WELCOME TO OUR GUEST PAGE FOR 2008

 

 

 

MUSIC ON THIS PAGE BY: BRULE!

THE TAHCHAWWICKAH'S ARE PROUD TO HAVE GUY NARCOMEY  OUR GOOD FRIEND AND GUEST FOR OCT 2008.WHAT MAKES GUY SPECIAL IS THAT HE IS INVOLVED WHITH HIS COMANCHE PEOPLE,HELPING THE COMANCHE CHILDERN,HELPING THE COMANCHE ELDERS,IN ALL WAYS POSSIBLE, GUY IS A FULL TIME STUDENT AT CAMARON UNIVERSITY,BUT HE STILL FINDS TIME TO HELP HIS PEOPLE. THANK YOU GUY FOR BEING OUR GUEST AND GREAT FRIEND,YOUR GOOD DEEDS TO YOUR FELLOW MAN HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED,WE APPRECIATE YOU! URAH!

                                                                 

                                                       

                          Guy Narcomey(comanche)

                            Born: Lawton,ok
                              Oct 16, 1985

                    COMMUNITY IN ACTION

Grew up outside of Lawton in the country with grandparents and mother.

Lived in OKC during childhood

Then moved to Temple Texas with mother and got into athletics and played baseball, football, and ran. In high school my running skills began to show themselves a little bit more, especially in distance runs. I joined the cross-country team and within a few months, out ran some of the varsity guys.

I graduated 2004 from Temple High

I then went to Temple Junior College, there,
I began to get the urge to compete again and after a chat with a former high-school teammate acted on the impulse and began to train again like a runner(which I was already doing, just to keep in shape). With that, within a year I surpassed my best high-school times and managed to get faster. So, I tried out at several colleges and made several teams but after my grandfather became sick so I decided to come home to Oklahoma.

I graduated with my Assoc of Arts in Gen. Studies in 2006.

Enter Lawton Ok. I attended Cameron Univ. in Fall 06 and began competing on the Cross-Country and track team. The competition and my teammates were really fast. Kenyans were some of my teammates. Although I couldnt hold them in a race, I could hold them, and from time to time out run them in shorter distance runs during training. But later I sprained my ankle after my first season which took me out for a couple months, I had to play catch up for awhile.

As I continued running for Cameron, my coach and I found i was more adapt for middle distance runs. Distances of 800m(half-mile) and the Mile were more my arena. These distances combine speed and aerobic stamina. During track season I focus on these.

Stand out times at Cam for Cross and Track.

5k(3 miles)- 17:20
8k(5 miles)- 29:24

1500m(100m short of a mile) 4:22, 4:43 mile equalivent.

I consider myself a decent ruuner but by far not a great runner

I still have 2 years left so there is still much room for improvement.

At Cam, I am one nutrition class short of my Bach. in Health
Currently I am taking classes for my Masters in Education, which I should get by May 2010

My goals in life are be happy and have my friends and family close. But besides that, I would hope to be just well-off working a job I enjoy. I hope to work as Coach for a school on the reservation, my coaching abilities wouldnt just be limited to running because I do know other sports. I would like to try my hand at teaching or counseling. I have worked in Boys and Girls Clubs and possibly, I would like to run my own center. I have a great passion for health and training so maybe I would like to work as a public Health worker, working to implement community health programs and running wellness centers on the reservations. Working in or running a fitness gym is another one of my goals.

Hobbies
Drawing
Boxing- I am beginning to take this kind of serious and have been sparring at different gyms and finding out I have a "knack" for this and maybe just MAYBE, MIGHT do something with this
Comanche- I like learning and participating in my tribes traditions.

 

            GUY HELPING AT THE TAHCHAWWICKAH BOOTH

                           COMANCHE NATION FAIR

          

 

              GUY FLEXING HIS MUSCLES AFTER THE RACE

              COMANCHE NATION YOUTH OLYMPICS 2008

          

 

                   GUY RECIEVING HIS GOLD MEDAL

                 COMANCHE NATION OLYMPIC'S 2008

          

 

                             CAMARON UNIVERSITY TEAM

           

 

          THANK YOU GUY FOR BEING OUR GUEST

GUY NARCOMEY WILL BE ADDED TO OUR VIP PAGE

       IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2008

 

                   THE TAHCHAWWICKAH'S

 

The Tahchawwickah’s would like to take this opportunity to Introduce our guest for the month of Sept 2008, We are excited and honored to have Comanche Andy "Sixkiller" Gillham and band , Sixkiller and The LoneGunmen Hals from the Belton Texas Area, Thank You ANDY "SIXKILLER" GILLHAM AND BAND for being our friends and guest.

