How He Got Tongue – Cheyenne Legend
Wihio was living in his home, and not far away was a camp of people. One day he had nothing to eat, and now way to kill anything; so he paid a visit to...
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Chief GALL – Phizí (1840-1895)
Tribal Affiliation: Húŋkpapa Lakota, ca.: 1840-1895 “Man Who Goes in the Middle,” or Phizí, a Húŋkpapa Lakota leader, was one of the significant Indian field commanders at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He...
Naturally Native: The first film about Native women created by Native women.
The first mainstream feature film funded and produced entirely by Native American. Starring Valerie Red-Horse, Irene Bedard, Kimberly Norris Guerrero Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three sisters as...
Rare Photos Show The Fascinating Beauty Of The Yakama Native Women
Old photos of Yakama Women (aka Yakima) taken between 1880 and 1957. {Homeland is primarily in southern Washington.} Upon central Washington’s plateau and along the Columbia River reside tribal people called the Yakama’s. The...
Navajo Child Sings The National Anthem In Navajo Language
Autumn Dizhon Clah, 2, from Lukachukai, Ariz., sings the national anthem in Navajo Language with her mother Roxyanne Harvey by her side. The Navajo Nation Fair was established in 1938 to stimulate livestock improvements...
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...
Why do Ojibwe people point with their lips and not their fingers (VIDEO)
The Elders Speak: Pointing with your Lips Traditional Ojibwe people will point with their lips and not their fingers. It is thought of as impolite and not respectful to point with your finger. Culture...
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...
Security And Peace: The Story Of Native American (Real) Dreamcatchers
According to Native American tradition, the dreamcatcher’s web catches bad dreams and holds them until morning when they perish in the light of dawn. According to the Native American people, dreams are messages that...
7 Great Quotes From Native Americans on Embracing Your Powerful Inner Spirit
Alice Walker, Cherokee, and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, once said that the “most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ”Here are...
