For generations, Native Americans prized dentalium or tusk shells as currency, status symbols and sacred objects. Harvested ...

Dakota artist Holly Young is a mother and self-taught artist from the Standing Rock Reservation. She uses a diverse range of ...

The historic journey of the small but culturally potent dentalium shells from the ocean floor of the Pacific Northwest to the ...

The Sioux Trading Post, a cultural landmark in Rapid City, South Dakota, since 1957, has been on the frontlines of a major ...

Dentalium shells, smooth tusk-like mollusks from the Pacific, were highly prized by Native American tribes for generations.

In a powerful step toward cultural revitalization, the San Manuel Tribe reclaims its ancestral name, Yuhaaviatam, honoring its deep connection to the land and heritage ...

Artist and entrepreneur Tipiziwin Tolman, or Yellow Lodge Woman, is Wičhíyena Dakȟóta and Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She started making dentalium earrings about 14 years ago ...

Pasadena-based ethnomusicologist T. Christopher Aplin has received a $5,000 GRAMMY Museum grant to digitize Kiowa-language songs recorded by the American Indian Soundchiefs label. The project aims to ...