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09/20/2026

POW WOW WEEKEND at Indian Village NM State Fair , ExpoNM 2026 – GARY FARMER AND THE TROUBLE MAKERS – Native Media Network

The POW WOW at Indian Village ended with a powerful concert performance by Gary and the Trouble Makers Gary Farmer accompanied by Jacob Shije

Dear Friends
Yes, it is a beautiful morning
All is Beautiful, All is Beautiful, All is Beautiful Indeed.
Videos of the POW WOW will be posted a bit later this week.
PS: Make good trouble
PPS: Take a drive in your INDIAN CAR, (if you can’t afford the gas), listen to the last song sing along. Enjoy the musical trip throughout your day.

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INDIAN VILLAGE – NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR - EXPONM 2026
The Indian Village at the New Mexico State Fair Founded in 1881 holds a historic distinction as the first state fair exhibition space in the United States solely devoted to Native American culture. Operating out of its dedicated plaza at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, the village serves as a vibrant, living hub for traditional Pueblo dances, Music, Indigenous performances, Pow Wow Exhibition, Arts & Crafts vendors and authentic award-winning Food Vendors .
Arena Director – Charles Montoya
MC: James Edwards

Early Origins: The World's Fairs and Territorial Fairs
The concept of the Indian Village traces its roots to nineteenth-century exhibition trends. Historically, world's fairs frequently featured "Indian villages" where Indigenous peoples demonstrated traditional crafts and performed dances. However, these early iterations reflected colonial attitudes; non-Native organizers designed them to portray Native Americans as a disappearing past while celebrating white industrial progress.

Albuquerque hosted its first Territorial Fair in 1881. Promoting a temporary Indian village near what is now Old Town, organizing races and dances meant to showcase New Mexico's Indian Pueblo Culture and influence.

The 1960 Shift: Reclaiming the Narrative
The modern Indian Village at the state fairgrounds took shape thanks to a major shift toward self-determination. Following World War II, a growing population of urban Native Americans in Albuquerque began taking on civic leadership roles.

In 1960, these leaders founded the New Mexico Council of American Indians, a pan-Indigenous organization. One of their primary initiatives was to create an Indian Village at the newly relocated fairgrounds—but with a crucial difference: Native people would build, manage, and operate it themselves. The council proposed using the money raised from the village's food and craft vendors to fund higher education scholarships for Native students.
While state fair officials provided the physical space, they did not offer financial support, prompting the Council to successfully build and manage the venue entirely on their own.

The Indian Village Today
Today, the Indian Village (145 years since its first exposition at Albuquerque’s Old Town)remains one of the most popular and enduring highlights of the 11-day state fair. It operates as an authentic space of cultural preservation, pride, and community celebration. Families from various Pueblos and Southwestern Native communities gather in the plaza to honor performing relatives, share traditional meals, and host major public events like the annual State Fair POW WOW.

Indian Village at the New Mexico State fair (ExpoNM) is a living monument of the endurance and cultural heritage of the Pueblo people, showcasing the strength of the generational heritage of pueblo life.

“Yes, it is a beautiful morning in Indian Country every day.
All is Beautiful, All is Beautiful, All is Beautiful Indeed.

PS: Make good trouble: Send a shout out to Gary Farmer, making Trouble every day through his movies, Music and warrior spirit.
PPS: Take a drive in your INDIAN CAR, (if you can’t afford the gas), listen to the last song sing along. Enjoy the musical trip throughout your day.

Harmon
Share your wealth; share your love; share your song; share yourself; give thanks to the creator for what you have.

Indigenize, Tell stories, Laugh, Sing, Pray, Fast, Meditate, Honor Mother Earth, Give thanks for what you have, Seek the wisdom of the elders !!!!

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Gary and the Trouble Makers: Gary Farmer accompanied by Jacob Shije (Listen to the end of the set if you can)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60EstQkzy6M&list=PLB3Pa06qYNVE&index=1

(To listen to entire concert click on YouTube link on right)

09/19/2026

Good Morning Friends from the Indian Village NMExpo New Mexico State Fair.

Gourd Dance, Blessing the arena for the POW WOW arena

Have a great day
Harmon

09/18/2026

INDIAN VILLAGE – NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR - EXPONM 2026 – (First Weekend)

“Indian Village at the New Mexico State fair (ExpoNM) is a living monument of the endurance and cultural heritage of the Pueblo people, showcasing the strength of the generational heritage of Pueblo life”.

Dear Friends:
The Indian Village at the New Mexico State Fair Founded in 1881 holds a historic distinction as the first state fair exhibition space in the United States solely devoted to Native American culture.

