Native American Culture
The Cherokee Word for Water – Now Playing
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The Cherokee Word For Water is a feature-length motion picture inspired by the true story of the struggle for, opposition to, and ultimate success of a rural Cherokee community to bring running water to their families... Read more »
Healing the Warrior’s Heart
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Healing the Warrior’s Heart is a production of the Western Folklife Center in collaboration with Gary Robinson of Tribal Eye Productions, and KUED Channel 7, Salt Lake City’s PBS affiliate. The documentary sheds new l... Read more »
British Music Video Filmed on Blackfoot Nation Land
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Chase & Status are an electronic music duo from the UK who recently enlisted award-winning director Josh Cole to direct a music video for their song "Alive".
The "Alive" video was shot on the Blackfoot Indian R... Read more »
Meet Cirque du Soleil’s Hoop Dancer
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Latino-Native American performer Eric Hernandez has joined the Cirque du Soleil cast as a Hoop Dancer.
Eric has been hoop dancing since he was 10 thanks to his uncle Terry Goedel, a world champion hoop dancer... Read more »
Native Inspired Cakes
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Joleen General has created several Native inspired cakes. Her company Heavenly Sweets takes orders for these custom designed pieces of art. She is from the Deer Clan of the Onondaga Nation and lives on the Six Natio... Read more »
Cranberries Were a Native American Superfood
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The Algonquin, Chippewa, and Cree, among others, gathered wild cranberries where they could find them in what is now Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, all the way west to Oregon and Washington, and nort... Read more »
Thanksgiving Activities for Children
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Just like our Native American culture is not a Halloween costume or a sports mascot, we are also not a cute construction paper project for Thanksgiving. You are not doing our rich culture any justice... Read more »
Cherokee Nation Selling New Cultural Pendleton Blanket
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Just in time for the colder weather, another Pendleton collaboration is unveiled. Pendleton teamed up with the Cherokee Nation and their Award-winning Lead Graphic Designer Dan Mink for the blanket.
Central to the ... Read more »
Nike N7 and Kevin Durant Support Native American Youth
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Nike N7 announces its third collaboration with Kevin Durant on an N7 version of his signature shoe, the KD VI. Playing in Oklahoma City has connected Kevin Durant to the mission of Nike N7 and the impact it has with N... Read more »
Maintaining Cultural Identity and Self-Sufficiency
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The First Nations Development Institute believes that when armed with the appropriate resources, Native Peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable, economic, spiritual and cultural well-being of... Read more »
Campaign To Raise Awareness on Violence Against Native Women
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The Indian Law Resource Center and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) have launched the first videos in a new campaign to raise awareness of and help end violence against Native women and girls.
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Urban Rez Explores the Modern-Day Effects of the Relocation Program
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The Voluntary Relocation Program, spanning from 1952-1973, was the greatest voluntary upheaval of Native Americans during the 20th century. Urban Rez explores the lasting legacy of the relocation policies that encoura... Read more »
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