5 Plain Questions
5 Plain Questions is a podcast that proposes 5 general questions to Native American and Indigenous artists, creators, musicians, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Marwin Begaye
An internationally exhibited artist, Marwin Begaye examines the issues of cultural identity through the intersection of American Indian and popular cultures. His ongoing research investigates the tec…
Cameron Ulrich
Cameron Ulrich is a Cherokee Professional Theater Artist and Educator. Cameron has over 40 years of theater experience acting, directing, fight choreographing and producing theater. Cameron Holds a M…
John Hitchcock
https://www.hybridpress.net/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/hybridpress/
https://watermarkartcenter.org/bury-the-hatchet-prayer-for-my-pah-be-john-hitchcock/
John Hitchcock, born in Lawton Oklahoma, he i…
Kaitlyn Jones
Kaitlyn Jones is a Diné artist from New Mexico. Now attending the Institute of American Indian Arts, she is entering her junior year and is excited to continue her studies as a BFA major with a focus…
Tylar Larsen
Tylar Larsen is Bdewakantunwan Dakota from Cansayapi (Lower Sioux Indian Community, MN). He attended the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute for two years as a student, and just completed his first year …
A Summer Art Conversation With Gerald Cournoyer and Inkpa Mani
Join host Joe Williams as he sits down with Gerald Cournoyer and Inkpa Mani as they discuss Indigenous art education, the future, importance, and relevancy of Indigenous art education. It's an hour o…
John Day On Oscar Howe
Let's listen to the story of Oscar Howe through the voice of John Day. Recorded in June 2002. We apologize for the recording quality, not the best recording from 2002, but the quality of the content …
Oscar Howe Confessional
On the 30th anniversary of the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute, host Joe Williams reflects on his association of the program starting in 1993 in a deeply personal story and tribute to the program and…
Prairie Rose Seminole
Prairie Rose Seminole is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes of ND, descendant of the Sahnish/Arikara, Northern Cheyenne and Lakota Nations.
Seminole serves as a political consultant and coach, …
Lyle Hudson
Lyle Hudson is an educator, he's a citizen of the Navajo Nation, or more accurately, the Diné. A first grade teacher from a family of educators. He's an individual who practices gratitude the first s…
Don Anderson
Don Anderson is a citizen of the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, he’s a Behavioral Health Professional at Circle of Nations School in Wahpeton ND. He’s of the very few Native American men in the United St…
Late Spring 2021 Announcement
We will not have an episode this week due to the passing of my father, Joe Williams. We'll be back next week with more new episodes.
Joe Williams
Waćiŋyaŋpi Wicaśta
Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Dakota
28 September 1934 …
Athena LaTocha
Athena LaTocha, born in Anchorage Alaska, and currently living in New York City, this Hunkpapa Lakota and Ojibwe artist creates artwork that fills entire walls that are large enough to hold her uniqu…
Waŋbdí Wašté
I want to introduce you to Waŋbdí Wašté. This Ihanktonwan Nakota is a citizen of the Yankton Sioux Tribe is a musician and filmmaker. Now, it is said that the backbone of any band is the drummer. The…
Micheal Two Bulls
Micheal Two Bulls is a mixed media artist. He's a graduate of IAIA in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a CAIRNS Research Fellow, and a member of The Wake Singers.
Join us in this fantastic 1/2 hour.
IG: https://…
Andrea Carlson
I want to introduce you to Andrea Carlson. She’s a citizen of the Grand Portage Ojibwe, and is a painter & screen printer based in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, though currently lives in Chicago…
Dr. Craig Howe
Craig Howe, founder and Director of the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS), earned a Ph.D. in architecture and anthropology from the University of Michigan. He served as …
Marty Two Bulls Sr.
BIO:
Marty Two Bulls Sr. is a member of the Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He spent his childhood in Rapid City, S.D. It was at the Rapid City Central High Schoo…
Spring Update NPSAI And OHSAI
Access to the Northern Plains Summer Art Institute 2021 application:
https://plainsart.org/northern-plains-summer-art-institute-application/
Access to the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute 2021 applicati…
Oscar "Guero" De Leon
Oscar De Leon is a Mexican-American filmmaker based out of Fargo, ND. He often operates under his artist name, “Guero,” which roughly translates to “white boy”, a nickname he grew up with. De Leon ha…