Operating out of its dedicated plaza at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, the village serves as a vibrant, living hub for traditional Pueblo dances, Music, Indigenous performances, Pow Wow Exhibition, Arts & Crafts vendors and authentic award-winning Food Vendors.
Arena Director – Charles Montoya
MC: James Edwards

EARLY ORIGINS:
The concept of the Indian Village traces its roots to nineteenth-century exhibition trends. Historically, world's fairs frequently featured "Indian villages" where Indigenous peoples demonstrated traditional crafts and performed dances. However, these early iterations reflected colonial attitudes; non-Native organizers designed them to portray Native Americans as a disappearing past while celebrating white industrial progress.

Albuquerque hosted its first Territorial Fair in 1881. Promoting a temporary Indian village near what is now Old Town, organizing races and dances meant to showcase New Mexico's Indian Pueblo Culture and influence.

THE 1960's SHIFT: Reclaiming the Narrative
The modern Indian Village at the state fairgrounds took shape thanks to a major shift toward self-determination.

Following World War II, a growing population of urban Native Americans in Albuquerque began taking on civic leadership roles.

In 1960, these leaders founded the New Mexico Council of American Indians, a pan-Indigenous organization. One of their primary initiatives was to create an Indian Village at the newly relocated fairgrounds—but with a crucial difference: Native people would build, manage, and operate it themselves. The council proposed using the money raised from the village's food and craft vendors to fund higher education scholarships for Native students.
While state fair officials provided the physical space, they did not offer financial support, prompting the Council to successfully build and manage the venue entirely on their own.

THE INDIAN VILLAGE TODAY: (145 years since its first exposition at Albuquerque’s Old Town_)
Today, the Indian Village remains one of the most popular and enduring highlights of the 11-day state fair. It operates as an authentic space of cultural preservation, pride, and community celebration. Families from various Pueblos and Southwestern Native communities gather in the plaza to honor performing relatives, share traditional meals, and host major public events like the annual State Fair Pow wow.

“Indian Village at the New Mexico State fair (ExpoNM) is a living monument of the endurance and cultural heritage of the Pueblo people, showcasing the strength of the generational heritage of pueblo life”.

Harmon
Share your wealth; Share your love; Share your song; Share yourself; Give thanks to the creator for what you have.

INDIGENIZE, TELL STORIES, LAUGH, SING, PRAY, FAST AND MEDITATE, HONOR MOTHER EARTH, GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE ELDERS !!!!

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CLOUD EAGLE DANCE GROUP INDIAN VILLAGE – NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR - EXPONM 2026 WALATOWA - JEMEZ PUEBLO DANCERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDCfYp6KwAU&list=PLPIQLUvEyaTI&index=4

(To view entire playlist of first weekend Click on YouTube link below )

09/06/2026

CELEBRATING LABOR DAY 2026- HONORING ALL THOSE THAT HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING - Are you part of the 99 ? Native Media Network

Dear Friends:
A lot has been said about the 1% and the affluent people over the past year.

Imagine a world of not having to work for a living, and your skills at planting, hunting, building, weaving, and creativity were enough to provide for your family, neighbors and community and you had plenty of time to celebrate the earth, your ancestors, tell stories, educate your kids, dance, sing …..

Believe it or not that is what being indigenous is all about, providing Food, Shelter and Fiber to enjoy the spiritual side of life.

IT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE COLONIAL ONSLAUGHT and the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

I often get criticized by telling people that if you punch a time card, you are enslaved to a system.

“THINK ABOUT IT” .

Labor day was legislated to honor the workers that lost their lives in a fire at the Triangle Shirt waist fire.

(Look it up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire . It is an interesting story of Labor and resistance to the existing usurious labor conditions.

WHAT HAPPENED ?
Politicians, Financiers, and Corporations found that Labor could be squeezed while the wealthy made more money.
The Trickle Down Theory of Economics was introduced so that the Wealthy would benefit from the economy, if they had more wealth.
Taxation was the key. Tax rates plummeted from 70% at the top rate to today with the tax loop holes the wealthy individuals and Corporations pay less than 15% for their share.

Some of the biggest offenders like Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla, Walmart, pay 0% with the money transferred to Off Shore Accounts .

Income generated by taxation to keep the government and social programs running no longer covers the costs, so we are being forced to borrow money with interest to sustain its operation.
The USA is currently $40 TRILLION IN DEBT AND PAYS OUT $1 TRILI0N IN INTEREST EVERY YEAR.

The Government is spending $6.3 Trillion and expects to receive $4.5 trillion in taxes that is $1.8 trillion shortfall.

The solution offered by the right-wing administration is to cut benefits that sustain the Laborers to keep the wealthy going. WRONG ANSWER.

The ONLY answer to relieve the current economic woes is to raise taxes on the wealthy and collect taxes from the biggest corporations that pay next to nothing.

The taxation during Pres. Eisenhower’s post WWII administration was 90% at the top. What followed was the greatest economic boom of the 50’s and 60’s that the US economy made it into a World Super Power.

