A Grandmother's Memories
A Grandmother's Memories

Rhonda LeValdo interviewed her grandmother, Rachel Blackwater, about her memories of growing up on the Acoma Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico.

 (12/3/2008)
Dey & Nite
Dey & Nite

This is the introductory video of Dey & Nite, twins from Gallup, N.M., who have been backup singers for Hilary Duff. They call their style "Twin Pop."

 (12/2/2008)
Fashion Show
Fashion Show

NishTV presents a fashion show, starring Elijah Pemmican of the Shadow Creek Drum group. NishTV is a video-media Web site covering Northern Ontario's Anishinabek Community.

 (12/1/2008)
Sequoyah Advances to Quarterfinals
Sequoyah Advances to Quarterfinals

The Sequoyah Indians of Cherokee Nation advanced to the Class 2A quarterfinals in the Oklahoma high school state football championships, behind Brian Salazar's four touchdowns.

 (11/28/2008)
A Real Thanksgiving Turkey!
A Real Thanksgiving Turkey!

If you can get past your initial disbelief at the sight of Asian American actors portraying Indians, you'll laugh at the comedy troupe 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors' edgy Thanksgiving Day spoof of Pilgrims as illegal immigrants.

 (11/26/2008)
Crystal Shawanda Sings 'My Roots Are Showing'
Crystal Shawanda Sings 'My Roots Are Showing'

Country music star Crystal Shawanda, from the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, sings and talks about her new single, "My Roots Are Showing."d

 (11/26/2008)
Levi and the Plateros
Levi and the Plateros

This is a segment from "New Mexico Southwest Sounds," a music show produced by the New Mexico Music Commission. It aired on Albuquerque's KOAT TV (ABC) June 9. The video was shot during the Gathering of Nations.

 (11/24/2008)
Blue Gap Boy’z Laughs it up in Navajo Theaters
Blue Gap Boy’z Laughs it up in Navajo Theaters

"Blue Gap Boy'z" is a new Native comedy film starring three Navajo actors: Ernest David Tsosie III, Beau Benally and Vincent Craig. Tsosie is part of the James and Ernie comedy duo, and Craig is a Navajo comedian and creator of the "Muttonman" comic strip.

 (11/21/2008)
Swinomish Teens Make PBS Documentary
Swinomish Teens Make PBS Documentary

In trouble with drugs, three Swinomish teens are given the chance to participate in an environmental documentary. The result, 'March Point,' is now playing on PBS stations around the country.

 (11/19/2008)

  • Tell us what you think about the 'Navajobama' T-shirt, and we'll send your comments to the manufacturer—and to the Obama for President campaign. (No profanities, please.)

  • A Native American gay wedding ceremony takes place at a Two Spirit gathering in Montana.

  • Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.

  • A Tennessee high school, whose mascot is the Indians, takes the Native American motif one step further: It calls school grounds "The Reservation."

  • The Native actor’s role on 'Law and Order: SVU' is coming to an end, but he plans to stay busy with an Internet TV show, a book and a new baby.


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