Introducing John Two-Hawks

Introducing John Two-Hawks;

http://www.johntwohawks.com/

John Two-Hawks is a Platinum Award winning musician whose music has been featured in Emmy Award Winning movies, HBO, The History Channel,
NativeRadio.com, National Public Radio, American Indian Radio on Satellite, Gathering of Nations Radio, and countless international media outlets Two-Hawks has traveled throughout the world as a performer.He is truly in a class by himself, and his ability to pour the ancient healing spirit out of his flutes and incredible voice is unmatched. Two-Hawks is a phenomenal musician who plays dozens of instruments, and incorporates them all into his sensational, one-of-a-kind music.As a composer and recording artist, John Two-Hawks might be defined as a musical master who enters into his recording studio alone, dims the lights, and then dreams into existence awesome, powerful music which transcends its genre and reaches out to souls all over the world with a profound healing touch. Also a gifted orator, Two-Hawks has shared the stageas a VIP speaker with Presidents, Senators and movie stars. A notable event was the night he performed in concert with Nightwish at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki Finland for a sold out audience of over 12,000. His credits include 15 CDs, 4 books and 2 DVD Videos to date.

John Two-Hawks is a true music visionary and pioneer, having taken Native American flutemusic from the powwow and the folk festival, and into the sold out concert arena, to Emmy Award Winning movies, Platinum Award Winning projects and more. His accomplishments in Native American flute music are unprecedented, as he has taken his music genre toplaces it has never been, brought it to millions who have never heard it before, and elevated it to a place of equal billing, appreciation and respect in the world of music.For anyone who ever thought Native American Flute Music amounted to someone sitting on a rock in the forest playing a wooden flute, John Two-Hawks has inspired us all to move beyond that stereotypical archetype, and challenged music lovers throughout theworld to see his chosen music genre in a powerful and dynamic new light. So we extend an invitation to you...Come join the millions around the world who have experienced for themselves the innovation, power, beauty and passion of the music of John Two-Hawks!

Remaining TrueEven with the enormous amount of success he has experienced, John Two-Hawks remains simple of heart, kind, gentle and humble, and he has always been true to his Lakota heritage. He is a man of honor, who fiercely guards his solitude and privacy, and yet has offered himself freely to millions around the world as a voice for peace, healing and justice. John Two-Hawksis gracious and eloquent, and yet remains a fiery advocate for Indigenous human and civil rights.

Humility and Honor John Two-Hawks honors those ancestors who, despite great adversity, pressed on in their crafting of Native wooden flutes. For without them, this powerful instrument certainly could have been lost.Two-Hawks feels humbled to have been given the gift to be able to breathe his breath of life into this instrument of healing, and give it a voice. It is that intent which pours into each flute he plays, and all the music he dreams into being. The mending of the sacred hoop of the nations of the worldcan only happen, one heart at a time. Two-Hawks is honored and humbled to be able to do his small part by sharing his gifts with all. May we be as many raindrops which flow into a mighty stream...

To learn more about John Two-Hawks and his work, or to schedule John into your event, performance or gathering, please go to his website at http://www.blogger.com/www.johntwohawks.com or http://www.nativecircle.com/ for booking information.

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Introducing Irene Bedard and Deni

Introducing Irene BedarD And Deni
www.irenebedardanddeni.com

Irene Bedard and Deni have been a band for 4 years.They perform original contemporary music with traditional Native,Gaelic and American roots.Their music finds its sound in the marriage of two cultures with a message of love for the human nation, with no exclusions.They have recorded 4 records and have been nominated for different music awards.Irene Bedard is best known as an actress and has starred in over 42 movies, and many television shows.Irene was the speaking voice and likeness of Disneys "Pocahontas ". She has starred in many TNT movies such as" Lakota Woman","Two for Texas", "Crazy Horse" and Steven Spielbergs "Into The West" . Cult classic "Smoke Signals", and many more (check out IMDB).Irene has won over 15 best actress and best supporting actress awards .Irene has had several films released in 2007 including" Tortilla Heaven" with George Lopez and Elaine Miles, and "Cosmic Radio" with Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas and Micheal Madsen (which features new music from I.D.)

