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I am an artist and musician.
I work in acrylics, collage, and multimedia. I make star quilts, regalia, leatherwork, drums, rattles, and beadwork.
My musical influences include Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Casper Brötzmann, Godflesh, Slayer, Miles Davis, and Skinny Puppy. I play guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, dobro, cedar flute, hand percussion, and sing.
The Hunting
The Hunting Tweet Available today: My new album is a series of reflections on isolation and hunting, on life and grief, on sustenance and violence. the hunting by skræling
Live recording, January 10, 2020
Live recording, January 10, 2020 in Ithaca, NY Live set from January 10, 2020 in Ithaca, NY as part of The ElectroZone Presents: Güd Vibrations
REVIEW: Jen Kutler’s “Disembodied”
“Disembodied” by Jen Kutler I Tweet I went to Jen Kutler’s record release party for “Disembodied,” and I’m still
My first live, solo gig, like, ever
I played my first solo gig ever. Ambient looped guitar with cedar flute. November 15, 2019 in Ithaca, NY.
On ‘Indian’ Stereotype
Tweet While talking about stereotype has become rather boring, stereotypes themselves have not gone out of fashion, nor have they lost much of their ability to stand in for real people and real issues. Stereotypes fill films and literature, and allow their audience to quickly follow plots and conflicts
REVIEW: “Shana: The Wolf’s Music”
REVIEW: “Shana: The Wolf’s Music” Tweet I attended the US premiere of “Shana: The Wolf’s Music,” and I don’t think I’ve ever looked at my watch that many times during a film. Not just because the pacing is uneven and ultimately draining, but the stereotypes are debilitating.
Shaawano meets Lamb of God at SIRIUS
Tweet Back in 2008, I won the Lamb of God “Producer Challenge,” sponsored by the band, Epic Records, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, and Apple’s GarageBand. The band released a special edition of their album “Sacrament” that contained a bonus disc of the isolated audio stems (grouped by instrument) for
The Negative Space of Tribal Sovereignty
The Negative Space of Tribal Sovereignty Tweet Earlier, I wrote about how sovereignty is best understood as a network of relationships among various types of power, rather than looking at sovereignty as a measure of power. In other words, sovereignty exists when one power recognizes the powers of