George Colbert was a Chickasaw chief who negotiated directly with President Andrew Jackson against the forced removal of the Chickasaw Nation. He died on the Trail of Tears in 1839.Continue to George Colbert: The Legacy of a Chickasaw Chief →
The story of the Jingle Dress Dance begins in Whitefish Bay, a reserve village located on the shores of Lake of the Woods in southwestern Ontario. Small and isolated, it is a Native community where traditional values and sensibilities still flourish.Continue to Old Style Side Step Jingle Dance →
Crazy Bear (Mah-To-Wit-Ko, also known as Foolish Bear, 1785–1856) was an Indian chief of the Assiniboine tribe. He is best known as a skilled negotiator with the American Fur Company at Fort Union, North Dakota; and for his participation and representation at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council of 1851—where he was a signatory of the treaty.Continue to Assiniboine Chief Crazy Bear →
At Crow Fair in Montana, I was told another story about the Fancy Shawl Dance. While the Crow people also equate this dance form as an expression of re-emergence and renewal of life forces, they have a very different explanation of how it began. Their version goes like this:Continue to Crow explanation of how the ladies Fancy Shawl Dance competition began →
The Black Lodge Singers are one of the most respected northern style drum groups on the pow-wow circuit, highly in demand as a host drum throughout the United States and Canada. This Grammy Nominated drum group has more than thirty albums.Continue to Black Lodge Singers →
The Crow Fair Pow Wow and All Indian Rodeo is held the 3rd weekend in August at Crow Agency, Montana. Roughly 50,000 people attend this event, which is open to the public. More than 1,000 tipis are set up on the grounds, plus hundreds more modern tents, campers, and RVs.Continue to Crow Fair, Pow Wow and All Indian Rodeo →