In 1998 the release of Smoke Signals represented a very small step for filmmakers but was a large step in the promotion of American Indians in film. Sherman Alexie wrote the screenplay and he based the screenplay off of stories from his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. As with any film ...
Indian Summer is celebrated on the Milwaukee lake front at Henry Maier Festival Park, known by many as the Summerfest Grounds. This year’s Indian Summer Festival will be held September r7 through 9, 2007. The Theme of the festival is “One Drum, Many Voices”. Indian Summer Festival is the largest American Indian Festival in North ...
In 1989, the film Powwow Highway was released; it is based of the novel with the same title by David Seals. Powwow Highway is an unique film that received nominations and awards from numerous film related associations including; Independent Spirit Awards, Native American Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. As with any film or other ...
New Mexico features two not-to-be-missed powwows for anyone who wants to learn about American Indian culture, or who just wants to have a good time: the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, held every August in Gallup, NM; and the Gathering of Nations Powwow, held in the spring in Albuquerque, NM. Although a large share of American ...
Under the Presidency of George Washington, his Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, produced an economic plan that would aid the newly budding economy by favoring big business and the manufacturing wing of the Northern states of America. As the third President Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State under Washington and political enemies with Hamilton, set ...