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5 Reason You Have To Visit Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow!
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The Gathering of Nations Pow Wow is just a few days away! Gathering is THE largest Pow Wow in North America.
I've seen people posting online listing all the reasons to avoid Gathering of Nations. It's too cro... Read more »

The Native Drum – Making a Handle for a Small Drum
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Have you guys been keeping up with the awesome tutorials on Cheyenne and Arapaho Television (CATV47)? Last year we told you about a new show called The Native Drum with host Shawn Littlebear (Southern Cheyenne). Littl... Read more »

Indigenous Students Achieving Greatness
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Yesterday I met with Joseph Montoya, a student at San Jose State University and President of his club the “Native American Student Organization” which he started the Spring semester of his Freshman year at SJSU. I w... Read more »

#ThereIsHope – Suicide Prevention and Awareness on the Pine Ridge
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The Pine Ridge Reservation, a place that is often painted as one of the most impoverished, unhealthy and downright ugly places that you can imagine, whose 28,000 residents call this place home and choose not only to o... Read more »

21 Fantastic Photos & Recap of 11th Annual Santa Fe Days
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This past weekend in Carrolton, Texas they celebrated the 11th annual Santa Fe Days cultural event. Santa Fe Days is a full weekend of food, dancing, Native culture, and artisans selling their beautiful handmade j... Read more »

Ireland Pays Tribute to Choctaw Nation’s Kindness
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As reported by Ireland Calling, city officials in Cork, Ireland were looking for a unique way to mark the Choctaw Nation’s generosity and kindness during a dark period of Ireland's history: The Great Irish Famine. App... Read more »

Akicita Owicahe – Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery
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Growing up in a family of veterans, I was very used to seeing images of time served and hearing military talk that never seems to leave the individual, even if they’ve been separated from the military fo... Read more »

Ojibwe Pucker Toe Moccasin Tutorials
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Sarah Agaton Howes is the latest designer to participate in Eighth Generation's Inspired Natives Project. Sarah is an Anishinaabe artist, teacher, and emerging community organizer from Fond du Lac Reservation in Minne... Read more »

Native Small Business Highlight: OXDX Clothing
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Jared Yazzi is a Navajo business owner and designer at OXDX Clothing and is based out of Chandler, AZ. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the 2014 Standford Powwow in Palo Alto California and was excited to feature ... Read more »

Making Regalia – Straight Dress Making
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On this episode of Making Regalia with Juaquin Lonelodge, he has special guest Terra Houska. Terra introduces viewers to the fundamentals of straight dress making. The follow-up episode will show Juaquin and Terra con... Read more »

Heartbreaking: Native Murals Defaced
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As reported by Seattle Times, these beautiful murals created by Andrew Morrison (Apache/Haida) were defaced over the weekend.
Judging from the photograph it looks like the vandal might have used a super-soaker or r... Read more »

How to Make a Traditional Men’s Bustle | Making Regalia | Native American
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Making Regalia with Juaquin Lonelodge is back and this time he is tackling the bustle! Check out these two new episodes to help you with your regalia.
Episode 3 - Season 2
On this episode, Juaquin lays out the nec... Read more »
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