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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
Nearly half of the ballot measures that could affect Indian Country passed
Measures passed this midterm election cycle impact trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, abortion access, environment and more.
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MUST READS
‘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
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
Davids continues her reign as the longest-serving Native woman in Congress
‘If Washington listened a little more to Kansas, we would all be better off,’ she said Tuesday evening
8 Native candidates battle for the U.S. House
Five of the eight candidates so far are declared winners in their races. Only races left are Jonathan Nez in Arizona and Bill Hill in Alaska.
NARF sending election monitors to Alaska, where Peltola campaign is under fire
The Native American Rights Fund is sending legal volunteers to six Alaska communities that have significant numbers of Native voters
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
