Native American Articles

The Mall of American is Bloomington, Minnesota has invited me to spend the weekend enjoying the shopping, attractions, and restaurants in the largest mall in the United States.  This weekend they invited a few other b... Read more »

This past Saturday, the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum presented "Singing the Birds (Wikitmallem Tahxmuweh): Bird Song & Dance Festival" at Palm Springs High School in California. This free public event was hosted ... Read more »

Well that didn't last long. There was already some rumblings going on when Obama first announced that he was designating Bears Ears in Utah and Gold Butte in Nevada as national monuments. From the original press... Read more »

Luckily there is no shortage of celebrities who can use their platforms to speak out about social injustices across the world. We can all use the help, right? Recently former UFC champion Ronda Rousey took a road t... Read more »

Native Americans have served in every major U.S. military encounter from the Revolutionary War to today’s conflicts in the Middle East in higher numbers per capita than any other ethnic group. “Patriot Nations: Na... Read more »

The Candian pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park has always featured magnificent totem poles.  The current poles have been in place since the early 1990s.  They were designed by Tsimshian ar... Read more »

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY), a policy program at the Aspen Institute, will introduce the fifth class of CNAY Champions for Change through a series o... Read more »

On February 2nd, the popular youth hockey series Hit The Ice returns to APTN for its fifth season. Watch and be inspired as 29 Indigenous Junior hockey players compete for spots on Canada’s Junior team and U.S. colleg... Read more »

The American Indian Center has hosted Pow Wows since 1953.  The book series, Images of America, has put together 50 years of Pow Wow photos into a book - Chicago's 50 Years of Powwows.  This book lets you lo... Read more »

You might remember us talking about an upcoming movie last year called No Blood of Mine, which featured fancy dancer Larry Yazzie as a detective! We said we'd let y'all know when it was available to view and here's in... Read more »

I thought this was a great story even before I clicked on the link. Then I saw the name and thought, wow that guy sounds familiar! Sure enough, George Abeyta, Wyoming school teacher, is also a fancy dancer and pow wow... Read more »

Watching this Smoke Dance video from over the summer has me dreaming about wide open green spaces and warm weather! The annual Marvin "Joe" Curry Veterans Pow Wow is held at the Veterans Memorial Park in Salamanca,... Read more »