Chickasaw Nation Showcases Thriving Culture Online

Chickasaw Nation Showcases Thriving Culture Online

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The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma is proud of its heritage and hopes to increase awareness of their culture and legacy by producing high-quality videos for the public to view. Chickasaw.tv is where the Chickasaw Nation... Read more »
Ponca Tribe Celebrates Chief Standing Bear Day

Ponca Tribe Celebrates Chief Standing Bear Day

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  In Nebraska, many celebrate the life of Ponca Chief Standing Bear on May 12th. Standing Bear was the first Indian civil rights person, and continues to be a role model for many Ponca youth. As told in the... Read more »
Centennial Celebration of Chiricahua Apache Artist Allan Houser

Centennial Celebration of Chiricahua Apache Artist Allan Houser

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If you happen to be traveling to Oklahoma for the annual Red Earth Festival, be on the lookout for these great works of art. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Allan Houser's birth, a first-ever, statewide co... Read more »
Proud to Be Indigenous Week!

Proud to Be Indigenous Week!

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It's a good week to be Indigenous! First Peoples Worldwide is proud to announce their 2nd Annual Proud to Be Indigenous Week starting Sunday, May 11th. Indigenous Peoples from around the world will be descending o... Read more »
Billy Frank Jr., Nisqually Elder Who Fought for Tribal Rights, Walks On

Billy Frank Jr., Nisqually Elder Who Fought for Tribal Rights, Walks On

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Sad news reported by many media outlets around Indian Country, including Seattle Times. Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually elder and fisherman who served for more than half a century as the charismatic voice of Northwest tr... Read more »
Kitigan – Nurturing Aboriginal Artisans

Kitigan – Nurturing Aboriginal Artisans

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The name "Kitigan" is an Ojibway word meaning "garden". It also means "to grow, to mature, or to prosper". This is what a new e-commerce site aims to do, help Aboriginal artists grow, mature and prosper. Kitigan's set... Read more »
Adrienne Keene Defends Dissertation at Harvard

Adrienne Keene Defends Dissertation at Harvard

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It's always nice to see Natives getting their college degrees. Even better when it's a master's or doctoral degree, which is much needed in all areas of study! On April 16, 2014, Adrienne Keene, author of the Nativ... Read more »
Medicine Wheel: Comparison In Life

Medicine Wheel: Comparison In Life

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Note: this article is about the Native American Medicine Wheel symbol, color and design as opposed to the physical structure known as the Medicine Wheel that is visible as architecture across North America. Univers... Read more »
St’át’imc Grizzly Bear Dancer Shares Her Story

St’át’imc Grizzly Bear Dancer Shares Her Story

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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... Read more »
New $1 Coin Designs to feature Mohawk Iron Workers and Code Talkers

New $1 Coin Designs to feature Mohawk Iron Workers and Code Talkers

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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. The... Read more »
People of the Horse

People of the Horse

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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... Read more »
DNA Shows Clovis People as Ancestors to Native Americans

DNA Shows Clovis People as Ancestors to Native Americans

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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... Read more »

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