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Tony Duncan Braces for NAMA 2013 as Both Performer and Nominee

Lee Allen

May 10, 2013

Five-time World Hoop Dancer champion Tony Duncan is accustomed to standard performance jitters from earlier presentations at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Nationa...

Joseph FireCrow Nominated for Two NAMA Awards

Gale Courey Toensing

May 08, 2013

Joseph FireCrow, the renowned award winning Native American Flute Man, has been nominated for two major awards at the upcoming Native American Music Awards on May 10...

Feature Film About Life of a Pow Wow Fancy Dancer Begins Filming This Summer

Scott Barta

March 16, 2013

The first of its kind Hollywood film about American Indian life on the pow wow circuit is tentatively set to begin filming this July...

Resources for Veterans: Operation Music Aid Provides Musical Instruments to Wounded Vets

ICTMN Staff

March 13, 2013

Operation Music Aid, based in Madison, Connecticut, was founded to supply guitars and keyboards to wounded military service personnel now in military hospitals for extended care...

Acclaimed Native American Flutist Joseph FireCrow: On a Musical Journey

Tish Leizens

March 13, 2013

When prominent Cheyenne musician Joseph FireCrow starts playing his traditional flute he closes his eyes and expresses a mix of emotions—powerful emotions, which he says are diffic...

Earth Sounds: Native American, Mongolian, and Australian Musical Cultures Celebrated at Wang Center Tonight

ICTMN Staff

October 04, 2012

Tonight, October 4, at the Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus in Stony Brook, New York, musical cultures will be celebrated in a special event...

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