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Culture Watchlist: ‘The Halluci Nation Puts a New Spin On a Traditional Beat’ 12.30.2024 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist “We’ll throw up our light and then people will gather,” Tim Hill (Mohawk Tribe), also known as “2oolman” says in a PBS video published in October 2023. Hill and Ehren Thomas (Cayuga First Nation), who goes by, “Bear Witness,” are the duo behind the well-known sound of “The Halluci Nation.” Songs you may have heard by “ The Halluci Nation …

Culture Watchlist: “Lakota Winter Count” 01.14.2025 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Just a few years into YouTube’s existence on the internet, the Smithsonian Education channel published a video about Lakota winter counts. According to the 2008 video, winter counts are a form of historical records created by the Lakota and Sioux people used to document events from every year’s winter. “Every winter was given a distinctive name, which was a way of referring …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Confederated Tribes protest PGE lawsuit over Willamette Falls’ 04.29.2025 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Tribal members gathered at Lownsdale Square, across from the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland Monday, April 21, to drum and sing in protest against Portland General Electric condemning land at Willamette Falls which would limit Tribal access to the falls. Inside the courthouse, the Tribe was participating …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Aotearoa to Canada: A Tribal Canoe Journey’ 05.13.2021 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist A film published to Facebook on April 20, 2021, shares the documented experience of Noel Woods (Ngāti Porou, Te Ātiawa, Ngāruahine) joining the 2017 Canoe Journey with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Toi Māori Aotearoa is an independent nonprofit Māori arts organization located in New Zealand that partners with the Grand Ronde Tribe to share …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them’ 03.14.2022 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social Media/Digital Journalist PBS NewsHour introduced the popular slogan “land back” in a broadcast published to YouTube on Oct. 16, 2021. The slogan regards the growing movement of returning stolen land to Native American Tribes. The eight-minute video features the Yurok Tribe located in northern California. The Tribe received media attention …

Culture Watchlist: BBC visits Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota 07.13.2022 Kamiah Koch Tribal relations By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist BBC News’ YouTube channel published a series in 2015 called “BBC Pop Up” in which journalist Benjamin Zand immersed himself in a community for several days to interview residents about their way of life. In January 2015, a “Pop Up” video was posted from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, interviewing several young Native …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Hopi Origin Story’ 10.31.2022 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist Type “PBS Sacred Stories” in the search bar of YouTube and six short videos will appear. All under six minutes, these shorts produced by PBS share artistic visuals coupled with traditional Indigenous stories. The most watched of these “PBS Sacred Stories” is called “Hopi Origin Story” with almost 430,000 views. The four-minute video begins with an unidentified woman narrating …

Culture Watchlist: ‘Indigenous TikTokers use platform to celebrate their culture’ 01.31.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist The social media app TikTok has gained its popularity in the last several years by achieving downloads from all demographics. One demographic in particular has used its broad reach to their advantage. Indigenous influencers now share traditional regalia, customs and everyday life from their Reservations through TikTok videos …

Culture ­­Watchlist: ‘Attla Trailer’ 02.28.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Social media/digital journalist The 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is set to begin with a ceremonial start on March 3 in Anchorage, Alaska. Indian Country Today reported five Indigenous mushers are registered to compete in this year’s race including several past champions. The legacy of one Native American Iditarod champion was commemorated in a 2020 documentary called “ATTLA”. George Attla made a name …

Culture Watchlist: First Native American woman in space talks to Flathead Reservation students 03.30.2023 Kamiah Koch Watchlist By Kamiah Koch Smoke Signals social media/digital journalist Students on the Flathead Indian Reservation had the rare opportunity to speak with NASA’s first Indigenous woman in space, Nicole Aunapu Mann, while she was in space. Mann, an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes in California, was the commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission. She answered pre …