Category Archives: News articles of interest

I recently had the opportunity to visit Haskell Indian Nations University and meet so many wonderful people.

There are a few things that need to happen at Travois before any serious work begins. Of course, there is coffee. Next, of course, comes discussion of the likelihood of our Royals making it to a second straight World Series.

In this space, we’ve previously shared interviews with Native musicians, including the Hawaiian Swing band Kahulanui and Grammy award-nominated Joe Tohonnie Jr. (White Mountain Apache and Navajo). This installment will focus on a rising star, Noelle Zeller, of Red Lake, MN.

The world is a big place. I’ll never get to travel to all the places I want to visit or learn about all of the different cultures that are so interesting and varied.
That’s why I like social media. It makes the world smaller.

Here at “Give and Go,” we don’t just limit ourselves to basketball. We enjoy stories of athletic achievement from all sports in Indian Country.

We note the passing of Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 Navajo Nation Code Talkers. We all have cause to remember and rejoice that his Native language provided the crucial vocabulary and structure for developing coded messages to American forces in the field during World War II.

(Editor’s note: This is the third installment of Ariana’s music blog series. You can read the introduction about Grammy-nominated Hawaiian Swing band Kahulanui and the second in the series, Idle No More – the movement and the music on the blog.

(Editor’s note: This is the third installment of brothers Michael and Matthew Bland’s sports blog series “Give and Go.” Check out their first and second post if you missed them.

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of Ariana’s music blog series. Read the introduction about Grammy-nominated Hawaiian Swing band Kahulanui here.

One of the best things about working in American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities is having the opportunity to see and experience the cultural traditions of our clients. A big part of those traditions is music.