Join the City Library in celebrating Nativ
e American Heritage Month with some local talent! Enjoy performances by Gr
anite School District's youth Powwow group Li'l Feathers\, and singer-song
writer Whisperhawk\, a local folk/rock performer who is also one of The Ci
ty Library's featured HUM artists. Dave John\, of KRCL's \;Living
the Circle of Life\, \;will join us as emcee.
Li&rsquo\;l Feathers is Granite School Distri
ct&rsquo\;s Native American &\; Alaskan Native after-school program and
is overseen by Ronda DuVall\, Community &\; Cultural Specialist for th
e Urban Indian Center.
Whisperhawk (Michael Gross) has been a mainstay in the Utah mus
ic scene since the early 2000's. Gross got his start with the indie rock b
and The Brobecks who were making waves in the indie rock scene and were du
bbed a "buzz band" and "band to watch" by many music publications and blog
s until his departure in 2007. Since then Gross has been involved with var
ious bands and music projects and in 2010 signed a music licensing deal wi
th Bleed 101 in Los Angeles. His music has appeared on various networks in
cluding NBC\, CBS\, MTV\, and FX (to name a few) and has also appeared in
film\, most notably "A Family Man" starring Gerard Butler and Willem Dafoe
. Whisperhawk is Gross' latest project which combines his knack for melodi
es with a high-desert folk/rock spirit. Some of Whisperhawk's songs are kn
own to have Native American themes as Gross himself is a member\, and Trib
al Councilman for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.
Dave John\, Tewa (Summer Clan) and Diné\; (Black She ep Clan)\, is the co-host of "Living the Circle of Life" on KRCL 90. 9 &mdash\; Utah's only music program dedicated to the Indigenous people of Utah. \; Dave John is also an activist and Co-Founder of PANDOS (Peac eful Advocates for Native Dialogue &\; Organizing Support) which was cr eated in support of the Standing Rock relatives. \; PANDOS has partner ed with Standing Rock legal services\, Defend the Sacred Powwow\, Covid 19 Mobile Testing Unit\, and O.U.R's (Our Unsheltered Relatives)\, which set s up a mobile kitchen to feed the Unsheltered. Dave John is also a Co-Foun der of 2 &\; 2 Coalition\, which worked with local activist groups and the First United Methodist Church to bring 85 people off the streets when temperatures in Salt Lake City dropped below 25 degrees. \; Dave is on the P-NUT Board (Public\, Natural\, Urban Trails)\, Native American Event s\, and Co-Founder of Utah League of Native American Voters.
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