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Winter Time Blues
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The holiday season is over. The eggnog is all gone. The pretty Christmas tree all put away. The cookies have been eaten. The gifts are unwrapped. The New Year’s powwows are over. It’s safe to say some of us Powwow Mom... Read more »
The Inspiration Behind the Tribal Nations Map
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Earlier this year we showed you the story of Aaron Carapella, who had worked many years to create a Tribal Nations Map with original names the people called themselves. Aaron sat down with Native News Today and talke... Read more »
New Children’s Book by Keith Egawa Explores Traditional Native American Teachings
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Tani's Search for the Heart is the questing tale of Tani, a young Coast Salish girl journeying through the wilds of the Pacific Northwest to find "the heart of all things" and discover her own ability to make the worl... Read more »
Native American Actor Charlie Hill, 62, Has Lost Battle with Lymphoma
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Two Row Times has confirmed that Oneida-Mohawk-Cree actor Charlie Hill passed away early Monday morning following a lengthy illness. He was 62 years old.
Hill has been noted as one of the most ground... Read more »
Still Here: Not Living in Tipis
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For the past eight years, Sue Reynolds has photographed scores of ceremonies at reservations throughout the western and Plains states. About 40 of those images are now collected in her new book, "Still Here: Not Livin... Read more »
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 »
Supaman by Sings In The Timber
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I love making photos at powwows! As a journalist I love documenting Native American life but as a photographer I want my work to stand out. So without getting too “arty” I try to shake up my photographic style when I ... Read more »
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