I like simple - Increased taxes on the Wealthy and Corporations & Increase benefits to Labor = Economic Prosperity

NO POLITICS INTENDED, but RESIST – Make Corporations and the Wealthy accountable for equitable wage distribution - VOTE !!!!

“There is No Power, Like the Power of the People, When the Power of the People is Unleashed”.

INCREASED TAXES ON THE WEALTHY + INCREASED BENEFITS TO LABOR = ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
The solution offered by the current administration is to cut benefits to the Laborers to keep the wealthy going. WRONG ANSWER.

CELEBRATE LABOR DAY !!!!! The Way of the Ancestors

Harmon
Share your wealth; share your love; share your song; share yourself; give thanks to the creator for what you have.

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JJ Otero – SON OF HWÉELDI – Me & The 99 - Got it right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ap-kH46As

(V1)Crawled to work and felt empty.Sold my dignity for pennies.U...

09/05/2026

PAINTED SKIES POW WOW –2026 BALLOON FIESTA PARK – ALBUQUERQUE NM - Native Media Network

Tecumseh’s Vision came alive this past Weekend !!!

Dear Friends:
Tecumseh envisioned a large independent Indigenous nation or confederacy that stretched across the Great Lakes, the Ohio River Valley, and the Americas.

His vision of united warriors and communities from the Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ojibwe, Ottawa, and all Indigenous nations joining together and meeting to establish a confederacy free of the colonial onslaught.

Tecumseh’s Vision lives on in the POW WOW tradition.

POW WOW itself comes from an Algonquian word (pau wau) originally meaning a spiritual leader or healing ceremony, a community gathering with an intentional coming together of people in a shared space to connect, share experiences, meet old friends, make new ones, honor family bonds, build lasting relationships, pass down songs, stories, and pride to younger generations and compete in Hand Games, Drums & Singing, Dancing & Regalia,

To view the program and organizers please visit :
https://www.paintedskiespowwow.org/
https://www.paintedskiespowwow.org/blank (Specials)

Of the many POW WOW’s that we have videoed and archived in our Native Media Network YouTube platform Painted Stories represents the best of community gatherings fulfilling Tecumseh’s vison throughout Indian Country.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS

Harmon
Share your wealth; Share your love; Share your song; Share yourself; Give thanks to the creator for what you have.

INDIGENIZE, TELL STORIES, LAUGH, SING, PRAY, FAST AND MEDITATE, HONOR MOTHER EARTH, GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE ELDERS !!!!

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TEAM DANCE FINALE - THREE TEAMS - PAINTED SKIES POW WOW –2026 BALLOON FIESTA PARK 12:30 am (Sunday Morning) The Dudes, Vs. The Drum Sticks, Vs. the Aunties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlwXLKFgZ2A&list=PLF3DY4v93N-g&index=34

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GOURD DANCE- BLESSING ARENA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7F8IMU_uLQ&list=PLF3DY4v93N-g&index=35

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GRAND ENTRY – PAINTED SKIES POW WOW Sept. 29, 2026 Balloon Fiesta Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO3kkLC_rH4&list=PLF3DY4v93N-g&index=1

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POW WOW HEAD STAFF:
Master of Ceremonies: James Edwards - Pawnee/N. Cheyenne/Comanche - Santa Fe, NM
Arena Director: Vaughn Stands - Oglala Lakota - Manderson, SD
Host Northern Drum: Powerhouse - Rio Rancho, NM
Host Southern Drum: Cruisin' South - Brimhall, NM
Head Man Dancer: Kenny Donaghey - Diné - Crownpoint, NM
Head Women Dancer: Cheyenne Chee - Diné - Albuquerque, NM
Head Boy Dancer: Levi Sandoval/Pacheco - Dakota/Pueblo - Bernalillo, NM
Head Girl Dancer: Bridget Sunshine Tsosie-Hohenstein - Laguna/Kewa/Dakota/Diné/EB Cherokee
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GOURD DANCE HEAD STAFF
Master of Ceremonies: James Edwards - Pawnee/N. Cheyenne/Comanche - Santa Fe, NM
Arena Director: Nick Jackson - Hopi - Albuquerque, NM
Head Singer Adrian Yahzee - Brimhall, NM - Cruisin' South
Head Gourd Dancer: - Rusty Cozad - Kiowa - Anadarko, OK

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PAINTED SKIES KEY CONTACTS & INFORMATION
Organizer: Presented by Coat of Colors LLC and founded by Adrian Tsosie and father.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (505) 967-5649
If you are planning for future events or looking for specific info, let us know, your feedback and comments are welcome.

PAINTED SKIES POW WOW –2026 Balloon Fiesta Park – Albuquerque NM ...

