The smell of frybread is in the air. Young people getting all snazzed up to scout for a snag. The unmistakable sound of cones on a jingle dress and brass bells around the ankles of the grass dancers intermingle with the booming voice of the emcee. Blankets line the best seats in the house. All… Continue reading Pow-Wow Season
Growing up on the Pine Ridge Rez in the 90's was like growing up next to a Hollywood movie studio. The neighborhood that Graham Greene (Oneida Nation) and Val Kilmer tear through in Thunderheart was just a stones throw from the Indian Health Service clinic that my family went to. Kevin Costner was regularly sighted… Continue reading Top 8 Native American Films
Hey Victor! Remember when Thomas Builds The Fire emerges from the gas station to get back on the bus, hair free flowing and looking just ever sacred in his ‘Frybread Power’ t-shirt? Of course, you do. That t-shirt called attention to something that we all know. Frybread is powerful. What other contemporary food has found… Continue reading Frybread Power
