Native American Articles

Your source for ALL types of Native American music – jazz, rock, rap, country, traditional, flute, and more! With over 700 songs, you can spend 24+ hours streaming American Indian Music.  We created this speci... Read more »

Leonard Peltier has been called everything from an activist, militant, warrior and hero to a criminal and murderer. UPDATE - January 20, 2025 - President Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Pelti... Read more »

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) announced a new initiative at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) that will not only protect sites where students were buried but uncover some of the dark hi... Read more »

One of the most painful truths in the history of Native Americans is the forcible removal the children. Sadly, indigenous children are disproportionately represented in the United States foster system—1.9 percent ... Read more »

Wilma Mankiller, the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, will have her own U.S. quarter next year. The announcement marks a departure from the U.S. Mint's longstanding tradition of placing mainly past pre... Read more »

Native Americans are saying that the ruling to now allow Native police officers to detain non-Native individuals on their land, is just not enough. Why? Because they still cannot make arrests. Jerome Lucero, the... Read more »

PowWows.com was born by a happy accident in 1996.  Now 25 years later we are the leading community for Native American culture. Back in 1996, I was in graduate school and decided to teach myself how to build w... Read more »

The Manito Ahbee Festival—which held its Virtual Pow Wow May 21—recently started a series called Youth Education Land Based and Cultural Teachings. Sponsored by Celebrate 150, the teachings aim to educate the next gen... Read more »

The Manito Ahbee Festival—which held its Virtual Pow Wow May 21—recently started a series called Youth Education Land Based and Cultural Teachings. Sponsored by Celebrate 150, the teachings aim to educate the next gen... Read more »

The controversial project to construct a pipeline that would send oil from the tar sands of Canada into Nebraska—which was fully backed by former President Donald Trump—has officially been canceled.  The proce... Read more »

The journey to parenthood is marked by a myriad of choices, and one of the most significant and enjoyable decisions is choosing a name for your baby. It's an opportunity to honor your heritage and celebrate the rich c... Read more »

You can see the letters from the "Indian Land" sign from miles away in the desert of Coachella Valley. The sign's resemblance to its counterpart 125 miles to the northwest is unmistakable, but this is much more tha... Read more »