might remember his film Native Evolution which documented the work of street artist Steven Grounds. With that film he won Best Documentary & Best of Class in the 2015 SWAIA Class X Film Competition. While he was….

Recently Frank Waln sat down with NPR’s Jeremy Hobson, co-host of the show Here & Now, to talk about the Native American experience and his upcoming album, Tokiya. “This album Tokiya is a very personal album,” Waln said. “A lot of it is telling the story of how I’m trying….

For some, exercise can become boring and often a chore. I know I’m guilty of not doing enough of it! So that’s why it’s always good to find alternative workouts that make you feel like you’re having fun instead. Recently CBC News profiled a new powwow-inspired workout called POWFit where….

In a press release from the White House this week, it was announced that First Lady Michelle Obama will be giving the commencement speech at Santa Fe Indian School on Thursday May 26, 2016. Santa Fe, New Mexico – As part of the White House Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Initiative, the….

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There are sure are a lot of creative Natives out there! Check out these cool haircuts from the Smooth Scalper Barber group. Cool right? The Smooth Scalper Barbers group was created by Savoy Fog In The Morning (Lakota/Crow) whose goal was….

Cambrian College’s Wabnode Centre for Aboriginal Services and the Cambrian Native Students’ Association (CNSA) held a Pow Wow on March 11 at their Student Life Centre which is located in Sudbury, Ontario. The theme for this year’s pow wow was ‘Reigniting The Sacred Fire’. MC was Chris Pheasant, AD was….