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28 June 2020
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Marc Nadjiwan in our Spotlight Interview (Rock)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music! This week Larry welcomes back from Thunder Bay Ontario, Mr. Marc Nadjiwan. He is a singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, and has just released his newest album entitled “The Dog Lake Sessions.” Find out more and hear his music on the web at www.merilainenmusic.com.

Music from Nadjiwan, Indian City, Mike Paul, Bluedog, Patrick Therrien, The Spiritual Warriors, Locos Por Juana, Nortec Collective, Martha Redbone, Bomba Estereo, Esther Pennell, Richie Ledreagle, The Northstars, Lil Mike & Funnybone, XAXO, Irv Lyons Jr. Renzo, DJ Krayzkree, Mike Bern, Trent Agecoutay, John McLeod, Conrad Bigknife, Young Medicine, Alan Syliboy & the Thundermakers, Nehiyawak and much much more.

Visit us on our music page at www.IndigenousinMusic.com and our homepage at www.indigenousinMusicandArts.org. We have underwriting and
opportunities available. We are a non-profit, section 501(c) (3).

To Skip to Spotlight Interview, click forward two times to segment 3….Enjoy!

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Biography

Over the past 25 years NADJIWAN has gone on to release 7 studio albums. In the past decade Marc has had 5 consecutive #1 hits on the National Aboriginal Top 40 as well as touring this project across Canada & the United States with performances at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, The Mariposa Folk Festival, Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Hillside Music Festival, Folk On The Rocks, 2015 Pan Am Games as well as the American Native Music Awards and Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards to name only a few.

Nominated for : Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (Best Male Artist & Best Rock Album), Native American Music Awards (Best Rock Album), Dora Mavor Moore
Award (Best Original Composition) and recently nominated for Best Radio Single at the Indigenous Music Awards.

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16 June 2020
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Sarasota Manatee Indigenous Business Alliance name change

We have changed our name to the “Sarasota Manatee Indigenous Business Alliance” to better serve the businesses we AIM to help.

Expanding the Capacity for Sarasota and Manatee Indigenous Businesses

Mission:  The Sarasota Manatee Business Alliance will actively engage and collaborate with local, public, private, regional, national and international interests to advance business development and opportunities on behalf of the citizens of Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Goal:  The Alliance is commited to sustaining and enhancing the region’s economic opportunity, growth and prosperity.  

16 May 2020
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Christopher Mike-Bidtah aka Def-I in our Spotlight Interview (Hip Hop)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week we welcome back from Albuquerque, New Mexico Mr Def-i.  Hip-hop artist, producer and educator, he’s been staying busy, touring and promoting his album “Blue Hour.”  Bringing us a nice smooth mix of Indigenous Hip Hop. Find out all about Def-i and what’s new on his webpage at www.def-i.com

Enjoy music from Def-i, Ariano, Litefoot, O Genius, Qacung, Blue Moon Marquee, Chantil Dukart, Janet Panic, Ryan LittleEagle, Hataalii, MC Slader, Blesinfinite, Night Shield, Ana Tijoux,  Buggin Malone, Pretendians Band, Blue Mountain Tribe, 1915, Nadjiwan, Low Budget Rock Star, Redbone, Logan Staats, Sarazino, Lilliana Saumet, Marcelo D2, Leonard Sumner, Elastic Bond, Richie Ledreagle and much much more.

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OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

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CONTACT INFORMATION

EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: https://def-i.com/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/defrapper
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/def_i/
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/def-i
BANDCAMP: https://def-i.bandcamp.com/
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@Def_i
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@def_i
BOOKING: [email protected]

DEF-I BIOGRAPHY

Hailing from Albuquerque, NM, Def-i represents the Diné Nation as one of the Southwest’s most active and prominent touring artists. His performance styles range wide from Hip-Hop and Spoken Word to Contemporary Native-American Acoustic. Emerging from the Underground Indy rap circuit, his eclectic repertoire of talent has allowed him to single-handedly perform regularly throughout the country as an artist, and an educator. His dedication to cultural preservation and lyrical mastry has earned him the respect of hip hop veterans, industry professionals, academics, and upcoming generations.

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9 May 2020
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Joni Buffalohead of Bluedog in our Spotlight Interview (Blues)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music! This week Larry welcomes from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the lead singer of the Rock and Roll Blues band “’Bluedog”. Joni Buffalohead will be in the house to tell us about the release of their 5th album “Take a Stand.  Hear their album on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Z6hr1JlF4DBYDohSDMYi4?si=L0uiyaXlS_m-w3G6U2d1ug.

