Katianna Warren, right, laughs with Miztlayolxochitl Aguilera at Indigenous Peoples Day in downtown Los Angeles in 2018. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Indigenous Peoples Day is no laughing matter. But ...
Comedian Charlie Hill appeared on “The Richard Pryor Show” in 1977. To this day, Hill is the only Native comedian to appear on NBC’s Tonight Show, where many of today’s greatest comics got their start ...
Without the representation of marginalized voices in media, there are only two options left on the table: exclusion and tokenization. Those aspects have dominated the Indigenous experience in the ...
FARMINGTON, N.M. – A Native American comedian that grew up on the Navajo Nation was back in Farmington performing for Native American Heritage Month last Friday. “When I first started it seemed ...
Pawnee and Choctaw rappers Lil Mike and Funny Bone — known together as Mike Bone — rap their song “Rain Dance” at NSO Entertainment’s third sold-out Native Comedy Jam Saturday, Feb. 5, at the ...
Leave your stereotypes at home and acknowledge the land you’re on at the upcoming all-Native comedy show at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. “The Originals: All Native ...
BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Comedians Rob Fairbanks, aka the Rez Reporter, and Jon "Jonny R" Roberts decided one day in May they were going to be famous. Fairbanks and Roberts have since collaborated with ...
On July 4, we’re expected to celebrate the holiday to mark U.S. independence from British rule. But for many Americans, that date in no way meant the end of colonialism. “I grew up on the Bishop ...
Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...