On a rainy Sunday evening, the local community, Haskell students, and talented individuals came together for the Femme Fest. Many groups came to perform and help host the event in Tommaney Library, including Gamma Delta Pi, Lawrence All Ages Noise Destination, and The Emily Taylor Center of Gender Equity. ThereContinue Reading
Henry Payer is a Ho Chunk (Winnebago) artist who works primarily with collage and mixed media. Born in Sioux City, IA in 1986, Payer received a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM in 2008. He was invited to study at the University of Wisconsin-MadisonContinue Reading
Ryia LeBeau, Two Kettle Band of the Thithunwan (People of the Plains) in South Dakota. Photo by Straighthead photography As seen with ribbon skirts, belts from Northern Native American Tribes are worn in times of a celebration, ceremony, or a girl’s first moon meaning her becoming a woman. These piecesContinue Reading
TV – Best News StoryFirst PlaceZachary ‘Xakai’ Arquette, Jada Martin, Kaya FridayHaskell COVID experiencesHaskell Indian Leader TV – Best Feature StoryFirst PlaceZachary ‘Xakai’ ArquetteStudent Curates Book of Stories Highlighting Indigenous CultureHaskell Indian Leader TV – Best Sports StoryFirst PlaceZachary ‘Xakai’ Arquette, Jada Martin, Kaya FridayHaskell Women’s Basketball Team Qualify forContinue Reading
Cider Gallery premiered an exhibition of works by renowned photographer, Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) and local artists – Miranda Kaite, Dillen Peace, and Laura Kingston – for Final Fridays in Lawrence, Kansas. The event also included food from local vendors and dance performance. The three artists were able to refine theirContinue Reading
A Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) 2010 Alumni is currently finding success in the career of film, with his movie “Ramblin’” having featured in the Lift-Off Sessions virtual film festival in May. Christopher Marshall, Muscogee Creek, director and writer of “Ramblin’”, started his journey with film at HINU in hisContinue Reading
Co-created by Delila Begay, Alexander Manygoats, Sarah Pearl-Hall.Continue Reading
Vision Maker Media Assistant Director and Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) Alumnus, Charlie Perry (Prairie Band Potawatomi) is behind “Nightmare Vision”, the first ever Indigenous horror film festival, showing online October 30-31. Nightmare Vision is a follow up festival to Vision Maker Media’s First Indigenous Online Film Festival which hadContinue Reading
In today’s time of staying home and social distancing, many people are turning to creative outlets as ways to not only pass time but also to express themselves. Many of the students here at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) have been using beadwork as an outlet and pass-time while homeContinue Reading