Native American Articles

The Dream Catcher now comes in all sizes and a great variety of designs. Depending on the artist making them and how they were taught. These instructions are the most basic of design and materials. We leave it u... Read more »

As a mom of two and a grandmother of four, it’s an eternal challenge to eat reasonably at powwows! Especially when you’re not camping with a full kitchen for all the cooking.  First there’s the nutritional and heal... Read more »

What is Native American?  What an encumbered question.  One might as well ask “Why is the sky blue?” Obviously, a rhetorical question to be profound as one does not need the technical scientific answer to... 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 »

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 »