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Beneath the Silence: Oro Jaska Confronts Trauma, Identity, and Injustice in SĂĄmi Communities
Powerful, timely, and unflinchingly honest, the critically acclaimed Såmi/Norwegian youth series Shut Up (Oro Jaska) is breaking new ground in Indigenous storytelling. Addressing complex issues such a...
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Rooted in Story, Rising in Vision: Celebrating 10 years of 4th World Media Lab
This year marks an incredible milestone in the movement for media justice and narrative sovereignty, the 10th anniversary of the 4th World Media Lab, an Indigenous-led, matriarch-rooted fellowship tha...
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It's Official! We're Going Back to Ice Cove: Netflix Renews âNorth of Northâ for Season 2
North of North is coming back, and not just because itâs good TV, but because itâs real. Netflix has officially renewed the groundbreaking Inuit-led series for a second season, and this is more than a...
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Creator Bless The Underground: Bazilleâs Love Letter to Hip Hop and Art Drops May 20th
Creator Bless The Underground is Dakota/Lakota rap artist Bazilleâs most recent studio album, set as an âodeâ to the life that music has brought him, releasing May 20th, 2025.
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Reclaiming the Stars Through Comanche Futurism: An Interview with Weyodi OldBear
Weyodi OldBearâs novel As Many Ships As Stars is a sweeping work of Indigenous science fiction, reimagining the Quahadi bandâs first encounter with horses, not on the Southern Plains, but across the c...
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Sunset Exhibitions at The Broad Celebrate Native Performance. But Where Is the Tongva Presence?
The Broadâs new Sunset Exhibitions series is a beautiful and long-overdue gesture toward celebrating Indigenous cultures through live dance, song, and storytelling. However, it raises a critical quest...
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International SĂĄmi Film Institute Announces at Cannes New Partnership with the Academyâs Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
The International SĂĄmi Film Institute (ISFI) is proud to share a groundbreaking collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its globally respected Nicholl Fellowships in Scr...
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Sinners Gives Us Monsters, Music, and a Moment of Indigenous Power We Canât Ignore
Set in 1932 Mississippi, Sinners is a haunting, atmospheric tale rooted in the music, spirituality, kinship, and resilience of Black Southern communities. But Coogler threads a deeper, more violent cu...
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Blessings From The Underground: An Interview with BAZILLE
In the heart of the musical underground, where memory meets movement and sound becomes ceremony, there's an artist whose work pulses with the beat of ancestral love and unshakable truth, whose story r...
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Review: Lilo & Stitch is Still Cute, Fluffy, and Still A Little Off Target
Lilo & Stitch nails the emotional depth of family, loss, and belonging, with strong performances and the heartfelt chaos that made the original so beloved. Though it still misses the mark on fully hon...
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cINeDIGENOUS Official Selection TinÄ Wins Big at Seattle International Film Festival
TinÄ, the breakout box office smash from down-under, was awarded the Golden Space Needle Audience Award for Best Film at the 51st Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). Directed by Samoan filmmak...
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Interview with Johnnie Jae - Crushing Colonialism
Johnnie Jae (pronouns: they/them) is an Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw asexual Indigiqueer artist, journalist, and advocate. They are the founder of media platforms Grim Native and A Tribe Called Geek. Th...
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Bringing the Old Ways Forward: An Interview with Tammy FawFaw
Tammy Faw Faw is an Otoe-Missouria and Ioway artist whose creativity is guided by purpose, responsibility, and love for her people.
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Building the Nativerse and the Future of Native Storytelling | An Interview with Kevin Chuculate
There's something beautiful about watching our people create worlds where we don't have to explain ourselves, where our Indigeneity just is, messy, brilliant, funny, and layered. That's exactly what K...
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âWay Too Soonâ: SAPD Walks Back Denial of Hate Crime in the Murder of Jonathan Joss
Jonathan Joss, the beloved Native actor and musician known for voicing John Redcorn on King of the Hill and portraying Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation, was tragically shot and killed on June ...
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Summer Lovinâ To Heat Up with the Off-Broadway Debut of Bear Grease Live!
Bear Grease Live!, a bold and electrifying Indigenous rendition of the classic musical Grease, will be making its Off-Broadway debut at St. Luke's Theatre in New York City. Running from June 10 throug...
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NBCâs New Native Comedy Just Dropped Its First Cast List
Set in a Native American community center in Oakland, this yet-untitled comedy has just announced its first four cast members: Jana Schmieding, Bobby Wilson, Wes Studi, and Rachel Dratch.
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Bringing the Old Ways Forward: An Interview with Tammy FawFaw
Tammy Faw Faw is an Otoe-Missouria and Ioway artist whose creativity is guided by purpose, responsibility, and love for her people.
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Gaming, Culture, and the Rez Summer Games | An Interview with Angee Noel
In this interview, Angee discusses how gaming can bridge cultures, close gaps, and inspire the next generation of Indigenous storytellers and innovators.
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Crushing Colonialismâs DBIWP 2025 Brought Indigiqueer Creatives Together from Across the Globe
Decolonized Beatz Indigenous World Pride (DBIWP) was nothing short of life-changing. For two unforgettable days, IndigiQueer and multiply-disabled artists, youth, and elders from across the globe gath...
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REZ SUMMER GAMES 2025 BRINGS INDIGENOUS JOY THROUGH GAMING AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER THIS JULY
Gaming is Rezilience is excited to announce the inaugural Rez Summer Games, a virtual gaming event created to celebrate Indigenous gamers, highlight Indigenous-made video games, and build a space wher...
