Hopi basketmakers are some of the finest artists in this medium in North America. Today, while many Pueblo peoples no longer weave baskets, Hopi women continue a centuries-long tradition of basketry. They are also innovative artists, developing new methods and…
As the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native people—including sports mascots—in media and popular culture. In 1968 NCAI launched a…
The Department of Interior has revised regulations affecting the distribution of trust assets following the death of an individual Indian landowner. A Federal Register notice published December 31, 2001, makes note of the regulations, which apply to the Office of…
Views: 1298 Indigenous Political Prisoner, Leonard Peltier, has organized his annual gift drive for the children of the Pine Ridge Lakota Nation in South Dakota. This is one way Leonard continues his humanitarian work for his people despite his incarceration. Help…
Views: 3189 Though some tribal members say they see no problem with the practice, others regard the marketing of dream catchers as another example of their culture being picked apart. When Millie Benjamin was growing up, she spent her nights sleeping…
The family of a deaf Laguna Pueblo woman was forced to hold two burial ceremonies for her because of a state oversight. Alicia Waseta, 21, was dragged to death last September as she was crossing a street near the New…