Modern Indigenous News Today

Dana Thompson, co-founder of award-winning restaurant Owamni, is pursuing new ventures: a THC/CBD seltzer and a food sovereignty organization.

Artists with indigenous heritage intertwine tradition with contemporary music and dance.

Premieres Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. In partnership with electronic music pioneers The Halluci Nation, R&B artist Martha Redbone, and performance artist Ty Defoe, The Kennedy Center explores the impact and evolution of indigenous performing arts cultures.

Award-winning Canadian DramaLITTLE BIRDcomes to PBSCreated by Jennifer Podemski and Hannah MoscovitchThe Six-part Limited Series Starring Darla Contois and Lisa Edelstein Premieres October 1

Indigenous chefs use traditional foods to heal people and resist colonization. We'll find out more about the significance of indigenous food and where new Native-owned restaurants are opening up.

Chef Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, hosted a number of dishes, featuring appetizers like cold cucumber gazpacho and steak kabobs.

Mary Ann Book Clubs next selection is "An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States For Young People."

A recent study estimates that indigenous people in the US "have lost nearly 99% of the land they historically occupied". The data set -- the first to quantify land dispossession and forced migration in the U