CALIFORNIA CULTURES TRIBAL SURVEY
During the 2001-2002 academic year, students in Andrew Brother-Elk’s class at San Francisco State University (SFSU: California Indians: AIS 410) developed a survey and distributed it to all California Indian…
Café-Cultural Center
NACC seeks to create a café-cultural center in San Francisco that will become a gathering spot for the indigenous communities of the city. It will also welcome cultural events by…
Buffalo Steak
For many years, Indians hunted buffalo as being their main source of meat. Not only did they eat buffalo steak, but they also used other parts of the buffalo for…
Buffalo Jerky
American Indians could not simply go to a fast food restaurant when they were hungry and in a hurry. Many of us cannot imagine how hard it was to acquire,…
ANDREW BROTHER ELK Artistic and Executive Director
Art Entrepreneurship 101 An interview with Andrew Brother Elk By Susan Goldstein Andrew Brother Elk has been dubbed by the press as “one of the most original art entrepreneurs of…
Braids
In most American Indian tribes, hair braids were an essential part of life and could signify status. It is said that in some tribes that only a chief, medicine man,…
Braided Rugs
Many people are doing away with carpet and choosing to go with hardwood and faux hardwood floors. However, once they have their bare floors, they realize they need some charm…
Bows and Arrows
If you are thinking of buying a bow and arrows for bow hunting, you should know that it is like other hunting methods. It is regulated by the individual province…
Bone Beads
Bone beads have been around ever since man decided to make jewelry. Bone beads were probably first worn as a trophy or symbol of a great hunting success. While we…
Black Hills Gold Jewelry
Black Hills Gold Jewelry is a style of jewelry that was created in the 1870s by Henri LeBeauold, a French goldsmith. The famous legend of LeBeauold and how he became…