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Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival turns 10 in Richmond
World premieres, filmmakers in person and a free family powwow: the 10th annual festival runs Nov. 18-22 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Museum…
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NATIVE VOTE 2026
New Mexico elects first Native woman governor
Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, won her race for governor against her Republican opponent, Greggory Hull, with 57 percent of the vote and 64 percent of precincts reporting fully or partially
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MUST READS
Jonathan Nez falls short to become first Native American from Arizona in U.S. Congress
Incumbent Eli Crane retains his seat as Arizona’s second congressional district representative to serve a third term
Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act threatens tribal sovereignty, leaders warn
UPDATED: Certain provisions included in a bill the Senate is expected to vote on tonight could be detrimental to tribes seeking to protect their homelands and sacred sites
Canada honors sacrifices of Indigenous veterans
National Indigenous Veterans Day is celebrated on Nov. 8 each year in Canada
’Millennial Scoop’: New generations bring new fight over Canada’s child-welfare system
Class-action lawsuit seeks compensation for off-reserve children caught up in the nation’s ‘humanitarian crisis’
‘Wear your big earrings. Let out your loudest lili and let’s go’
Peggy Flanagan, the country’s first Native woman elected to the US Senate, pledges effort to roll back Medicaid cuts and ensure the Indian Health Service funding
Peggy Flanagan makes history as first Native woman elected to U.S. Senate
Flanagan was among three Indigenous women seeking to win seats in the upper chamber of Congress
POWWOW
Black Hills Powwow boasts record prizes and buffalo harvests
The premiere Northern Plains powwow returns Oct. 9-11
‘Coming home to our ancestral land’
Homelands Powwow rekindles Stockbridge-Munsee ties to Hudson Valley, western Massachusetts
INDIGENOUS A&E: People who powwow, sibling art, mountain lion immortalized
A biweekly column from ICT with the latest news from the arts and entertainment world
Intergenerational Two-Spirit head dancers find joy in expressing themselves freely
Theo Wright and his dad, Asa Wright, have both served as Two-Spirit head dancers at…
#YDL: Lobster roll is the new powwow food
Experiencing new Indigenous cuisine on the powwow trail
Native veterans are central to the powwow scene
Powwows provide space for community and healing for many Native veterans
