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Meet the Indigenous Athletes Competing in the Tokyo Olympics
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Fifty indigenous athletes are headed to Japan to compete in the Tokyo Olympics—the most ever selected in Olympic history.
Only 3 indigenous athletes competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Sixteen of these athletes a... Read more »
Escape to Alcatraz Chronicles Rise of Native Voices, Struggles That Persist To This Day
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"Escape to Alcatraz," the new documentary series by Hulu, gives us an up-close look at the 19 months in which Native Americans occupied the abandoned prison on Alcatraz Island. And it's something everyone—Native or no... Read more »
10 Native American Comedians You Should Know
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Native American comedians are on the rise. They're on TV, on the radio, in movies, in books, in magazines, on social media—you name it.
It's a special gift to pull off being witty and funny, bringing joy and ... Read more »
Native Music Radio – American Indian Music Streaming Radio Station
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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: Native American Activist, Writer and Prisoner
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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 Department to Launch Investigation Into Boarding Schools That Forced Assimilation Upon Native Americans
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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 »
Opinion: Foster Care System Has Done More Harm Than Good for Native American Children
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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 Among Selections for 2022 U.S. Quarters
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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 »
Supreme Court Ruling On Tribal Police Falls Short
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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 Celebrates 25 Years – 1996 – 2021
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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 »
Manito Ahbee Festival — A Lesson on Thanadelthur, the ‘Slave Woman’
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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 »
Manito Ahbee Festival — Red Willow Cradle Board Teaching
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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 »
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