Native Profiles

Phoenix, AZ (October 10, 2017) – For the first time in Phoenix Fashion Week’s 9 year history, a Native American owned fashion brand took top honors as the 2018 Couture Designer of the Year. On the night of October 7th... Read more »

Millie Bridwell specializes in a cherished art among her peoples - she creates and makes star quilts. Making star quilts is a process that is as complicated and challenging as learning a new language, and in some ways... Read more »

This past week three of our Native LGBT ambassadors attended Tucson Pride in Tucson, Arizona! (Pictured L-R) Miss Montana Two Spirit 2017 - Vanessa Kristina (Salt River Pima), Miss International Two Spirit 2017... Read more »

Folks all along the pow wow trail are learning about the sudden passing of Wanbli Charging Eagle and paying tribute to this talented grass dancer. The Black Hills Powwow shared this message and video on their Faceb... Read more »

This past weekend Christian Parrish Take The Gun (Crow) aka Supaman performed for Native Youth groups in the Bay Area.  For those of you not familiar with Christian: Christian Parrish Takes the Gun, professional... Read more »

This weeks featured artist is Tawnia Littlesalt, a Navajo beader from Kayenta, Arizona.  Tawnia began showing interest in beading when she was 11 years old.  She would watch her mom, Ella Benally do beadwork at the ki... Read more »

You've seen her work featured on our website before, starting off with an article on Bullshoe Creations' pow wow trail accessories and other articles talking about fashion shows she's participated in. But now, designe... Read more »

This past weekend Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua Williams (Shinnecock) was elected the new Miss Native American USA 2017!  This pageant is considered one of the bigs among the Native American pageant world.  Many of th... Read more »

Currently on the Indie film festival circuit is a new Native Horror flick by Mike J. Marin called, "The Smudging". This film is about a paranormal research group called the Night Stalkers who get called in to inves... Read more »

Grand Entry videos are always lovely to watch with the colorful regalia and amazing dancers. But this Grand Entry video is special because it was shot from a kid's perspective. And not just any kid, but one with ph... Read more »

  Listening and dancing to the music at a pow-wow is a wonderful experience. The drum brings out the spirit of the dancers, especially when the song is good. When the singers sing hard, you feel the music in y... Read more »

Danielle Da Silva is an acclaimed photographer and founder of the Photographers Without Borders (Canada) organization (NGO). She recently published a gorgeous pow wow photo essay on the PWB website and we just had ... Read more »