Bryan_Akipa

Bryan Akipa

Bryan Akipa

Dakota flautist

Bryan Akipa (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) is a Dakota flautist with five solo albums to date.[1]

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He has been a featured artist at A Prairie Awakening, an annual event held at the Kuehn Conservation Area near Earlham, Iowa.[2] He is a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.[3] He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts. He also studied fine arts with painter Oscar Howe at the University of South Dakota at Vermillion.[3]

Awards

"His CDs have been nominated for several Nammies (Native American Music Awards), including 1998 honors for The Flute Player album, 1999 Thunder Flute (also the Indie awards finalist), 2001 Eagle Dreams, and in 2002 Best Flutist, Best Male Artist. He was a featured player on My Relatives Say by Mary Louise Defender, which won the 2000 NAMA for Best Spoken Word recording."[4]

Akipa was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.[5]

Discography

  • Mystic Moments. SOAR. 1995.
  • Flute Player. Makoche. 1996.
  • Thunderflute. SOAR. 1998.
  • Eagle Dreams. Makoche. 2001.
  • Song of Aspen. Red Cedar Flute. 2005.

As contributor

References

  1. [1]
    "Bryan Akipa Overview". Allmusic.
  2. [2]
    "Programs & Events : Prairie Awakening Native American Celebration". Dallas County, Iowa. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Makoché". Archived from the original on April 15, 2001. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Live Performance by Native Flute Player Bryan Akipa". Prairie Edge Trading Co. & Galleries. August 4, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2016". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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