Nelly Furtado’s "Big Hoops" Video: Native dancers represent!

In Big Hoops, Duncan family, Fancy Shawl, Hoop Dancers, music videos, nelly furtado, Yellowbird Dancers by Adrienne K.2 Comments

(pic from Nelly’s Twitter) Do you know how rare and exciting this moment is? A mainstream music artist used Native influences in her music video, and I HAVE NOTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY!!!! Yesterday Nelly Furtado debuted her new music video for Big Hoops (The Bigger the Better), featuring the awesome hoop dancing of Tony and Kevin Duncan (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/San Carlos Apache) …

Bon Iver’s "Towers": A "Tribute to Native American Preservation Land"?

In Bon Iver, misrepresentation, music videos, Native American Preservation Land, Native American-Preserved Land, Preserved Native American Land, ranty rant rant, Towers by Adrienne K.11 Comments

It’s been a while since we’ve had an all-out Native Approps Adrienne K. rant against something on the blog. Actually, it’s been a while since we’ve had anything on the blog. So I hope you’re ready, cause it’s well after midnight, and I’m ready to rail on some stupid language choices, powers of representation, and claims of “honoring.” Bon Iver …