5 Plain Questions

Neal Ambrose-Smith is a descendant of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation of Montana, is a contemporary Native American painter, sculptor, printmaker, and Professor at the Institute of Americ…

Whitney, Artist Statement and Bio

Thematically I am a narrative artist. Images are appropriated from either the Powwow interlaced with Hollywood or from the indigenous people of Turtle Island and filt…

Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an enrolled member of the St. Regis Mohawk tribe, is an award-winning author that is currently working on a book commissioned by Random House / Viking about Na…

In 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position and only the second person to serve three terms in the role. Harjo’s nine books o…

A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman was born and raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Cooking in kitchens across the United States and Mexico for over 30 years, Chef Sean is renowne…

Julie buffalohead. She is a citizen of the Ponca Tribe out of Oklahoma, and is a visual artist living in St. Paul Minnesota. Julie received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1…

Rosy Simas is citizen of the Seneca Nation of Indians. She is a transdisiplinary artist and founder and Artistic Director of Rosy Simas Danse.

Active since 1992, her projects merge decolonized physic…

John Little, PhD (Standing Rock Dakota), is a scholar, historian, filmmaker, and mentor. His presentations and research focus on Native student retention and success in higher education, decolonizing…

Join us this week as we celebrate the Halloween season with true life scary stories from our past guests from the 5 Plain Questions podcast. We have a collection of different stories, all very scary …

Roy Taylor (Pawnee, Choctaw) is with White Eagle Arts, Entertainment & Media out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is host of Indigeneity Rising on KFAI Fresh Air Community Radio 90.3 FM.

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I want to introduce you to Angela Two Stars. She received her BFA in drawing from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids Michigan. Angela is a Dakota from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate on th…

Mary V. Bordeaux (Sicangu Lakota) is the co-founder and creative director of Racing Magpie, a collaborative space with a Native art gallery and artist studios in Mnilúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwah (Rapid City, SD).…

Emily Arthur (Eastern Band Cherokee descent) is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serves as Chair of the Printmaking Area within the Art Department where they will hos…

Arik Williams is a Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Dakota living on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota.

Arik is gaming field agent with the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. But this seemingly dedicated civil servan…