After forming six months ago, Denver duo Cherokee Social is quickly becoming the latest must-see local Indigenous indie act. Frontman Julian Navarro, who moved here from Baltimore four years ago, ...

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One of Hollywood’s leading Native American figures is being accused of faking her claims of Cherokee heritage, The Post can reveal. Award-winning Heather Rae, 56, serves on the Academy of Motion ...

Three Native American artists discussed what music means to them and their culture during an event, “Sites of Transformations: Songs, Native Identity and Healing,” hosted Saturday by the University of ...

Sometimes, it's not the meaning of a song's lyrics that get to you. It's the emotion in the singer's voice. That holds true even if the song is in a language you don't understand. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...