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Technology already intersects with Native history at The Mashantucket Pequot Research Center and Museum in Ledyard, Connecticut. The tribal museum’s curriculum and exhibits tell stories old and new, whether through a full-scale 16th century Pequot village or classes that blend high-tech with tribal heritage.
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A statewide cultural and education center based in Alaska and dedicated to its Native cultures and heritages has named four directors to its board.
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A new film festival that aims to create new opportunities for Indigenous creators will debut this fall during Native American Heritage Month.
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An Airbnb doubles as the lair of a proud Native dominatrix in Peshawn Bread’s first film, The Daily Life of Mistress Red.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs last week released a draft of proposed legislation that would strengthen enforcement of laws against counterfeit Native art.
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James Johnson’s career is snowballing.
After years of perfecting the ancient, ovoid-based Tlingit formline style, the carver and designer from the Eagle Killerwhale clan has etched out a niche in the cool world of winter sports.
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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee potter Allen Jacobs used to make his living selling his creations at art shows across Oklahoma and the southwestern United States.
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SULPHUR, Okla. — Chickasaw Nation-owned Mahota Textiles builds its identity on weaving Southeastern art into blankets, tote bags, pillows and other products.
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In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down festivals and gatherings across the country, including the famed Santa Fe Indian Market.
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WASHINGTON — Native arts nonprofit First Peoples Fund takes the stage this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for “We The Peoples Before,” a three-day celebration of the culture bearers that help share and preserve Native art and language.