                                                                                

 

                      ANDY SIXKILLER GILLHAM

                               COMANCHE

             BIKER/MUSICIAN/SINGER AND SONG WRITER

                                                        

                                                               ABOUT ME

I am a Texas Guitar Player and Biker. I've been playing guitar most of my life and am accomplished at it. I am Comanche/Caddo/Powhottan/and Irish. I am married and my wife Cheyenne (Wolfie) and I have 3 very beautiful little girls. I am in the Booze fighter Motorcycle Club, I have a 1992 Harley-Davidson FLHS named "Liza" after my Dad's B-17 Bomber in WW II.

 

                                    SIXKILLER SAYS

I like to explore,I like to restore old cars and bikes when I have the time,and...to specify...I'm a musician that happens to be a biker,not the other way around.

 

                               BIKER

 

             TAKEN FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

                            SIXKILLER AT THE AIH

                       

 

                            SIXKILLER AND FRIENDS

                                  FIXING HIS BIKE

                  

                                                                     SIXKILLER

                    

                        knuckles                    Sixkiller

 

 

 

                               THEN MUSICIAN

 

                              ANDY SIXKILLER GILLHAM

                                     MUSICIAN

                                SINGER/SONG WRITER

                                playing  guitar at J&J'S

                         

 

                                 sixkiller taking a break

                        

 

                             SIXKILLER BAND

                                       IN ACTION

                    

                     

                    

 

 

           

         

             Andy Sixkiller Gillham

 

                            Musicians

• Andy Sixkiller Gillham: guitar, lead vocals, vocals
• Mike castillo:Bass/Vocal
• Phil Alvarez: Drums/Vocal

                                  Influences

     Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley

                      

                           
                                   

NOWS YOUR CHANCE TO HEAR SIXKILLER AND THE LONEGUNMEN LIVE AT:

Sixkiller and the Lonegunmen be playing at D&J's Saloon at 205 east Front Street, Arlington, Tx this saturday, September 6th from 8pm to 12:30am.
I'll also be doing sound for the Temple,Tx Pow Wow October 11th and 12th. If you're in the area stop by and say hey.

 

            FOR MORE INFOMATION ABOUT SIXKILLERS BAND AND FRIENDS

                   PLEASE VISIT THE BAND WEBSITE

                   myspace. com/sixkillerandthelonegunmen

The Tahchawwickah’s would like to take this opportunity to introduce our guest for this month, We are excited and honored to have our own AWESOME COMANCHE[NUMUNAH!] ARTIST RANCE HOOD  as our guest for August 2008,RANCE HOOD grew up in the Indihoma ,Cache Oklahoma area.He now resides in the North Texas ,Thank You RANCE HOOD for being our guest and family friend.

                           The Tahchawwickahs

 

            

                                                    

                                                   RANCE HOOD COMANCHE ARTIST

 

Rance Hood is one of the few Native American artists left who still paints in the manner which echoes the traditional Indian culture and spirituality of the past that has been drastically changed by the modern and white worlds. Hood grew up in the home of his maternal grandparents who taught him Comanche Indian ways and values. Hood has introduced some abstract motifs into his backgrounds, but he adheres mainly to the traditional style of art practiced by his ancestors. Today, thirty years beyond his original success as a major Indian artist in the 1960’s, RANCE HOOD is still considered the most successful Plains Indian artist. There is a storm center or animating force which charges Hood’s art with vitality. Hood’s storm center is his expression of his ancient tribal heritage, his visionary spiritual life, and a practicing mysticism. His themes are mystical, spiritual, developing his work through the customs and religious practices which were passed down to him. Coexisting with Hood’s control of the painting process is a mysticism that also distinguishes his work.

 

 

         HERE ARE SOME OF RANCES PAINTINGS

 

 

                     DEER CLAN WARRIOR

                                              

 

 

                                                              COMANCHES

                                        

 

 

                                                   COMANCHE ANTELOPE

                                                   

 

 

                                                   WARRIOR AND HORSE

                                                  

 

 

            FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RANCE HOOD

                    PLEASE VISIT: www.rancehood.com 

 

 

 

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY VERY GOOD FRIEND AND CHURCH MUSIC PARTNER, MR KENNY SIZELOVE! KENNY AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC TOGETHER  FOUR SOLID YEARS,KENNY IS A PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER AND HAS PLAYED WITH VARIOUS ROCK GROUPS IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS SUCH AS,EDEN,DT ROXX,STIFF AND OTHERS .LATER KENNY FOUND JESUS AND NOW PLAYS FOR IRVING FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN IRVING TX,HE ALSO PLAYS FOR A LOCAL CHRISTIAN CONTEMPORARY BAND CALLED STEPHENS CRY,WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE KENNY SIZELOVE FOR OUR JULY,2008 GUEST.THANK YOU KENNY.

