5 Plain Questions

Jennifer Martel is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Reservation, resides and works on the Standing Rock Reservation.   She is currently the Coordinator of the Sitting Bull Visitor Center at Sitting Bull College. She has visitors/tourists from all over the world come through the doors.  She has gained knowledge and understanding through grant writing and giving opportunities...

Jennifer White is a painter and owner of Post Pilgrim Art Gallery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Jennifer, or J-White as she’s known in the art community grew up in Yankton, South Dakota. And like many Native Americans had to find her own personal identity between the Native and non-Native community. Through this experience she has carved out her own space, created her own opportunities, and is the...

5 Plain Questions Summer Update by Joe Williams

Karen Goulet currently resides in Bemidji Minnesota. A member of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation, and having received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she has been showing her work nationally and internationally for over two decades. Her journey to the art world has been one of a traveler, living in multiple places, living a full life that at times, seems like it resides outside th...

5 Plain Questions Northern Plains Summer Art Institute by Joe Williams

Legendary artist Don Montileaux in our current episode of 5 Plain Questions. He’s an inspiration and a founding member of the Dream Catchers Artist Guild.

Roger Broer is a legendary artist, he’s a member of the Oglala Lakota nation, adopted and raised in Nebraska, a veteran who after his service in the Air Force received his Bachelor of arts degree at Eastern Montana College. Roger has been a fixture in the Northern Plains Native American art scene for over 40 years. His artistic skill, his approach of self-respect, and dignity has been a shining ex...

Keith Braveheart is a young and leading artist in South Dakota who currently resides in South Dakota. Keith received his bachelor's degree at the American Indian Arts Institute in Sante Fe NM, and his MFA at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion SD. Currently, he is teaching at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He currently serves on the South Dakota Arts Council a...

Falcon Gott is a young filmmaker currently out of Fargo, North Dakota. His work with the Plains Art Museum and the MMIW movement is putting him on the map for Native American filmmakers of the next generation.

Marty Two Bulls Jr. earned his BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe, and currently is a faculty member at Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Dakota. A part of what makes Marty so interesting and worth listening to is he’s representative of many young and rising artists from Indian Country. He comes from a family of artists, his father, Marty Two Bulls Sr. is an accomplished...

Dyani White Hawk shares her journey as a visual artist, highlighting the importance of intentional planning and disciplined growth in developing an artistic career. With a strong foundation rooted in her Lakota heritage and a focus on abstract painting, Dyani emphasizes the significance of understanding one's unique voice and contributions to the art world. Throughout the conversation, she reflect...

Gerald Cournoyer is an Oglala Lakota artist from Marty, South Dakota, Gerald is the art director at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Following in the Northern Plains Indian art traditions of Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota) and Fritz Scholder (Luiseño), Gerald has blended his cultural and artistic backgrounds to connect with his students throughout his career. Joe Williams hosts the inaugural ep...

5 Plain Questions proposes questions to Native American artists, creators, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers, and introduces you to the world around you. Produced by Eleven Warrior Arts LLC in conjunction with Plains Art Museum.