Native American Articles

Many people in the US and Canada have at least one Indian ancestral line in their family.  Lots of people grew up hearing the family legend about a family member that was Native American. Proving that legend t... Read more »

One may argue that the Guion Miller Roll is perhaps one of the most important Rolls ever done of the Cherokee Nation in a Genealogical sense.  This roll is more formally referred to as the Eastern Cherokee Emigra... Read more »

Long pieces of thong can be cut from scraps of leather by cutting it from a circle of buckskin. Using the best part of the scrap, trim the edge so there are smooth curves, generally shaped in a circle. Begi... 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 »

Premiering May 18, 2012, Crooked Arrows is the story of a Native American lacrosse team making its way through a prep school league tournament. A mixed-blood Native American, Joe Logan, eager to modernize his reser... Read more »

Behind the Scenes of Nelly Furtado Video Featuring Native Dancers Nelly Furtado's video for Big Hoops features three Native American dancers. Tony Duncan, Violet Duncan and Kevin Duncan. https://www.youtube.com/... Read more »

"Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" is a song by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado. The song, produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, is the lead single from her first English-language album in six years, The Spirit... Read more »

Last night during the game between Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers, Kevin Durant debuted the new Nike N7.  The N7 line is inspired by Native American styles.  The shoe line supports programs a... Read more »

Before the forced removal of the Ponca to Oklahoma Territory in 1877, appointed Tail Dancers among the Hethuska Society would carry the long-shafted, crook-ended Society Coup Sticks in battle and at Society Dance Cere... Read more »

Usually a loose fitting, wide-sleeved shirt is worn with straight dance clothes, although I've witnessed on more than one occasion, straight dancers in traditional Comanche style clothes, without a shirt. Derived f... Read more »

DO YOU LIVE IN A NATIVE AMERICAN STATE? State Name Origins By Jamie K. Oxendine, Lumbee/Creek Editor, PowWows.com Director, Black Swamp InterTribal Foundation  PRELUDE Most Americans have no concept of th... Read more »