tag: powwows
Tanka Fund launches ‘Bringing the Buffalo Home’ video series (August 28, 2024)
Tanka Fund, a Native-led non-profit, has launched a new video series to highlight the importance of buffalo to tribal communities. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation comes together for Labor Day celebration (August 26, 2024)
Every Labor Day weekend marks a special time for reflection and celebration by the Cherokee people. 
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community hosts annual powwow (August 8, 2024)
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is expecting hundreds of dancers and thousands of visitors to its wacipi in Minnesota. 
The Oglala Sioux Tribe concluded its annual powwow over the weekend following a shooting that claimed the life of one person.
PHOTOS: Tunica-Biloxi Tribe celebrates at annual powwow (May 20, 2024)
“Each year, Pow Wow strengthens the bonds within our community and among our guests from afar,” said Chairman Marshall Pierite. 
Native America Calling: Miss Indian World Kassie John (May 9, 2024)
Diné multimedia artist Kassie John is the newest cultural ambassador to wear the Miss Indian World crown. 
Native America Calling: A sample of Native Guitars Tour 2024 (April 26, 2024)
Native Guitars Tour is heading up a two-day music and fashion presentation in New Mexico. 
Native America Calling: Celebrating Native veterans (November 10, 2023)
Parades and powwows are gearing up to honor Native veterans around the country. 
Canadian documentary focuses on ‘Icon’ who based career on Native identity (October 25, 2023)
A Canadian news documentary focuses on the Native identity claims of one of the most celebrated performers in entertainment history. 
A Native man from Canada who dedicated his life to economic development in Indigenous communities was killed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Native America Calling: The significance of cedar (December 9, 2022)
Cedar is an important part of many tribal cultures. 
Native America Calling: Native playlist with Northern Cree (December 2, 2022)
Forty years after four brothers first came together as Northern Cree, they are releasing their first fully self-published and owned record. 
Native food sovereignty figure admits no tribal connections (October 21, 2022)
A scholar who has made a name for herself in Native food sovereignty has vowed to stop claiming to be of “Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descent” despite doing so for decades. 
A business in South Dakota that banned Native patrons from the premises is being sued by the United States government for racial discrimination.
Underscore.news: Yakama Nation celebrates return of sacred land (October 18, 2022)
An 1855 treaty with the U.S. government ensured one of the Yakama Nation’s most important sites would remain part of its homelands. 
‘Huge loss for the world’: Lakota cultural bearer Kevin Locke passes on (October 5, 2022)
Kevin Locke — renowned hoop dancer, flute player and educator of Lakota language and culture — passed away suddenly at the age of 68. 
Native Sun News Today: A brief history of the pow wow (October 4, 2022)
The real history of pow wows is being made by people today, by just having pow wows. 
Native prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary hosted their first powwow in three years, a 50-year tradition temporarily halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Once again, the heartbeat of Ina Maka will reverberate throughout the Black Hills at the 34th Annual He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate.
The 100th anniversary of the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial in New Mexico was marred by violence after a car drove into the crowd and parade, causing injuries and wreaking havoc on the opening day of the highly-anticipated event.
Native America Calling: Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial Centennial (August 3, 2022)
The city of Gallup, New Mexico, is marking 100 years of celebrating the region’s Indigenous culture with events like a parade and traditional song and dance. 
Today on Native America Calling, as we head into the three-day weekend, Shawn Spruce takes you to a place that knows how to celebrate with family-friendly cultural authenticity.
Land that was taken from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes was finally returned after more than a century.
Handmade regalia, eagle feathers, and items handed down through the generations are among the items we keep in our homes and take with us to powwows and other events.
Native America Calling: The powwow trail returns (April 26, 2022)
Native America Calling will celebrate the celebrations and calculate the lingering risks as people head back to the powwow trail. 
Young Native woman sounds alarm about violence in Indian Country (April 22, 2022)
A prominent photographer who built a sizable following online with posts featuring Native women and girls is stepping out of the spotlight after survivors came forward with accounts of trauma. 
The people of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota nations came together to take a stand against racism and discrimination on their homelands.
Self-proclaimed ‘Auntie’ admits being wrong about tribal affiliations (January 24, 2022)
A social media figure who built a following by creating “Native” content is backing away from her tribal affiliation claims. 
Boasting one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States, the Blackfeet Nation is back open for business.
The Days of ’76 Parade and Rodeo has been growing over the years, and including Native culture is becoming more important in the celebration.
Publisher Tim Giago has decided to sponsor a National Native American Media Convention on Native American Day in South Dakota.
Tim Giago: A wacipi that hid many secrets (May 3, 2021)
Every Lakota knows where we have been and now we are struggling to find out where we are going. 
Native America Calling: Another pandemic powwow season (April 9, 2021)
Native America Calling will take the hour to discuss how organizers are responding to the pent-up demand for live, in-person powwows.
The 2021 American Indian Council Powwow at Montana State University will go online March 22-28, in adherence to COVID-19 restrictions.
Native America Calling: Music Maker (February 11, 2021)
Traditional powwow singer and song maker Bryden Gwiss uses what he’s learned—and taught—on the powwow trail to create a new sound.
Native America Calling: Music Maker: Bryden Gwiss (January 28, 2021)
Traditional powwow singer and song maker Bryden Gwiss uses what he’s learned—and taught—on the powwow trail to create a new sound. 
Legendary Lakota legal advocate Steve Emery passes on (January 6, 2021)
Steven C. Emery, Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, passed on to the Spirit World on December 31, 2020. He was 62 years old. 
Black Lodge Singers earn another GRAMMY nomination (November 24, 2020)
The Black Lodge Singers, a powwow drum group led by Kenny ScabbyRobe of the Blackfeet Nation, has earned an eighth nomination for a GRAMMY award. 
Indian Country Today: Ojibwe people carry on wild rice tradition amid COVID-19 (September 30, 2020)
For the Ojibwe people, the healing power of the annual wild rice harvest transcends the pandemic.
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