08/28/2026

EYES WIDE SHUT - A COMMENTARY FROM AUSTRALIA - Native Media Network

This Australian's reply to Trump's rant about “NATO not being there for America” is perfect.

Dear Friends:
This anonymous letter was forwarded to me by an Aussie, that encapsulates the way the world perceives the current state of affairs within the social justice of the United States.

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"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.

You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.

Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between Math and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.

Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.

And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating ra**ng, pe*****le protecting, p**n star sh****ng insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban in Afghanistan thanked you very much for losing again.

And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.

'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.

So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminum siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth." - Anonymous Aussie

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Not being a pessimist and as an activist, I always look for a solution. The solution is simple VOTE to throw the bums OUT.

There are 217 million people registered to vote in the last election and only 158 million people voted. 92 million people said “Whatever”

We now have a problem with a President, Representatives, Senators that are choosing self interest over the “Peoples Interest”

The Agenda has already been defined by the Activist of the 70’s, 80’ and 90’s and has been codified in the U.N Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Rights that not only chronicles the Wisdom of the Elders and protects the Rights of all PEOPLES.

Top learn more of Indigenous Peoples Rights read the UN Declaration of Indigenous People rights
https://www.un.org/development/desa/Indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf

Evoke the Warrior spirit within you. Protect Indigenous Sovereignty , Land, Water, Spiritual practices, and Way of life within your community.

R E S I S T – VOTE - P A S S IT ON
9 weeks left till next Election

Harmon
Share your wealth; Share your love; Share your song; Share yourself; Give thanks to the creator for what you have.

INDIGENIZE, TELL STORIES, LAUGH, SING, PRAY, FAST AND MEDITATE, HONOR MOTHER EARTH, GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE ELDERS !!!!

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08/26/2026

A FITIN TRIBUTE FOR DOLLY – EVERYDAY PEOPLE DOIN EXTRAORDINARY THINGS – Native Media Network

Dear Friends:
Red One, Black One, White one, Yellow One, Blue One, Green one, Wegoto live together.

Harmon
Share your wealth; share your love; share your song; share yourself; give thanks to the creator for what you have.

Indigenize, Tell stories, Laugh, Sing, Pray, Fast, Meditate, Honor Mother Earth, Give thanks for what you have, Seek the wisdom of the Elders !!!!

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**** CELEBRATE DOLLY THROUGH HER SONGS AND INSPIRATION ****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egN7l793DyU&list=RDegN7l793DyU&start_radio=1

Here’s a fun and cutesy duet of Dolly Parton and Kermit singing “Ev...

08/23/2026

CHACO CANYON IS NOT FOR SALE - BRIAN VALLO _ CHAIRMAN _ CHACO CANYON HERITAGE TRIBAL ASSOCIATION - Native Media Network

A People that forgets its Past, Has NO future - Your voice and outrage must be heard

Dear Friends:
Like many of us the news about the government’s plan to destroy Chaco Canyon Ancestral land did not arrive in time for the “People” to respond to a 14 day (July 15 – 29th) comment period to destroy the ancestral lands of the indigenous Puebloan People in the Southwest, by opening Mining exploration that will destroy ancient sites sacred to the Pueblo People.

Better Late than Never – Your voice and outrage must be heard.

For More information and to show your support contact
https://apcg.org/chaco/

THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE THAT THREATENS THE SOVEIRGNTY OF EVERY TRIBAL NATION AND LANDS.

Your Outrage must be heard; Contact your Congressional representatives that your opposition to the proposed Mining and Drilling of Chaco Canyon has to be stopped.

CHACO CANYON IS A SOVEREIGN SACRED SITE
LAND BACK – UNITES

Harmon,

08/22/2026

CHACO CANYON IS NOT FOR SALE - Native Media Network

A People that forgets its Past, Has NO future - Your voice and outrage must be heard

Dear Friends:
Like many of us the news about the governments plan to destroy did not arrive in time for the “People” to respond to a 14 day (July 15 – 29th) comment period to destroy the ancestral lands of the indigenous Puebloan People in the Southwest, by opening Mining exploration that will destroy ancient sites sacred to the Pueblo People.
Better Late than Never – Your voice and outrage must be heard.

For more information, please contact BLM Project Manager Sarah Scott at [email protected] or 505- 564-7689.

The comment period has been withdrawn from the BLM wed site.
https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-seeks-input-proposed-withdrawal-revocation-near-chaco-culture-national-historical

Your Outrage must be heard; Contact your Congressional representatives that your opposition to the proposed Mining and Drilling of Chaco Canyon has to be stopped.

THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE PROTECTING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF INDIGENOUS TRIBAL LANDS -

CHACO CANYON IS A SOVEREIGN SACRED SITE
Land Protectors “Have a problem” – UNITE

Harmon