 

                          KENNY SIZELOVE

                            IRVING TEXAS

              

                    PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER

 

WE ARE HONORED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2008 TO HAVE MOSES BRINGS PLENTY AS OUR GUEST.MOSES IS A VERY TALENTED AND GIFTED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS OF THE OGLALA LAKOTA TRIBE FROM PINE RIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA,THANK YOU MOSES FOR BEING OUR GUEST AND FAMILY FRIEND.

 

                       

 

Moses ("Mo")  J. Brings Plenty is Oglala Lakota born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; he is fluent in the Lakota language, culture and traditions. He is a gifted musician, actor, model and spokesperson. He dedicates much of his time traveling throughout the United States speaking on matters and issues that are close to his heart. As a Lakota, Moses lives and nurtures his vision for the future of tribal America.

As a gifted musician, he is a traditional drummer, percussionist, and vocalist. He currently tours with the award-winning musical group Brule’. He has also contributed his musical and Lakota language spoken word talent to “Silent Star Night,” a powerful CD that features a unique combination of recognizable holiday melodies accompanied by unmistakable Native American rhythms and sounds, as well as numerous other CDs.

As an actor, he has worked in television, film and theatre. Film credits include: Rez Bomb, Hidalgo, Pirates of the Caribbean, The History Channel’s Comanche Warrior, which was filmed on the Wild Horse Sanctuary in the southern Black Hills, and he also played the role of “Crazy Horse” on The History Channel's investigating history documentary, Who Killed Crazy Horse. Additionally, he participated in the BBC’s piece Custer’s Last Stand. Moses’ theatre accolades include performances at The Rose Performing Arts Center, Creighton University and the Nebraska Repertory Theatre.

Moses is an advocate for Indian elders and youth. He is proactive, and a visionary, about what he as a person, and as an artist, has to offer to the continuation and revitalization of his culture and traditions by giving presentations on the Lakota values of life. As a spiritual leader, he works toward helping the people through traditional ceremony and prayer to provide and build for the youth a way of life that so many who have come before him have sacrificed to create.

When Moses isn’t on tour with Brule’, he spends his time between Los Angeles and South Dakota.

                                             

                                             Moses Brings Plenty

                          ABOUT ME

I am not of this world. I can sit here and tell you all about who and how great my family and ancestors are, but if I can't live as they have and do, then their lives and efforts are meaningless. I can also tell you where it is that I come from, say how proud I am to be what is it again? oh yeah Native American and tell all the things that I am and have done but here is the thing, what good is it if I can't "LIVE IT". My words could be beautiful, I may even look like a real indian but if my actions don't match with those so beautiful words then the Great Mystery will no longer see me for being a native, Lakota or foremost a Human Being. Then if it comes to that then what is life? Maybe that is why the children are lost and have no idea who they really are or know where they come from. Well I would die before I change my way of life and who I am to fit in this world or please people that don't want me to be what it is that I was created to be. I will live without fear in this day to give a beautiful way of life to those of tomorrow just as my Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Fathers and Mothers. I will be the living proof because I want to be. One can read, dig and look the world over to find themself but it would never be found because what it is that you are looking for is in the depths of your heart and beyond the stars. You must live without fear to find it. Yes I am LAKOTA. I was born one, so I shall live as one and I will die as not only a Lakota but a Human Being. I would like to ask all of you who are so proud to be native american. The lives and deaths of our ancestors what do they mean to you and how are you living in this day to show your thanks for what they have done and do for you and will your actions give life to those of tomorrow just as our ancestors had given you life? that is what a real Human Being would ask himself/herself with each new day that they are given. So live life without FEAR for the sake of tomorrow. Be a real Human Being and that is also for the non-natives that take the time to read this. So no more excusses! Jesus, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, great human beings, why? because they never made an excuss, they just did, for who? YOU!!!! Don't let the good things of life end with you....I am who I am so who are you?.

      MOSES PLAYING TRADITION DRUM WITH BRULE!            

                

              

                     

                     

 

     PICTURES OF MOSES IN COMANCHE WARRIORS

                         

                                      

                              

                              

                                    

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MOSES PLEASE VISIT:

                                                 www.mosesbringsplenty.com

                         THIRZA DEFOE 

We are honored to have Thirza as our family friend,also our guest for May 2008 .We met Thirza at the Arlington Texas Indian Market where she performed her Hoop and Eagle dance,Thank you Thirza for being our special guest and family friend.

                                                  

                         THIRZA                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Thirza Defoe (Giizhiigoquay), a performer from the Ojibwe and Oneida tribes of Wisconsin, is widely known for her sacred hoop dancing that she has been performing since the age of 8. Dancing has taken her around the world to Spain, Japan, Egypt, and Italy. Her passion for acting has brought her to Los Angeles.

