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Glacsy Clothes Redefine Native Fashion
Glacsy Clothes Redefine Native Fashion

From the reservation to the runway, Native American fashion is ever changing and Tionne Linder, founder of the Glacsy fashion company, is helping lead that effort.

 (12/8/2008)
Designer Is Drawn to His Native Roots
Designer Is Drawn to His Native Roots

Designer Ryan Red Corn believes that if you build an economic infrastructure in the place you live, a community will emerge. His Red Hand Media is now one of the top Native graphic design firms in Indian Country.

 (12/5/2008)
Coming of Age at a California Powwow
Coming of Age at a California Powwow

At the Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow, a Canadian
teenage Native became "a man in the powwow world."

 (11/18/2008)
Yes She Did
Yes She Did

Meet Denise Juneau, the first Native American woman to win a statewide executive office in an election in which a candidate’s American Indian heritage was known to the voters.

 (11/7/2008)
Natives at the Polls: 'My Vote's Gonna Matter'
Natives at the Polls: 'My Vote's Gonna Matter'

See and hear Election Day excitement as Chippewa Cree tribal members turned out in record numbers on the Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana to cast their votes for Barack Obama.

 (11/5/2008)
In the Running
In the Running

Native American athletes competed with the best runners in Montana at the state high school cross country championship. A Crow student was one of the highest-finishing runners at the meet.

 (10/28/2008)
Football and Frybread
Football and Frybread

The University of Montana's American Indian Alumni Group holds a tailgate during the Montana Grizzlies' game against the Sacramento State Hornets.

 (10/21/2008)
Solitary Potter
Solitary Potter

Meet Roger Perkins, the world's only traditional Mohawk potter. The tribal artwork died out 400 years ago.

 (10/7/2008)
After the Hurricanes: Relief and Recovery
After the Hurricanes: Relief and Recovery

Photos show Native American victims of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the Louisiana bayous picking up supplies at the Houma Relief Center.

 (9/19/2008)
Flood Damage From Hurricane Ike
Flood Damage From Hurricane Ike

These photos show damage from Hurricane Ike after its massive storm surge swamped Louisiana's coastline and flooded the bayou communities where much of the state's Native American population lives.

 (9/15/2008)

  • 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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