Music from Bluedog, Mike Bern, Tracy Lee Nelson, Angus Vincent, The Cody Blackbird Band, The Spiritual Warriors, David Huchfelt, B-Side Players, Irv Lyons Jr., Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers, nehiyawak, Soda Stereo, iskwe, Wayne Lavalee, Tribalistas, Artson, MC Redcloud, Q052, Def-i, QVLN, Aterciopelados, Elastic Bond, Julian Taylor Band, Indian City, Shauit, Pura Fe, Cary Morin and much much more.

To Skip to Spotlight Interview, click forward two times to segment 3….Enjoy!

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6 May 2020
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Introducing the 2020 Mentor Artist Fellows

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VANCOUVER, Washington, May 6, 2020 – The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is pleased to announce the 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship awards. The Mentor Artist Fellowship is a regional award open to accomplished American Indian and Alaska Native artists and culture bearers located in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Southern California, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin. Following an open call for applications, sixty Native artists were reviewed by a panel of arts professionals who specialize in Contemporary Visual Arts and Traditional Arts. This year, eleven artists were selected to receive a $30,000 fellowship award designed to support an established Native artist to mentor an emerging Native artist in the Contemporary Visual Arts and Traditional Arts.

“NACF is proud of the success of our Mentor Artist Fellowship. This intensive one-to-one mentoring program has proven to propel emerging artists and their careers, revitalize cultural and artistic practices within communities, and strengthen the mentoring skills of established Native artists and culture bearers,” says NACF Director of Programs Francene Blythe (Diné/Sisseton-Wahpeton/Eastern Band Cherokee). “With great pleasure and enthusiasm, we look forward to working with the eleven 2020 Mentor Artist Fellows and their apprentices in another promising mentorship experience.”

The Mentor Artist Fellowship is a structured fifteen-month program designed to empower artists and build capacity in Native communities for future generations. As part of the program, mentors and their apprentices will complete art projects by the end of the fellowship period to broaden Indigenous worldviews in both Native and non-Native communities. In addition to the monetary award, the fellows and their apprentices participated in a two-day virtual mentorship and professional development training on March 26-27, 2020.

NACF is grateful to Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, The Ford Family Foundation, and to the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation for their support of the mentor program.

The Mentor Artist Fellowship is just one of the ways that NACF invests in artists and communities. Established in 2009, NACF has supported over 350 Native artists and organizations in 34 states and the District of Columbia. The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s mission is to promote the revitalization, appreciation, and perpetuation of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian arts and cultures through grantmaking, convening, and advocacy. To learn more about the Mentor Artist Fellows and NACF’s work, visit www.nativeartsandcultures.org.

Click here for the official press release, via PR Web.

Selected artists for the NACF 2020 Mentor Artist Fellowship are as follows:

CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS
  • Nani Chacon, Diné, Murals, New Mexico. Chacon will mentor Lynnette Haozous, Chiricahua Apache (San Carlos Apache Tribe), Diné, Taos Pueblo.
  • Gerald Clarke Jr., Cahuilla Band of Indians, Multi Media, Southern California. Clarke will mentor Deric Thornsberry, Member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians.
  • Joe Feddersen, Member of Colville Confederated Tribes, Mixed Media, Washington. Feddersen will mentor Julie Edwards, Member of Colville Confederated Tribes.
  • Cliff Fragua, Jemez Pueblo, Sculpture/Carving, New Mexico. Fragua will mentor Anthony C Wright-Romero, Ohkay Owingeh/Cochiti/Jemez Pueblo.
  • Brenda Mallory, Cherokee Nation, Mixed Media/Installation, Oregon. Mallory will mentor Lehuauakea Fernandez, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian).
TRADITIONAL ARTS
  • Earl Atchak, Cup’ik Eskimo, Carving, Alaska. Atchak will mentor Leo Unin Jr., Yup’ik.
  • Jackie Larson Bread, Blackfeet (Amskapi Pikuni), Beading, Montana. Bread will mentor Dugan A. Coburn, Enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe (Piikuni), also a descendant of Klamath, Pit River.
  • Ral Takook Christman, Kumeyaay Nation, Bird Singing and Gourd Making, Southern California. Christman will mentor Jeffrey French, Lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel.
  • Nathan P. Jackson, Tlingit, Woodcarving/Metalwork/Sculpture, Alaska. Jackson will mentor X̱’unei Lance Twitchell; Tlingit, Haida, Yup’ik, Sami.
  • TahNibaa Naataanii, Navajo (Diné), Weaving, New Mexico. Naataanii will mentor Gloria C Begay, Diné (Navajo).
  • April Stone, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Black-Ash Weaving, Wisconsin. Stone will mentor Liandra Skenandore, Citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin; also Prairie Band Potawatomi, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and Mvskoke Creek Nation.
5 May 2020
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Celebrating 3 years on Native Voice One

Coming this October we will be celebrating our 3rd year anniversary on Native Voice One – The Native American Radio Network.

