“Pow Wows”

Niki Cleary,  reporter, Tulalip, Mark Anderson, producer, Cowlitz

Once outlawed in the U.S. and Canada, the Pow Wow has today, grown well beyond the traditional boundaries of origin on the prairies and Great Plains and is now widespread throughout North America.The spectacular and inspiring Pow Wows are almost always open to the general public for people of all ages and walks of life to witness and enjoy.  The Siletz Tribe’s Restoration Pow Wow is featured.

“Disappearing Languages”

Morgan Howard, reporter, Tlingit

With the rapid disappearance of Indigenous languages worldwide,

NWIN travels to Alaska to report on the Tlingit’s efforts to preserve and pass along their language to future generations.