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Lakota Singer Nominated for Best New Artist at 2015 Indigenous Music Awards
/ | 1 Comment on Lakota Singer Nominated for Best New Artist at 2015 Indigenous Music AwardsGabrielle Knife has been singing all of her life. She says, “Singing well? Not until about my sophomore year in High School. Around this time of my life is when I began looking into the Wicaglata, or ‘women singing behind the drum’ role. I had grandmothers and aunties who….
Read more »10 Powwow People You Need to Follow on Instagram
/ | 1 Comment on 10 Powwow People You Need to Follow on InstagramLet me just be the first to say it – I am addicted to Instagram. It’s a unique social media platform where you can share a single photo at once, (sometimes continuously), connect with others and track some very unique hashtags… #ifyouwannajudgethengosmudge, anyone? Here’s a list of people I’ve followed….
Read more »Indigenize Your Health with #WellForCulture
/ | Leave a CommentThis valuable resource could not come at a better time. It’s swimsuit season after all! Chelsey Luger (Anishinaabe/Lakota) is a contributor to Indian Country Today Media Network and you may have seen some of her posts there under the heading “Well For Culture“, where she talks health and wellness. She….
Read more »Why the Reservation Will Always Call You Home
/ | 1 Comment on Why the Reservation Will Always Call You HomeAll Indigenous people have made an unspoken promise to the land that we inhabit, as well as any lands we may visit, to always honor and respect it. We also have a deep attachment to where we come from, Turtle Island, or further reaches, as it is the land where….
Read more »What It’s Like To Grow Up in the Powwow Circle and Not Come From a Powwow Family
| 12 Comments on What It’s Like To Grow Up in the Powwow Circle and Not Come From a Powwow FamilyWithout a doubt, at every powwow, they will be noticed; the kid with a mismatched outfit and either Tandy Leather Factory moccasins or simply socks and shoes. Like all little kids, they don’t care what they look like, how they come off to people or what they do – they….
Read more »“Generation Of Change” CD Review
/ | Leave a Comment“Wicoyecage Oitoka…(Generation Of Change)” A review of the Gathering Of Nations 2012 CD By Michael Kickingbear (Mashantucket Pequot) Did you attend the 2012 “Gathering of Nations” Powwow this year? If not, do not fear…because you are covered! Released in early July of this year, “Generation of Change” is a musical….
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