Native American Culture

Donovan Shortey from the Dineh is a well know photographer from Window Rock, Arizona.  PowWows.com is honored to bring you this interview. Tell me about yourself and your background?   Yá'át'ééh, My ... Read more »

The Native American Women Warriors was created to raise awareness of women veterans. Mitchelene BigMan President and founder had created dresses to signify her patriotism to this great nation and the First Nati... Read more »

Producers Albert and Larisa Chacon talk about the direction that We Are Birds Documentary Project is continuing towards.... Dr. Broyles Chacon shares her view on the public's knowledge of the Birds... "What I'd ... Read more »

As Native people, we take pride in our hair. It portrays our cultural identity, our values, and our beliefs. In the old days when most of our people wore their traditional hairstyles, there were amazing creations a... Read more »

Powwow Trail is a glimpse inside the Oneida Powwow through the eyes of Dylan Jennings, a UW-Madison student, traditional dancer, and singer with Midnite Express. This is the fourth installment of The Ways, a collectio... Read more »

Facing Diabetes in a Native American World  by Judy Anderson “Facing Diabetes in a Native American World” is the result of an experience of a Native American man with Diabetes and his struggles physically, fina... Read more »

In the quite literally hundreds of genres of music that can be found out there today, native recording artists find it increasingly difficult to get noticed. I will even dare to say more so than non-native artists out... Read more »

IF THEY HAVE HAD IT THEY WOULD HAVE USED IT - MAYBE? Native American Use of Trade Materials By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, PowWows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation PRELUDE How often... Read more »

Ponca Hethuska Society by Jonathan Holmes The following are some of the written and oral traditions that I have researched concerning the origins and history of the Ponca Hethuska Society. Since I recognize that t... Read more »

The 2012 London Olympics includes 3 Native Americans. Mary Killman Mary Killman is a Citizen Potawatomi Nation.  She will compete in the Synchronized Duet Technical Swimming Event for Team USA. Update - M... Read more »

Today we call this the Dawes Rolls, although it encompasses the original Five Civilized Tribes of the South East (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole). This article is specifically about the Cherokee ... Read more »

For his role in the upcoming film, The Lone Ranger, Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche Tribe.  Depp will play Tonto in the film. On May 16, 2012 the Comanche Nation tribal chairman present... Read more »