Thirza's repertoire consists of performances at the 2002 Grammy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre and the 2002 Native American Music Awards (NAMMYS) were she danced with contemporary Native American recording artists, Brule. Her many years as an accomplished hoop and eagle dancer have awarded her recognition in both the native community and throughout the world. In 1992, she danced in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics Games in Barcelona and celebrated the Millennium in Egypt in December of 1999 dancing with the Call for Peace Drum and Dance Company. She has been featured in the National Geographic World Magazine (August 1998) and has been hailed Wisconsin's Best Kept Secret by News from Indian Country: The Independent Native Journal.

The art of traditional storytelling and knowledge of the Ojibwe language was passed down to Thirza by her Ojibwe grandmother. She shares her culture and it's history through performances and presentations to students in elementary schools, high schools and colleges throughout the United States. She interacts closely with the audience while introducing them to Iroquois social songs, traditional flute music, storytelling, solo hoop dancing and people hoop dancing, uniting all in the circle.

Thirza is well versed in music, theater and dance. Her acting credits include the starring role and narrator in People of the Forest (PBS educational documentary), Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream, and most recently, Sacajawea in Stone Heart at the Autry Native Voices and a principal role in the independent film, Road Reps. As a versatile performer she played a young girl in Susan Lori-Parks', In the Blood along with composing and performing the soundtrack. Other credits include One Tribe Many Nations, a children's book that highlights Thirza. When not performing, she can be found pursuing her other interests: photography, playing guitar, writing, snowboarding and mentoring young native playwrights with the Mentor Artists Performers Project (MAPP) and the Autry National Center.

In May 2004 Thirza graduated from the world-renowned, California Institute of the Arts were she received her B.F.A. in Theatre. Later that year, She was awarded the First Americans in the Arts Scholarship for students pursuing careers in acting and the Indigenous Heritage Festival award in the category of Performing Arts. This award is given to artists who have made a major positive impact on indigenous people and issues of the world. She is an artist-in-residence with the L.A. based theatre company, Theatre Fo Fo. In addition, she travels the country providing educational presentations and performances for audiences in various communities.

 

                      PICTURES TAKEN WITH THIRZA

             AT THE ARLINGTON INDIAN MARKET   

 

 

                        THIRZA               TINA

             

                                     

 

 

                       THIRZA                 DEYA

                        

 

THIRZA JUST FINISHED HER HOOP DANCE,STANDING WITH TINA

                        

 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIRZA PLEASE VISIT

                                                         www.thirzadefoe.com

 

                                       

                      BRULE!

 

The Tahchawwickah’s would like to take this opportunity to introduce our guest for the month of April 2008; we are excited and honored to have this awesome Band as our guest for April 2008 ,This Band is the hottest! Native Band in the entire country.

 

 

    We Introduce to you!

               OUR GOOD FRIENDS

                     BRULE!

 

 

                

 

 

 

 

                                          

                                               Tribal Affiliation:  Lakota, Lower Brule Sioux

                                        Instrument:   Piano, Electronic keyboards

 

Paul LaRoche (aka Brule') began performing at age 15. His early bands played a variety of musical styles and traveled the Midwest. His recording career was launched in 1975 with the release of his first solo LP. The 70's and 80's were scattered with musical ventures, engineering jobs, and years of raising his family with wife Kathy. For many of these years, Paul turned his attention to audio engineering and recording with a heavy emphasis on computer aided recording and music sequencing. As technology improved, Paul became proficient with analog and on digital audio recording software and hardware. In and out of over 15 bands over 20 years, Paul finally took a leave of absence from music in 1989. As fate would have it, Paul was reunited with biological Lakota family in 1993. His family, along with wife Kathy, encouraged Paul to re-enter the music industry this time as a cultural role model and "Brulé" was born.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                        

                                                Tribal Affiliation:  Lakota (Lower Brule Sioux)
                                             Instrument:  Classical flute

 Nicole began playing the flute at age 11. She was a member of the Eden Prairie junior high school band and studied under the well-known flute instructor Judy Ranheim during high school. Nicole was accepted to perform with the Minneapolis Youth Symphony where she gathered her early stage experience. Classical music lost its appeal soon after high school, and Nicole teamed up with her father at Brule’s debut performance in St. Paul to a crowd of 20 patrons. Nicole has been performing with the band for the past six years, and her unique flute sound combines classical and traditional styles with a contemporary edge that has become the signature sound to the Brulé catalog.

 

 

 

 

 

                                           

                                              Tribal Affiliation:  Lakota, Lower Brule Sioux
                                                Instrument:   Acoustic guitar