She has also just completed the 1st year of the new Spiderman animated series, for which she is a regular.Deni began his music study at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton Ohio working as a sound engineer from the age 15-22.Deni learned music from the many legendary greats that played there during that time including blues greats Willie Dixon, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy to name a few. All sorts of musicians played there , all had an influence on him. Country to bluegrass, Celtic to Zydeco and many modern rock stars.

Deni s first band won many local band contests. This led him to leave Ohio for the big apple where he met Irene Bedard. They waited tables at the famous Around the Clock in the east village and were soon married.Deni is an indie musician and recorded with many bands over the years and has starred in off Broadway theater. Deni won an mp3 Grammy for best male vocalist. He has scored 6 films.Irene and Deni have married for a long time and have a 4 year old named Quinn.In 2007 Irene Bedard and Deni launched an acting and music program for Native American kids.

Their friend Adam Beach has been out there helping them for a year with their proposal. And it looks like they will reach their goal.Here is their mission statement, written by Irene.Foundation For the Future of the Seventh GenerationMission Statement:Creativity in the human mind is the heart of the soul and liveseverywhere and belongs to everyone.

Foundation for the Future of the Seventh Generation: A youthmentoring and leadership program through the use of the performing andmedia arts.Statistics show that per capita in the United States Native American youth have:1) the highest drug and alcohol use rate2) the highest teen pregnancy rate3) the highest teen suicide rate4) the highest high school drop out rate5) the highest college drop out rateI believe the causes are multigenerational and multilayered.

Because I am Alaskan Native and was born and raised there and becausethe culture shock and contemporary cultural deconstruction which hasovertaken our Native American youth, I see a great need of epidemicproportions to create a bridge, not a buffer to the effects ofcoexisting in two worlds.How: To ease the culture shock through combining traditional culturalpride and modern multimedia mediums.Where to begin: At this time we are creating a performance of AlaskanNative traditional stories set to music and are intending to performand include traditional Alaskan Native dancers to go on tour to allthe remote Alaskan Native villages and schools.

We will then engage the youth in creating stories, songs, theater and music with the useof computers, recording equipment, HiDef camera equipment and 10-15digital cameras for the youth to create visual life diaries.Our 1 goal is to create both personal and cultural self-esteem.Through this process, the end result will be a reality documentary ofthe struggles of Alaskan Native youth and the beauty of culturalsurvival in the face of social factors, acculturation stress,environmental factors and political warfare.

All Alaskan Native youth should be considered to be "at risk" youth bythe simple fact that they are living subsistence lifestyles passeddown from the beginning of time, many whose first language is of theirtraditional heritage and yet they are exposed to the partial orcomplete values of the prevailing social system.

Where do theybelong? How can we make them strong in their cultural identity whilestill retaining the ability to function in contemporary society?Then there are those urban youth who face discrimination, more accessto the influences of Western society, including drug and alcohol useand because of the multigenerational deconstruction of traditionalways are more likely to face domestic violence, sexual abuse andalienation.Our youth are fractured and in epidemic proportions.

There are outward reasons this documentation should also beconsidered. This is not only a human interest story, but anenvironmental story and laden with political hauntings.In 1958, in Point Hope, Alaska, 1000 tons of uridium, thibidium andcobalt were intentionally buried in the ground and water sourcessimply because during the cold war the U.S. government wanted to findout what eating radioactive food would do to people.In my lifetime, glaciers which have existed for tens of thousands ofyears have simply vanished. The arctic ocean is rising and wholevillages have had to move upland from ancestral homes.

And during the winter, when whole villages and/or individuals make passage toanother village to maintain multigenerational relationships, becauseof global warming and no snow for the snowmobiles and dogsleds, theyare unable to do so. So these relationships are dying.President Bush has created incentives for the people to leave thevillages because of oil and mineral exploration.And the State of Alaska has threatened to defederalize the tribeswhich would cause tremendous turmoil in the state of affairs of tribalexistence.In the meantime, 6 out of 10 Alaskan Native youth are not living tothe age of 18.This is an epidemic.We have already accomplished shooting a documentary, a public serviceannouncement, an original song recording and a music video throughRaven, a youth mentoring program.

