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Kevin Locke

Tȟokéya Inážiŋ
“The First to Rise”

(1954-2022)

 

"Kevin Locke: The Traditional Flute Voice of Indigenous America"

​            Authors: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl and Kevin Locke

                   Publication: Overtones! November 2020, Volume 4; pgs. 29-39

 

Web site: www.kevinlocke.com

First Lightning Kevin Locke
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 Other Articles About Kevin Locke

 

"Kevin Locke, Tȟokéya Inážiŋ, “The First to Arise” - June 23, 1954 – September 30, 2022"

               (World Flute Society's Overtones! November 2022, Volume 4)
 

"North American Indigenous Flute vs. Native American Flute: A Lesson in Tradition from 
               Kevin Locke(by Josh Chrysler; November 30, 2020)

         

"Origin Stories with Folk Artist Kevin Locke" (First Peoples Fund; October 8, 2021)

Book by Kevin Locke

               Arising
CD About Kevin Locke

               Preserving the Heritage ... Insights and Songs from Kevin Locke
Podcast About Kevin Locke

               Kevin Locke: Lakota Flute Player, Hoop Dancer and 1990 National Heritage Fellow
 

                         (National Endowment for the Arts)

Awards

 

Cultural Ambassador (1980-2022)

United States Information Service

 

1990 National Heritage Fellowship

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

“Master Traditional Artist”

 

2009 Bush Foundation Award

 

2019 Cultural Capital Fellowship Grant

First People’s Fund

 

2020 United States Artists Fellowship 

“Traditional and Cultural Artist”

 

2020 Peace Prize Awardee

International Academy for Human Sciences and Culture (Zurich, Switzerland)

 

2024 National Dance Education Organization

Lifetime Achievement Award (Posthumous Category)

Victoria Shoemaker (L)
Kevin Locke (R)

World Flute Society Convention
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