We are streaming daily on the web at http://14013.live.streamtheworld.com/NV1.mp3.

Bob Peterson – Station Manager

Bob Peterson, Native Voice One

NV1 obtained by our parent company Koahnic Broadcast Corporation in 2006, is a public radio distribution network providing programs from a Native perspective. At the writing of this article, we distribute 12 programs to over 180 public and commercial radio stations in Guam, North America, and Sydney, Australia. Each of the programs are independently produced and/or hosted by Native Americans.

Thank you for letting me in your head, and filling it with some words. I hope that you find it enlightening, entertaining, and engaging. I am Bob Petersen, the Network Manager for Native Voice One (NV1). In case you are unfamiliar with NV1, allow me to give you a brief introduction.

Whether it is following Tweets, or getting inundated on your Facebook news feed, streamed or downloaded podcasts, or if you get your news from television – or hopefully the radio, or print media; the American cultural landscape is in turmoil. The turmoil raised may be a result of the mixing of cultures, heritages, ideologies, and ever-changing demographics. Leadership principles seem to have given way to soundbites, then to late-night tweets and seem to be moving to the trolling meme.

When will sensibility return so that rational thoughts lead the mind? How is it possible? Whenever I have been under stress – often times I have received guidance from my Elders, mentors, friends, and family who have also been through difficult moments and shared with me what helped them. Who is capable of sharing such experiences and wisdom to our nation and to our communities? It is my conviction that the Native voice is able to provide that insight. It is my conviction that the Native voice is able to offer reassurance. The Indigenous and those who carry the traditions of those before us bring a perspective that those who are new, cannot view.

Those who have only joined the journey on the rough path – only know the struggles and not what lies ahead. The Native voice is capable and the source that can be the voice that cuts through the clutter, the obstacles and misperceptions that threaten to take one off the path. Currently – the Native perspective is not readily available from any other outlet. This is harmful not only to the Native population but also to those that are a part of our community. This is the importance of having a service that NV1 is providing.

Our programs are award-winning and long-running. National Native News has been on the air for 30 years with over a quarter-million listeners each week. Native America Calling, a Monday- Friday live call-in radio program has over 60,000 listeners each week. Now we are celebrating an addition to
our Program list.

Our newest program that we are distributing is ‘Indigenous in Music’ with Larry K. A weekly two-hour mix of new music in rock, pop, country, hip-hop, blues, house and electronica by Indigenous musicians from around the Western Hemisphere, hosted by Larry K (Ho-Chunk Nation).

5 May 2020
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Donate your Vehicle and make a difference!

Big Tax Break

The 2020 tax deadline extension was a big relief for many. If you’re looking for your next big tax break and you itemize your deductions, consider adding a vehicle donation! It’s easy, the pick-up is free, and vehicle donations are tax-deductible.

Indigenous in Music and Arts accepts cars, trucks, boats, and more; and according to the IRS Guidelines, vehicle donors may claim fair market value for their donation up to the actual sale value.

To learn more, call our Vehicle Donor Support Team seven days a week at 612-432-0057 or donate online. Our vehicle donation program has also requested drivers to practice safe interactions with donors, including minimizing contact.


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4 May 2020
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Leroy Joe of The Spiritual Warriors in our Spotlight Interview (Reggae)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music! This week Larry’s guest and his band “The Spiritual Warriors” bring us Roots, Rock and Reggae. From the Lilwat Nation in British Columbia, Leeroy Joe is in the house. His band currently holds the title for “Best World Recording” at the 2019 Native American Music Awards for their album “Ancestors.” Find them on their homepage at TheSpiritualWarriors.net.

Music from The Spiritual Warriors, Indian City, Irv Lyons Jr. Young Medicine, The NorthStars, Lil Mike & Funny Bone, KASP, Richie Ledreagle, Digging Roots, Nuna, Innastate, Ozomatli, Sue Jorge, Juan Luis Guerra, The Jerry Cans, Ed Koban, Gary Small & the Coyote Bro., Trippynova, Michael Franti, Freightrain, Tracy Lee Nelson, Crystal Shawanda, Janel Munoa, iskwe, Quantum Tangle,Aasiva, Thor Simonsen, B-Side Players, QVLN and much much more.

