Toyacoyah Brown

We love it when our readers share with us unique talent in the community. A reader suggested we check out Native Evolution and we had to share with you! Steven Grounds, from the Navajo and Euchee tribes, was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma, in 1977. He has a life-long passion with….

You may have already seen the videos shared online on various YouTube and Facebook pages. A grizzly bear dancer dancing at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Pow Wow. Or perhaps it was the Kamloopa Pow Wow. Either way the dance was absolutely mesmerizing. I don’t know about you,….

The 2015 and 2016 design candidates have been released by the United States Mint for new Native American $1 Coins, according to Darrin Lee Unser of Coin News. Below are just a couple of selections from each theme. There are 18 possible designs for 2015 coins and 20 designs for….

National Geographic talks about the special bond that Native Americans have with horses. From the history of the Comanche equestrian empire to the current Pendleton Round-Up and Indian Relays, horses have played an important role in Native American lives. “Horses forever changed life on the Great Plains. They allowed tribes….

You may remember we posted a story about Laguna Woman, a new character that was going to be featured in the Super Indian comics by Arigon Starr. Ms. Starr took some time out from her busy schedule to tell us how Super Indian started and what inspires her with all….

Cheyenne Randall has been getting a lot of press lately for his take on famous celebrities covered in tattoos. The 36-year-old Seattle artist, who has been doing Native American artwork for years recently spoke with the Today Show about his artwork. Just take a look at some of the photos….

A lot goes into the process of designing regalia and every little detail counts. Ever wonder how it’s done? Juaquin Lonelodge hosts a show called Making Regalia on Cheyenne Arapaho Television out of Oklahoma for those interested in learning how. Watch as Juaquin (a former national Men’s Fancy Dance champion)….

DNA from the remains of a toddler buried 12,600 years ago in southwestern Montana confirm that the prehistoric Clovis people were the ancestors of American Indians, researchers said. About 80 percent of all present-day indigenous people in North and South America are direct descendants of the family of the child,….

Nicolas Hudak considers “Where God Likes to Be,” his documentary about the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, a portrait film. It’s not about history, information or statistics. Instead, over the course of a summer he and his wife Anna recorded the stories of three young Blackfeet tribal members, “people who actually love….

Tribal Force, released in 1996, was critically well received – even making it into “Comic Art Indigène,” a pop-culture exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Several large comic-book publishers sought to buy the rights, but Proudstar wanted to retain control of the storyline and the characters’….

I had first heard of Frank Waln through a friend of mine. She shared the music video for his song “AbOriginal” and I was immediately intrigued. The slickness of the video production and the originality of the lyrics made me watch the video over and over again; I had to….

The Winter Olympics are in full swing this week in Sochi. We thought we’d take a look back to the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony which featured Native Americans from the five major Utah tribes; The Ute, Shoshone, Goshute, Paiute and Navajo (Dine). Each major tribal leader greets the athletes….