Native Profiles

Eric Bearspaw has been coming to Gathering of Nations for 4 years from Alberta Canada. Eric is Nakota, Stoney, and said he would have been coming to Gathering a lot sooner in his life, but he was worried about the exc... Read more »

Ron Eagle Chasing is a Traditional dancer who has been dancing for 30 years. He's from South Dakota and is from the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe. Eagle Chasing started dancing in the 8th grade and continued until... Read more »

Raymond Tsoatight is a Kiowa Nation Southern Style and Gourd Dancer. Tsoatight has been coming to Gathering of Nations since the very beginning.  I was able to interview him as he was preparing to enter the arena... Read more »

Felicia has been dancing in the Powwow circuit since she was 4 years old. What started in tiny-tots grew to become a love for dancing Jingle Dress as an adult. Lone Bear came to this year’s Gathering of Nations after ... Read more »

If you're a fan of Chicken Dancers, you're going to have to keep your eye out for this young man from Saskatchewan. Jamon Paskemin (Sweetgrass First Nation) has been chosen as Head Man Dancer at Gathering of Nations, ... Read more »

While you're watching the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow on PowWows.com this weekend, be sure to look for this wonderful young lady! Tia Wood, 17 years old from the Saddle Lake First Nation, has been chosen as Head Y... Read more »

The pow-wow trail is full of superstars, Olympians, and true Champions, women’s traditional dancer Linda Standing is one of them, she comes from White Bear First Nation in Saskatchewan, she’s Dakota, Nakota, Anishinab... Read more »

Playboy magazine recently named Brook Power their Playmate of the Year for 2017. According to press releases, she is the magazine's first Native American to win the title. Here's what she had to say about her herit... Read more »

PowWows.com blogger Charlie Ballard interviewed the current Miss Indian World at the UC Davis Pow Wow.  Danielle Ta' Sheena answered questions from the live audience and discussed her year at Miss Indian World. &... Read more »

By Jonette Ross Brown Eyes Brad Bearsheart, Hunkpapa Lakota and Santee Dakota, began the circle in Standing Rock, ND. His father’s side of the family was in the ministry. At first, it was expected that he would fol... Read more »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHP1VHfSP4w Canku Onestar  <---- that guy is a really good Fancy Dancer. Canku represents the Sićangu, Oglala Lakota, Onieda & Seneca Nations.  Every Powwow generation has ... Read more »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qllvVP-yMs For our www.powwows.com readers, many of you are learning that our powwow dancers come from unique and diverse backgrounds, which sometimes make their personal stories ve... Read more »