To Skip to Spotlight Interview, click forward two times to segment 3….Enjoy!

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3 May 2020
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Welcome March of Dimes

Salute to our Sponsor: March of Dimes – The Coming of the Blessing, this summer we will partner up with the March of Dimes.

A Successful Collaboration • Between American Indian/Alaska Natives * March of Dimes and Indigenous in Music with Larry K!

Based on the core values common to all AI/AN Nations – Love of family – Honor of mother and child – Sacred time of pregnancy – Importance of the father and family – Spirituality.

 

Preparing yourself for the ceremony of life spiritually, mentally and physically is one of the best things you can do for your baby. The Coming of the Blessing, created and written by and for Native Women in partnership with March of Dimes, draws from native customs and traditions to help you have a healthy pregnancy.

To get your hard copy of The Coming of the Blessing, please contact Laurie Applekamp from March of Dimes at [email protected].

Join our Share Your Story community and get support online or find our group on Facebook.

26 April 2020
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Justinsayne in our Spotlight Interview (Rock, Rap)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music! This week Larry welcomes from the White Earth Nation in Minnesota, Mr. Justinsayne N8V. He brings us a mix of “Rock and Rap” what he calls “Rap and Roll.” Justinsayne N8V will be in the house to tell us all about his new album “Borderline Personality.”

Music from Justinsayne N8V, Drezus, QVLN, Novalima, Locos Por Juana, The Spiritual Warriors, Gary Small & the Coyote Bros., The NorthStars, Whilk & Misky, Yoqui, Pablo Nouvelle, Carsen Gray, Cody Coyote, Artson, Quese IMC, YANIS, Stolen Identity, Cris Delanno, Shon Denay, De Madrugada, Jota Quest, Frikstailers, Soda Stereo, Stevie Salas, Julian Taylor Band, Janel Munoa, Tito & Tarantula, nehiyawak and much much more.

To Skip to Spotlight Interview, click forward two times to segment 3….Enjoy!

Biography

Justinsayne N8V exploded onto the independent underground scene in late 2012 with the release of his debut album “RED LIST,” he soon proved to be a serious force to be reckoned with, with his own original rock/rap/native style he calls “RAP & ROLL” or Pop & Mosh.  His songwriting is smart, complex and offers a strong positive message while at the same time reminding us of the real world we live in and how we can help change it for the better, as he belts out songs of love and respect, real life struggles and evolving as a race as we stand up against oppression and hate in all forms.  His songs are personal, deep and straight from the heart, “Angry feel good music.”

He raps in many styles and this rapper also sings, good, he can bust out harmonies as well as attack metal screams and swoon with a deep soulful smooth growl.  He also gained a fast reputation for being a beast on stage and and tearing up live shows.  His follow up album “WAGON BURNER” proved his talent was not limited to just one good album.  It was a beautiful continuation of the brutal in your face head bangers mixed with melodic dark overtones.

His songwriting skills again are exceptional and thought provoking, backed by amazing music production, with plenty of catchy heavy guitar riffs, 808 bass, and turntable scratch action, head bangers and and dance grooves.  This native American underground artist resides in the northwest, was born and raised in Denver and all over the west.  An Ojibwe 7th fire warrior of the bear clan, from White Earth reservation in Minnesota, he stays true to his roots and traditional ways, always sending positive and informative messages through his music.

He has 6 national tours under his belt touring with some of the biggest names in independent music as well as performing at huge national festivals and building his home base of justinsayniacs in his home state of Oregon. He has been featured in over 40 collaboration songs with other artists and a familiar face in the underground hustler series of mix tapes.  He has been nominated for numerous awards and Wagon burner was named one of the 10 best albums of 2014 in Oregon. Since the release of his 2nd album he has toured and rocked stages across the nation non stop, building steam and gaining fans.  Releasing videos and new singles regularly to keep his justinsayniacs appeased.

He has currently just finished his 3rd album titled “BORDERLINE PERSONALITY”.  It promises to be another amazing journey through the heart, mind and voice of the man that brings that native thunda.  If you are wanting something fresh and completely original to bang your head to, look no further.  This is rap for the person that doesn’t really listen to rap! From ages 1 to 100 there’s something in there for you to groove too.  Look him up online and on most all social media links, or catch him on stage in a city near you, you will not regret it.

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