We believe we could continue this work through a series of conferencesfor the performing arts and the media arts for Native American youth with a long term goal of creating a school, with a 1-year college preparatory program for the performing and media arts using great Native American talent such as, actors Adam Beach, Wes Studi, Sheila Tousey, and Elaine Miles,directors such as Chris Eyre and Valerie Red-Horse, and musicians suchas Jim Boyd and Keith Secola.

All of these artists are pioneers having achieved so much in their careers. That experience should come back to the next generation.Each youth will be involved, whether it is in front of the camera, oras a recording engineer, an actor, singer, writer ,or director oftheir own autobiographical documentary. It is our hope to send everyyouth out into his or her own world with their own camera to challengetheir perceptions of life, to facilitate personal reflection andintrospection.

In shooting these documentaries our goal is to capture indigenousculture, inspire this generation to rise to personal and culturalaffirmation and to raise awareness in the mainstream Americanconsciousness, for we are the invisible people, but one might onlyhope that through some catalyst such as this project we may not faceextinction.Over the years we have found that live performance and film can really open the minds of young people. Even if they don't listen to the kind of music we play or watch the kind of movies we make.

To be affected by an experience that is new can be very powerful.Inspiration can change the world, and that's worth everything.

For more information and to contact Irene, please visit her website at www.irenebedardanddeni.com

Introducing Kevin Locke

Introducing Kevin Locke;

http://www.kevinlocke.com/

Kevin Locke (Tokeya Inajin is his Lakota name, meaning "The First to Arise") is known throughout the world as a visionary Hoop Dancer, the preeminent player of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator.
Kevin is Lakota (Hunkpapa Band of Lakota Sioux) and Anishinabie. It was from his mother, Patricia Locke (1991 MacArthur Foundation Grant winner), his uncle Abraham End-of-Horn, mentor Joe Rock Boy, and many other elders and relatives that Kevin received training in the values, traditions and language of his native culture for which he works tirelessly. While his early instructions were received from his immediate family and community, from his extending family in every part of the world Kevin has learned many lessons in global citizenship and how we each can draw from our individual heritages to create a vibrant, evolving global civilization embracing and celebrating our collective heritage.
Kevin Locke's concerts and presentations at performing arts centers, festivals, schools, universities, conferences, state and national parks, monuments and historic sites, powwows and reservations number in the hundreds annually. Approximately eighty percent of his presentations are shared with children. He is a dance and musical hero and role model for youth around the world. His special joy is working with children on the reservations to ensure the survival and growth of indigenous culture.
Kevin Locke is acknowledged to be the pivotal force in the now powerful revival of the indigenous flute tradition which teetered on the brink of extinction just twenty years ago. In 1990, Kevin was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) which recognized him as a "Master Traditional Artist who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States."
As a folk artist he is often characterized as being oriented from a tribal-specific background only. But Kevin draws from deep wellsprings of knowledge, distilled and refined over many generations until yielding a profound sense of the universality of the human spirit and its inclination toward harmony, balance, beauty, peace, and the sacred through movement and dance, sound and music. It is universal spirit that Kevin strives to convey through his stories, music, humor, dances and workshops.
Kevin's goal is "to raise awareness of the Oneness we share as human beings." His belief in the Unity of human kind is expressed dramatically in the traditional Hoop Dance which illustrates "the roles and responsibilities that all human beings have within the hoops (or circles) of life."
Touring for two decades, Kevin has performed and lectured in more nearly 80 countries, sharing his high vision of balance, joy and diversity. He has served as a cultural ambassador for the United States Information Service since 1980. Deeply committed to the conservation of Earth's resources for future generations, Kevin was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil and a featured performer and speaker at the 1996 United Nations Habitat II Conference in Turkey.
"All of the people have the same impulses, spirit and goals," reflects Kevin. "Through my music and dance, I want to create a positive awareness of the Oneness of humanity."
Since 1982, Kevin has recorded twelve albums of music and stories, most recently The First Flute, Open Circle, Keepers of the Dream, and Dream Catcher.
Kevin Locke dedicates his life's work to Baha'u'llah.

