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Advice From a Vet: Meet Navajo Christine Bigman: Warrior Strong, Her Military Toughness Helps Her Succeed

Warren Duffie

March 19, 2013

When she was an Army cook, Christine Bigman personified precision and efficiency...

Meet Richard Black Elk: Lakota Warrior, Proud Teacher for Little Wound School on Pine Ridge

Warren Duffie

March 15, 2013

Richard Black Elk’s career path has been a marathon...

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Thing About Skins

I’ve heard many Natives complain, time and time again, about the lack of Native imagery in pop culture. If we want to see Natives within... Read More

Pow Wow Listing

As we approach the dog days of summer, the pow wow trail is heating up. Here are five upcoming pow wows that will be spectacular. Come to... Read More

Ask N NDN

American Indians in Film & Television (AIFT) has been the only vocal advocate for the hiring and accurate portrayal of the American... Read More

Health & Wellness

Honeybees are holy. They are matriarchal powerhouses, spiritual catalysts . . . and they’re dropping like flies. It’s a phenomenon that’s... Read More

Veterans

K-9 service member Runa has earned his retirement. The Cherokee Nation Marshal Service is retiring its drug-sniffing dog Runa after five... Read More

Politics

On June 15, Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced plans to promote and help six South Dakota tribes develop a joint wind energy... Read More

Genealogy

Native games, neuroscience, and historical trauma--they sound like an odd trio but collectively may provide answers to problems across... Read More

Astronomy

The Popocatépetl volcano (the word is Aztec for "smoking mountain") has been spewing ash, rocks and other material for nearly two weeks now... Read More

Sports

The Schimmel Sisters, Umatilla, and the University of Louisville women's baseketball team are up for a 2013 ESPY Award: Best Upset. In what... Read More

Education

What began as a small community gathering to promote the power of the Ojibwe language in Minnesota blossomed this year into a celebration... Read More

Environment

Hidden, low-undergrowth fires are taking a bigger toll on the southern Amazon jungle than logging, NASA has determined with an innovative... Read More

Pow Wow MCs

Howard “Howie” Thomson is a popular pow wow MC from Carry the Kettle Nakoda (Assiniboine) First Nation located in Saskatchewan, Canada.... Read More

American Indian History

The first person to walk here did so over a thousand years ago when the Hohokam arrived at what is now known as Colossal Cave Mountain... Read More

Pow Wow Dancers

Tyra John, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, is just 12 years old, but she's already an acclaimed hoop dancer, having competed at... Read More

Indian Gaming

At Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino, the newest attraction of Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community, the welcome mat is in place with a... Read More

Travel

Despite efforts by the U.S. government to exterminate the bison as a way to exterminate the Indian, the bison persists, if fragily. Now, a... Read More

Business

“I want to develop my breakfast-burrito business into a restaurant,” said Lisa Lengkeek, a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and 2013... Read More

Canada

Angel Gates is gradually taking more steps toward quitting prostitution in what has been a long and painful battle. Turned out on the... Read More

World News

Following the two-day international conference of indigenous nations in Alta, Norway on June 12, where the Alta Outcome Document and... Read More

Pow Wow News

During the especially hot first weekend of June, in the small Arizona town of Pinetop, the White Mountain Apache Tribe held their 16th... Read More

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