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Pete Sands is a Diné (Navajo) performer, artist, musician, filmmaker, and activist. He is the creator of ‘Navajo Highways’, a puppet show starring Ash and Sadie, two fictional characters, teaching and discussing Navajo language, traditions, and culture. In 2020, he was recognized by Time Magazine as one of its ‘Guardians of the Year’ for creating the Utah Navajo Health System’s COVID-19 Relief eff...

Conrad Merced is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer based out of Chicago, Illinois. Being raised in a musical family, he started playing in music groups at the age of 13. His music has featured in films, podcasts and in various music compilations. Conrad’s songs have been described as ‘Nick Drake meets Roxy Music’ and ‘Elliott Smith meets Radiohead’. The themes of his most rec...

Bridging The Gap # 23: Question for Dorianne Laux, a multiple award-winning American poet…  •••  Jim Bachor, a graphic designer and mosaic artist based in Chicago, Illinois, has a question for Dorianne Laux, a multiple award-winning American poet, based in Richmond, California… •••  Dorianne Laux is a multiple award-winning American poet. She has recently retired from her teaching position at Nort...

Bridging The Gap # 22: Question for Vincent Schilling, an Akwesasne Mohawk author, public speaker, and journalist…  •••  Eric J. García, a multidisciplinary artist and political activist, has a question for Vincent Schilling, an Akwesasne Mohawk author, public speaker, and journalist…  •••  Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an author, public speaker and journalist who has contributed to such...

Bridging The Gap # 21:  Question for Arielle Vakni, a vocalist, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist and music teacher, based in Taos, New Mexico…  •••  Karen Harryman, an American poet based in Los Angeles, California, has a question for Arielle Vakni, a vocalist, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist and music teacher, based in Taos, New Mexico…  •••  Arielle Vakni is a vocalist, songwriter, pr...

Bridging the gap # 20: Question for Pete Sands, a Diné (Navajo) performer, artist, musician, filmmaker, and activist...  •••  Pete Sands is a Diné (Navajo) performer, artist, musician, filmmaker, and activist. He is the creator of ‘Navajo Highways’, a puppet show starring Ash and Sadie, two fictional characters, teaching and discussing Navajo language, traditions, and culture.  In 2020, he was rec...

Bridging the gap # 19:  Question for Thea Hopkins, an award-winning indigenous songwriter…  •••  Carol C, the lead singer and co-founder of the popular electronic soul band, Si*Sé, has a question for Thea Hopkins, an indigenous performing songwriter from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts…  •••  A member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe of Martha’s Vineyard MA, performing songwriter Thea Hopkins...

Sheryl Youngblood is a Chicago Blues Hall-Of-Famer and Gospel Grammy Group Award Winner. Her wide-ranging repertoire includes Gospel, R&B and the Blues. As a performer her goal is to touch everyone possible musically and make them feel better than they did when they arrived to the show.  •••  https://sherylyoungbloodband.com/  https://www.instagram.com/sherylyoungbloodofficial/  •••  Interview...

Margo Robbins is a Yurok basketweaver, part of a tradition in her Northern Californian nation that stretches back centuries upon centuries. She is the co-founder and executive director of Cultural Fire Management Council (CFMC). She facilitates the Cultural Burn Training Exchange (TREX) on the Yurok Reservation. Margo’s work aims to restore the ecological and cultural deficit caused by almost two...

Pressure Drop is based on the musical partnership of Justin Langlands and Dave Henley. Pressure Drop's music was born out of a musical fusion reflecting the multi-ethnic culture they both grew up with in London during a golden age in 20th century music. Alongside other luminaries such as Massive Attack, Smith and Mighty, The Sandals and Young Disciples, the British duo represents a time of vib...

Sunburnt Stone is a band based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Their music combines various influences and genres between country, blues, rock, and Americana. All the band members, Andrew Wilson, Daryl Young, and Nichole Tsosie, are Diné, members of the Navajo Nation.  Their songs generally reflect experiences in life, sunset skies, and the pains of broken glass weathering through the souls of each a...

Pete Sands is a Diné (Navajo) performer, artist, musician, filmmaker, and activist. He is the creator of ‘Navajo Highways’, a puppet show starring Ash and Sadie, two fictional characters, teaching and discussing Navajo language, traditions, and culture.  In 2020, he was recognized by Time Magazine as one of its ‘Guardians of the Year’ for creating the Utah Navajo Health System’s COVID-19 Relief ef...