To learn more about Kevin and his dance Ensemble, or his educational workshops, and for booking information please visit Kevin’s website at http://www.kevinlocke.com/

Or Kevin’s booking Agent directly at RToup@IxtlanArtist.com
Robin Troup 717-319-8944

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Introducing

Introducing Becky Olvera-Schultz
becky@native-expressions.com

Becky is of mixed blood - Mexican Azteca/Kickapoo from her father and Italian from her mother. Born in El Paso, Texas, Becky spent her first three years in New Mexico as an army brat at Alamogordo/White Sands. Raised in Southern California and currently making her home in Santa Cruz County, California, the Southwest would influence her artistic expression. She demonstrated her creativity as a small girl by designing and sewing clothing for her dolls and as a teen pursued painting and loom beadwork. She has traveled extensively in the Southwestern and Northwestern states to learn more about the native cultures of which she is so fond. Her own indigenous bloodline, natural talent, research, and travel experiences have brought about her specific style of artwork.
Originally an art major in college, Becky didn't resume her art career until early 1993, shortly after the death of her brother. Motivated by grief and reflecting on her own life, she found working with clay to be a healing and satisfying experience. Encouraged and supported by family and friends, she began marketing and exhibiting her art.
An award winning artist, her work is represented in galleries in Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. She has participated in many exhibitions, including international and national juried show. Becky has had 6 solo museum exhibitions. Her masks are in private collections in the U.S. and Europe including Germany, Holland, Norway and Scotland.

http://www.native-expressions.com/

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Introducing Dr. Will Moreau Goins

Introducing Dr. Will Moreau Goins

Dr. Will Moreau Goins is an author, activist, singer, dancer, and storyteller who celebrates’s his indigenous heritage from the Americas. A Native American author, storyteller and spokesperson for racial, social, economic, and environmental justice and human rights, Moreau's poems, short stories and writings tell many perspectives and expressions.Will is a colorful collage of Native American Indian movement, singing, and stories. He uses music, poetry, legend, movement, visual imagery and drums to tell an ancient and contemporary story of the American Indian. He chants ancient songs and contemporary Native songs, plays the native drum, flute and percussion instruments.
Informative Statement
Through the arts and literature, Will shows that American Indians are alive and well in American society today. He reaches 25,000 youth annually in performances and outreach. He has appeared in performances for over 40 Ambassadors, international dignitaries throughout the entire United States, as well as, internationally in France, Greece, Italy, Wales, the United Kingdom, Ireland, West Indies, Scotland, Australia and Turkey. He has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. in the Nation’s Capital and at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
Influences
Wayne Newton, Mary Lou Williams, Brent Michael Davids, Sammy Davis Jr., Regina Belle, Martha Wash, Miki Howard, Cachao, Tito Puente, Bill Taylor, Joanne Shenandoah, Maria Tall Chief,Raoul Trojillo, Jennifer Holliday, Nia Peeples, Richard Adler, Lucie Arnez, Teddy Harris, Robert Tree Cody, Martha Reeves, Bert Parks, Pale Moon Rose, Rodney Grant, Hasson Hackmoun & Zahar, Eric Oxendine, Willie French Lowery, Brian Mann, David Ylvisaker, Tommy Wareham, Maria A. Rogers, Joy Harjo, Vincent Price, and Ertha Kitt.
Noted Achievements
· SC Folk Heritage Award
· 1st Tier Concert Performing Artist

Indian Name: Tsiyohi Uhayli do (

Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee (Eastern)
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Travel Distance: Home area, USA, Canada, Overseas

Writing Styles: Fiction

Artist Type: Actors, Basketry, Beadwork, Dance

Musical Styles: All Styles

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