Living
Voices Profiles
1. REBECCA ADAMSON* [4:47] Listen!
Rebecca
Adamson, of Cherokee and Swedish descent, founded the First Nations Development
Institute to support Native enterprises
based on community needs and traditional values.
2. MANUEL
HERNANDEZ AGUILAR** [4:51] Listen!
Manuel Hernandez
Aguilar is a Tzeltal Maya spiritual leader in Chiapas,
Mexico.
Concerned with the rights of Mayan people, he believes the current struggle of
indigenous people provides Mexican society with an opportunity for
reconciliation.
3. MARY
ANN
ANDREAS [5:12] Listen!
As
the Tribal Chair of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Mary Ann Andreas leads
one of the most successful gaming operations in California
but remembers the poverty of her childhood.
4. HAUNANI
APOLIONA* [5:41] Listen!
Musician and performer
Haunani Apoliona is a well-known representative of the Native people of Hawai'i.
5. MITCHELL
BUSH [4:57] Listen!
In the 1960s, Mitchell
Bush moved to Washington,
D.C.
from his Onondaga home in New York. He leads his community in honoring Native
soldiers and others who rest far from their own lands in the Arlington
and Congressional Cemeteries.
6. KAPEKA
CHANDLER [5:04] Listen!
Kapeka Chandler, a
respected kapuna--Native Hawaiian wisdom keeper--is honored on her island
of Kauai
as a living treasure.
7. KATSI COOK** [4:55] Listen!
Carrie Dann, with her
sister Mary, has spearheaded the fight to preserve Western Shoshone lands in Nevada
and to give issues of Native sovereignty an international spotlight.
8. J. R. COOK [5:09] Listen!
Seeing
the discrimination faced by Native young people in Oklahoma,
Cherokee J. R. Cook founded UNITY, a
national network promoting personal development and leadership among Native
youth.
9. CARRIE
DANN [4:41] Listen!
Carrie Dann, with her
sister Mary, has spearheaded the fight to preserve Western Shoshone lands in Nevada
and to give issues of Native sovereignty an international spotlight.
10. ROSENDA
DE LA CRUZ VAZQUEZ ** [5:05] Listen!
Tzotzil Maya artist
Rosenda de la Cruz Vazquez, a member of the Sna Jtz'ibajom cultural
organization in Chiapas, Mexico, integrates Mayan culture, Native rights and
the rights of indigenous women in Mexico into her artistic work.
11. FRANK
DUKEPOO [5:41] Listen!
Frank Dukepoo is a
Hopi geneticist who believes that science and Native traditional methods are
compatible, based on lessons he learned from his father.
12. L. FRANK [4:55] Listen!
Artist L. Frank from
southern California
has traveled the world to explore the artifacts of her Tongva/Ajachemem people
and express her culture through art.
13. GKSISEDTANAMOOGK [4:43] Listen!
Gksisedtanamoogk,
a Wampanoag teacher, focuses on sharing the rich culture of Native peoples of
the East Coast, from Cape Cod
to the Micmacs of New Brunswick.
14. DIEGO MENDEZ GUZMAN** [4:42] Listen!
Diego
Mendez Guzman, Tzeltal from Chiapas,
Mexico,
is active in the Mayan cultural organization Sna Jtz'ibajom "House of the
Writer." His writings in Tzeltal
and Spanish have won special recognition by the most important art institutions
in Mexico.
15. RAYMUNDO HERNANDEZ* ** [5:39] Listen!
Raymundo
Hernandez, retired police officer, Vietnam
vet, and Native rights activist, has reaffirmed the cultural identity of his
original Coalhuiltec people of Texas
by reclaiming the Alamo
as their sacred site.
16. LINDA
HOGAN [4:58] Listen!
Chickasaw poet and
novelist Linda Hogan expresses her respect for Native knowledge of the natural
world and the Native vision of how the future is deeply related to the past.
17. BOB HAOZOUS [5:01] Listen!
Internationally-known
Warm Springs Apache sculptor and painter Bob Haozous has spurred controversy
through his art by expressing his personal vision of Native culture in the 21st
century.
18. OSCAR
KAWAGLEY* [5:22] Listen!
Oscar Kawagley, a
Yupiaq Eskimo from Alaska
is a scientist, scholar and teacher, who is integrating traditional Native ways
with Western learning.
19. CAROLYN
KUALII [5:04] Listen!
Carolyn Kualii,
Hawaiian and Apache, works to support the families of Native Hawaiians and
Native Americans living with HIV and AIDS.
20. IGUANIGINAPE
KUNGILER** [4:42] Listen!
Iguaniginape Kungiler,
Kuna writer, oral historian, and environmental scholar in Panama,
is internationally recognized for his projects to preserve traditional Kuna
knowledge and language.