Emeritus Professor Martin Williams is an award-winning author and earth scientist whose research focuses on the Nile Basin. Through sustained inter-disciplinary fieldwork in Africa, Australia, India and China, he has made original and internationally recognized contributions to our understanding of the Quaternary geology, geomorphology, soils, climatology, hydrology, geo-archaeology, prehistoric e...

Bridging the gap # 18:  Question for Tacey M. Atsitty, an award-winning Diné (Navajo) poet...  •••  Mike Vinopal, co-founder of the Chicago-based band Local Motive, has a question for Tacey M. Atsitty, an award-winning Diné (Navajo) poet...  •••  Tacey M. Atsitty is an award-winning Diné (Navajo) poet. She belongs to Tsénahabiłnii (Sleep Rock People) and born for Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle People)....

Sharon Shorty is an award-winning indigenous storyteller, craftswoman, and performer from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.  She has appeared on Canadian television, film, and theater.  She loves to tell traditional stories and teach about her culture. Sharon now lives in her home territory with her family.  •••  http://www.sharonshorty.com/index.htm  •••  Interview conducted by Marco Rixecker ...

Nicholas Bimibatoo Mishtadim DeShaw is an Ojibwe (Eagle Clan) author currently residing in St Paul, Minnesota. Nicholas is a self-described aspiring Ojibwe language speaker and educator. His debut book, Loaf the Cat Goes to the Pow Wow, will be released May 28, 2024 through Nancy Paulsen Press. ••• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690490/loaf-the-cat-goes-to-the-powwow-by-nicholas-deshaw-i...

Louise BigEagle is from Ocean Man First Nation, Saskatchewan, and currently lives in Regina, Canada. She is a director, writer, photographer, and reporter with the CBC. Her work focuses on indigenous language revitalization and cultural restoration.  One of her personal projects is to start learning Nakota, the language of her indigenous ancestors, in 2024.  •••  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm116081...

Denise Low is the author of more than 30 books of poetry and prose.  Her most recent poetry collections are Wing (Red Mountain Press, 2021) and Shadow Light (Red Mountain Press, 2018).  Low is of mixed German, British, unaffiliated Lenape (Delaware), and Cherokee heritage and frequently examines Native heritage and the intersection of Native and settler heritages in her work.  Born and raised in t...

Hattie Lee Mendoza: “What are you working on right now?”  •••  Hattie Lee Mendoza is a member of the Cherokee Nation whose art is inspired by her native ancestry, but also by a rural Kansas upbringing. She illustrates narratives by inventing compositions driven by a theme or experience, translating them through the lens of abstracted patterns she has built out of her cultural research of Cherokee...

Bridging the gap # 17: Question for Jon Langford, a Chicago-based Welsh rock musician and artist... Zahra Baker, a Chicago vocalist, storyteller, and teaching artist, has a question for Jon Langford, a Chicago-based Welsh rock musician and artist... *** Jon Langford is a Chicago-based Welsh rock musician, writer, producer, and artist. He is the founder of several diverse bands, including The Mekon...

Sukrit Sen, a Heritage and Disaster Management professional during the day and a musician by night, living in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, has a question for Jessica Pamonicutt, the Executive Chef & Owner of Ketapanen Kitchen, Chicago’s first and only Native American Pop-Up Kitchen & Catering Company...  ---  Jessica Pamonicutt is the Executive Chef & Owner of Ketapanen Kitchen, Chicag...

Tacey M. Atsitty is an award-winning Diné (Navajo) poet. She belongs to Tsénahabiłnii (Sleep Rock People) and born for Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle People). She is the director of the Navajo Film Festival. Atsitty is a PhD student in creative writing at Florida State University.  •••  https://taceymatsitty.com/bio/  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tacey-atsitty  https://poets.org/poet/tacey-m-...

Lucky Salway: “What are you working on right now?” Lucky (Luck) Salway is a largely self-taught multidisciplinary Tohono-Oodham / Oglala-Lako a artist, designer, lyricist, and muralist. In his artwork, he combines indigenous traditions with modern techniques. He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona. ••• https://www.truedescendants.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lucky_salway/ https://www.youtube.co...

Crisosto Apache is a Native American (Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné) poet,teacher, and advocate of the indigenous cause, especially the “two spirit identity” (Indigiqueer).  Some of his most famous works, like his first collection, “Genesis” explore the themes of cultural identity and memory. He has an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts of Santa Fe.  •••  https://crisos...

Carol C, the lead singer and co-founder of the popular electronic soul band, Si*Sé, has a question for James McMurtry, singer, songwriter, musician, and actor...  •••  James McMurtry is an award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, and actor. During his long career as a musician, he has worked with John Mellencamp, Joe Ely, John Prine, and many others. His most recent album, 'The H...