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Who are the Native artists, entrepreneurs, and leaders shaping Indian Country right now?
Pow Wow Life brings you their stories, one conversation at a time. Every episode is an interview — with designers, musicians, business founders, filmmakers, authors, tribal leaders, and the people doing the work that doesn't always make the news.
Your host, Paul Gowder, founded PowWows.com in 1996 and has spent nearly thirty years covering powwow culture and Native America. He's talked with the cast and creators of North of North, the founders behind Eighth Generation and Born of Legends, and tribal liaisons working on MMIP and sovereignty. Now the show is dedicated entirely to those conversations.
Pow Wow Life brings you their stories, one conversation at a time. Every episode is an interview — with designers, musicians, business founders, filmmakers, authors, tribal leaders, and the people doing the work that doesn't always make the news.
Your host, Paul Gowder, founded PowWows.com in 1996 and has spent nearly thirty years covering powwow culture and Native America. He's talked with the cast and creators of North of North, the founders behind Eighth Generation and Born of Legends, and tribal liaisons working on MMIP and sovereignty. Now the show is dedicated entirely to those conversations.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 20 days
Average audio length:
27 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
128 episodes
since Aug. 20, 2015
episodic
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North of North is back. Season two premieres September 8 on APTN and CBC, and I sat down with four of the women who make it.
Anna Lambe plays Siaja, a young Inuk mother rebuilding her life in the tiny Arctic town of Ice Cove. Maika Harper plays Neevee — Siaja's mom, and the source of about half the…
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When Sunshine Quem Tenasco posted a video of her son Kiniw dancing Woodland at the Saugeen First Nation powwow, she wasn't expecting the response. People came out of the crowd to honor him. The drum stood up to shake his hand. Within days, the video had traveled across Turtle Island.
Kiniw joins us…
Traci Sorell is a Cherokee Nation citizen and one of the most decorated authors working in Native children's literature today. Her books have earned two Sibert Medal honors, two Orbis Pictus honors, eight awards from the American Indian Library Association, the Carter G. Woodson Book Award, and a B…
This week my guest is Glendon N. Smith, a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the Tribal Liaison for the Oregon State Police.
Glendon’s work focuses on building stronger communication and understanding between the State of Oregon, Oregon’s Tribes, and la…
Dave Smoot's story doesn't fit neatly into any one box — and that's exactly what makes it so compelling.
He's a Tribal Member of the Creek Nation in Oklahoma. A U.S. Army veteran. A tech industry pioneer who helped shape the early days of the software and microcomputer revolution. And today, the fo…
The 2026 Gathering of Nations is almost here, and in this episode of PowWowLife, I’m walking you through everything you need to know.
Whether you’re heading to Albuquerque in person or planning to watch from home, this episode is your guide to the 2026 Gathering of Nations. I’m talking about what t…
What happens when you combine design talent, Indigenous identity, humor, and a sharp eye for what’s missing in the market? You get Born of Legends.
This week on Pow Wow Life, Shannon Romero shares how she built her brand, why contemporary Native representation matters, and how she created designs …
What does it take to build a creative life that actually means something?
In this episode of the Pow Wow Live Podcast, I sit down with Michelle Brown, Creative Director of Eighth Generation, for a conversation about art, fashion, purpose, and the courage it takes to choose your own path.
Michelle s…
This episode features a powerful conversation with the organizers of the Weaving Unity Southeastern MMIW Informational Pow Wow in Lexington, South Carolina.
We talk about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis and why this issue matters deeply here in South Carolina and across the …
In this episode, I’m joined by Burgandi Trejo Phoenix for a real conversation about what it looks like to build a meaningful career and keep it grounded in who you are. We talk about identity, community, and the moments that shaped her path.
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