From work songs to hip-hop, 'call and response' shaped Black music

For Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison kicks off a weekly series with a deep dive into the history ...
MyNorthwest

‘This is insane’: Yakima’s Zach Top wins Grammy for Best Traditional Country Album

Not only was Washington represented on the national stage at the Grammys, but Yakima's very own Zach Top took home an award ...
Alaska Public Media

Traditional knowledge and modern technology in the Denełchin Fab Lab | Hometown, Alaska

Cook Inlet Tribal Council's Denéłchin Fab Lab offers a hands-on, high-tech space where students can explore STEM by blending ...
Maui Now

Hawaiian Music Series marks meaningful return to Lahaina with 200+ attendees

More than 200 people gathered on the lawn of Waiola Church on Waine‘e Street to welcome the cherished Hawaiian Music Series back to its home in Lahaina on Thursday. Organizers say the concert became ...
Outside

The Internet Is Panicking About ‘Exploding' Trees. Indigenous People Have Experienced Them for Centuries.

Many years ago, Lakota elder and tribal historian Victor Douville was traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota in the dead of winter. It was early in the morning, and temperatures had ...
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Exploding trees aren’t a mystery. Indigenous cultures have been tracking them for centuries.

Many years ago, Lakota elder and tribal historian Victor Douville was traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota in the dead of winter. It was early in the morning, and temperatures had ...
Times Argus

Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival: ‘an incredible population of traditional music players’

Nineteen years ago, Keith Murphy and his wife had just started to work with the Brattleboro Music Center, developing the traditional music program, when the idea of a festival came up. “We started ...
Townhall

Traditional Families and American Prosperity

The aspect of life that has the most potential to bring Americans together may be the one that is currently dividing them the most. It is the relationship that people have with the traditional family ...
shawlocal

DeKalb Public Library announces events, programming to mark nation’s 250th anniversary

In commemoration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the DeKalb Public Library is rolling out a new slate of events, programming, performances, media and materials. The goal is to help residents and ...
Vogue

End the Year Listening to Rising Indigenous Artist Mato Wayuhi

Growing up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oglala Lakota artist Mato Wayuhi—both an actor in and composer for the series Reservation Dogs—became enamored with rap music. “These artists spoke to me more ...
The New Yorker

Natalia Lafourcade Reimagines Mexican Folk Music

In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the tricolor raised over the haze of tear gas and black smoke. Online ...
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'We can do it': A rural school near two Native American reservations nearly doubles its attendance

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) NORRIS — As the last round of students filters in from the school van to the main hallway, Principal Brian Brown greets each student by name, with a high five and an “I’ve ...