Native American Culture

What started out as a 1,000 acre fire on the Navajo Nation has now grown to 11,000 acres in the Chuska Mountains according to reports by Navajo Times and other news outlets. Many native communities have... Read more »

NPR recently ran a story on the Silver Horn calendar and how it had documented weather events in the Oklahoma region, such as tornadoes.   The first year of the Silver Horn calendar was 1828, known as... Read more »

Warning - Does contain mature language! British comedian John Oliver has just become a new Native ally in the fight against the Washington Redskins name debate. He featured the "Proud to Be" commercial that was rec... Read more »

Currently there are 566 tribes in the United States that are federally recognized. That could change if proposed new rules are put into place. The Washington Post reported that there could be some changes coming to th... Read more »

Big news today! Via Thinkprogress.Org, we got word that The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name is “... Read more »

Renowned Chickasaw bladesmith Daniel Worcester was born in 1955 and grew up on his grandparents’ allotment near Pontotoc, Oklahoma. His grandparents were original Chickasaw enrollees, and their heritage inspired the b... Read more »

There were quite a few folks asking about how to put patterns together in gourd stitch so I thought I would see what I could do to help folks get started. This thread will discuss making design for 3 bead drop gourd s... Read more »

In case you missed it, here's President Obama's speech that was delivered at the Cannon Ball Flag Day celebration at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota June 13, 2014. He even tries to get a few Lakota... Read more »

This one is an oldie but a goodie. This video came out two years ago but it keeps popping up in my newsfeed from time to time so I wanted to make sure you guys have seen it too. The video is for dubstep artist Skrille... Read more »

For the third annual PBS Online Film Festival, PBS is featuring 25 short films online from June 16 - July 31, 2014. The PBS Online Film Festival showcases diverse films from Independent Lens and POV, as well as collab... Read more »

Rolling Stone magazine recently interviewed soccer player Chris "Wondo" Wondolowski, a member of the Kiowa tribe who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes. He has the honor of playing for the U.S. Men's Nationa... Read more »

Tâpwê Production Projects is proud to release a new concert music video of the song "Idle No More." The hand drum song was composed by Pura Fé and co-written with Cary Morin about the powerful Idle No More grassroots ... Read more »