Location: Native Nations
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Meet Jeremy Red Eagle, The Bow-Maker Teaching Dakota Traditions
April 29, 2025
Taking a holistic approach that includes responsibly harvesting natural materials, Red Eagle teaches the traditional art of bow-making from wood, plants, hides, bone, and more.
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This Health Center's Art Collection Is Medicine to Its Community
April 2, 2025
The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City, South Dakota, is just as much a place of healing as it is a place for connection, Native art, and rooting in place.
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Sharing Meskwaki Ways Through Dance, Music, Beadwork, Foodways
March 10, 2025
Stephanie BadSoldier Snow is a multifaceted artist, anthropologist and mother building community and cross-cultural exchanges through traditional knowledge and the arts.
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Midwest Made: New Local Music to Add to Your Playlist
January 16, 2025
We asked y’all for local band recommendations, plus a few favorites from staff here at Arts Midwest. Listen up!
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Game Time: Reviving the Ojibwe Way with Dice and Cards
November 19, 2024
Minnesota-based Nashke Native Games is breathing new life into dying languages, in the classroom and beyond.
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Sharing Traditional Games with Dakota Youth
October 17, 2024
What do games have to do with cultural revitalization? Everything! Jeremy Red Eagle and youth in Lake Traverse Reservation share how it's all connected.
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Treaty Fish Co. Sustains Anishinaabe Traditions and Community Spirit
September 5, 2024
Spending time with the John/Ogemagegedo family on the water, one experiences their connection to place and love for Gichi-wiikwedong (Grand Traverse Bay).
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Meet Henley Rey, a Young Lakota Voice in 'The Avengers' Dub
September 3, 2024
The 10-year-old Lakota language learner shares her hopes for what projects like this could bring in the future.
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Rewriting an Art Form for Indigenous Youth in South Dakota
August 1, 2024
The tenth annual RedCan Graffiti Jam invites national and international artists to the Cheyenne River Reservation.
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Building an Indigenous Language Learning Community in Wisconsin
July 26, 2024
Laura Red Eagle created the Indigenous Language Table to offer a judgment-free gathering space for active language practice beyond the classroom.