21. CHRIS
LAMARR* [4:23] Listen!
Chris LaMarr, a
Paiute/Pitt River raised in Oakland,
is a rapper who delivers music with a strong message for Indian youth.
22. HERBERT
LOCKLEAR [4:13] Listen!
Like other Lumbee
Indians, Herbert Locklear came to Baltimore
from North Carolina
to find a job. Since then, he has
spearheaded almost every effort to build strong organizations to serve Native
people in the area.
23. DOROTHY
LORENTINO [4:28] Listen!
Dorothy Lorentino,
Comanche, is the first Native American to be inducted into the National
Teachers Hall of Fame.
241. SHAYAI LUCERO [5:08] Listen!
Shayai
Lucero, Laguna, worked with elders to produce a book on traditional Native
plants when she was still a student. She
turned her own difficult experiences into an inspirational message for Native
youth when she became Miss Indian World.
25. WILLIAM
A. MEHOJAH, SR. [4:50] Listen!
As an elder and former
Tribal Chairman, William Mehojah, the last living Kaw pureblood, looks back on
the treasure of his heritage.
26. JUNE ALASKA TWITCHELL McATEE [5:08] Listen!
June
McAtee, a Yup'ik Eskimo, found a new career as a geologist working for Calista,
Alaska's second largest Native regional corporation.
28. RICHARD
MILANOVICH [4:24] Listen!
As Tribal Chairman of
the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Richard Milanovich successfully
recovered the tribe�s claim to the famous spa at Palm
Springs, California.
29. ROBERT
MIRABAL [5:09] Listen!
Robert Mirabal, noted
flute player and member of Taos Pueblo, believes music is the most direct expression for his own
life
and for the lives of many Native people.
30. AUTUMN MORNING STAR [4:38] Listen!
Of
Choctaw and Blackfeet heritage, grand illusionist Autumn Morning Star performs
a unique magic show with Indian themes and a message of unity.
31. MARIA DE JESUS PATRICIO* ** [4:32] Listen!
Maria
de Jesus Patricio, Nahua from the state of Jalisco in western Mexico,
represents her community in the National Indigenous Congress and is outspoken
about the political involvement of
women.
32. LINDA POOLAW [5:01] Listen!
A
member of the executive committee of the Delaware Tribe, Linda Poolaw is a
playwright, photography curator and educator.
She currently conducts research into the causes of heart disease in
Native Americans.
33. TOM
PORTER [5:25] Listen!
Tom Porter, a
Traditional Chief of the Mohawk Nation at Akwasasne, is establishing a
self-sufficient Mohawk community that practices Iroquois traditions.
34. PUHIPAU** [4:54] Listen!
Puhipau, an activist
and filmmaker, has produced more than 30 videos on Native Hawaiian history,
sovereignty, and the environment to support Native Hawaiian self-determination.
35. LORENE
SISQUOC** [5:09] Listen!
Teacher Lorene
Sisquoc, Cahuilla/Apache, has nurtured the growth of hundreds of Indian
students and helped them to express their own traditions at Sherman
Indian
High School
in Riverside,
California.
36. DOLLY
SPENCER [5:39] Listen!
Growing up in the
Inupiat seal camps across the bay from Kotzebue,
Alaska,
Dolly Spencer learned how to work seal skins and make waterproof mukluks. Today her traditionally dressed dolls are
sought after by collectors and museums.
37. MARILYN ST. GERMAINE [4:56] Listen!
Social
worker Marilyn St. Germaine, is a member of the Blackfeet Tribe from Montana. Today, she lives in Oakland,
California,
and is a strong advocate for Indian families and children.
38. CALVIN J. STANDING BEAR
[5:11] Listen!
Calvin
J. Standing Bear Light in the Lodge began his professional career as a musician
when he received the gift of a
flute.
Now, he performs music that expresses his own deep Lakota spirituality.
39. BARBARA
SUTTEER** [3:36] Listen!
Oklahoma Cherokee
Barbara Sutteer, the first American Indian Superintendent in the National Park
Service, led the transformation of the Custer Battlefield into the Little Big
Horn National Monument.
40. CHARLENE
TETERS [4:54] Listen!
A member of the
Spokane Tribe, Charlene Teters went to the University
of Illinois
to study art. Once there, she was
confronted by the image of their college mascot "Chief Illiniwik" and decided
to fight the racism of Native stereotypes.
41. JOSEPHINE
WAPP [5:32] Listen!
One of the first
teachers of contemporary Native arts, Josephine Wapp, Comanche, is a renowned
finger weaver. During her long career,
she has displayed boundless energy and a lively sense of humor.
* Featured on the Sampler CD
** Available in Spanish
