Chief Iron Tail (1842-May 29, 1916) Oglala Lakota
Chief Iron Tail (1842-May 29, 1916), was an Oglala Lakota Chief and a star performer with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Iron Tail was one of the most famous Native American celebrities of the late...
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Dog Medicine: What Dogs Can Teach Us
Dogs have one of the best totems or spirit guides because they are well attuned to the nature of humans and understand the best ways to guide them. Throughout history the dog has been...
Elder Speaks: 8 Native American father code and ethics every dad needs to follow
A father is a man who takes responsibility for the children in his life. Many men grow up without a positive, healthy role model of fatherhood. Native American It is often when men are...
Earth First: “We are all related” a message from Russell Means
Russell Means (1939-2012), the Native American (Oglala Sioux) activist and actor (Chief Chingachgook in “The Last of the Mohicans”) is of one of the country’s most famous Native Americans. In this unscripted monologue, delivered...
Feed Your Spirit: 19 Words of Wisdom By Chief Dan George
Chief Dan George, OC (July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area...
History of the Jingle Dress Dance
History of the Jingle Dress Dance The Jingle Dress Dance originated with the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe Tribe in the early 1900s and gained popularity during the 1920s in the Great Lakes...
How Native American tribes are bringing back the bison from brink of extinction
On 5,000 hectares of unploughed prairie in north-eastern Montana, hundreds of wild bison roam once again. But this herd is not in a national park or a protected sanctuary – they are on tribal...
Hoop Dance: History and Celebrating a Cultural Art Form
Hoop dance is a form of dance that involves the use of one or more hula hoops as props. It is a visually stunning and physically challenging performance that combines elements of gymnastics, hip-hop,...
How the Cherokee got Corn
How Corn came to feed the Cherokee people and people all over the Earth. Many years ago there was an old woman who lived happily with her grandson until the boy turned seven years...
Indigenous People Saying “I Love You” In Their Native Languages
The American Indian comedic group, 1491s released this video to have Native people from from Indian country record themselves saying “I love you” in their Native language. The result is the “Indigenous Love Words...
