5 Plain Questions

Buffalo Man is a South Dakota Hall of Fame artist with music featured in the motion picture ‘Doe Boy’ by Chris Eyres and the Emmy nominee Amazon Prime series ‘Bosch’. He continues to grow his musical repertiore with 3 released EPs and a multitude of singles that can be found on all major streaming platforms.

His motivation to create music that is poignant and diverting stems from being born and raised on the Ihanktonwan (Yankton) lands of South Dakota. Sharing their personal love of music his parents, Beverly and Greg Zephier, introduced musical production to him and his siblings with the creation of the band ‘Indigenous’. Buffalo wrote, recorded, and performed with his siblings from 1988 until 2006 touring across the US, Canada, and into Europe sharing the stage with well known artists such as BB King, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., and many more.

In 2006 Buffalo initially created ‘Disciples of Sound’ until transitioning into ‘Black Owl Society’ in 2010. Performing and recording with a range of talented musicians until being joined full time by his sister and drummer, Good Eagle Woman, in 2018.

With the creation of ‘Black Owl Society’ he opened the doors to writing music that carried the weighted words of his origins. Lyrics inspired by uniquely indigenous stories, experiences, and emotions carried on resonant guitar, powerful drums, and deep deferential bass, ‘Black Owl Society’s’ music will give listeners a fully enlightening experience.

Website:

https://www.blackowlsociety.com/

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrb_VgiP_uzpYi6cbwtypLA

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/black_owl_society/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/blackowlsociety

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rmeXrlla5JybotaFe65o1

Recorded live on May 14th 2022, Isanti played a live session for listeners of 5 Plain Questions.

Set List:

Now Or Never 2:18

On The Brink 5:14

Leaves Me Down 7:49

Lakota Woman Blues 11:32

Bittersweet Serenade 14:14

Bliss 17:26

Intensified 20:15

Kenton James (Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska/Cheyenne River) is a musician based out of Flandreau, SD. He started garage rock band the Lilacs in 2004 with his brother Keldon James. In 2012 he formed Sons of Sans Arc with brother Keldon and his wife Elisabetta Giomo-James (Montebelluna, Italy). From 2012-2019 Sons of Sans Arc toured the upper Midwest and in 2018 toured Italy behind their 2017 EP Vital Signs. Sons of Sans Arc are currently on hiatus. In the Fall of 2019 Kenton released an album Isanti under the name Isanti and would follow up with Songs from Plum Tree Lane (2020) and Isanti II (2021). Isanti was intended to be a studio project only however, in November of 2021 Kenton was joined by drummer Jacob Vande Vegte, guitarist Cain Rotert (Turtle Mountain), and bassist Kamp Kirsch to start playing live shows with Isanti. Currently, Isanti is recording a 4th studio album due out in September 2022.

Kenton is also a baker of Napoli style pizzas and does sales on weekends. He hopes to hit the pow wow trail with his pizzas soon!

IG:

Isanti: https://www.instagram.com/isanti_band/

Sons of Sans Arc: https://www.instagram.com/sons_of_sans_arc/

Stuart James is a hip hop artist born & raised in Saint Michael on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota. Hip hop has always been a voice for the oppressed. Life on the reservation can be ugly & beautiful at the same time and Stuart encourages listeners to find the good in every situation regardless of how difficult life gets. Stuart is a boxing coach, community organizer & songwriter among other titles. Stuart founded the Tiwahe (Family) clothing brand & Tiwahe Day which is a family day for the youth and community of the Spirit Lake reservation.Tiwahe Day consists of a 3 on 3 basketball tournament, live music and free cookout. Stuart hopes to bring this event to more communities in the future whether it is on the reservation or not.

Stuart was recently featured in a full length documentary titled Oyate, presented by Films With A Purpose in association with Irrelevant Media & Lakota People's Law Project. Oyate has been nominated for Best Film at the Big Sky Film Festival in Montana and has received the 2022 Audience Choice Award at the North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival in North Dakota. Stuart's music helped bring the film an interesting perspective through the form of hip hop which brought a modern voice to the documentary.

In the future Stuart hopes for people on every reservation to strive for healthy and positive lives and the music is the driving force of that goal. The big picture is very important but we must also take care of ourselves before we can help anyone. "I know we want change and we want to beat the odds but we should start by cleaning up the trash in our yards". Stuart understands it is a long road to healing but as long as we make steps every day our people will start to come together and work towards a better life for our future generations.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008180656153

IG: https://www.instagram.com/stuartjamesmusic/

Call for Stories. If you have a scary story, incident, something you can't explain share you story with us. We will select 20 stories from our listener audience to share with everyone.

Email me, Joe, at [email protected] and if your story is selected we'll connect and record our story in August! Good luck and I can't wait to hear from you!

[email protected]

We're off this week. Please think about a scary story you wish to share with the Joe in the podcast and be on the lookout this summer for a link to share your story in the upcoming 5 Scary Questions episodes in October!

Dallas Goldtooth is a Dakota actor, comedian, stage performer and public speaker from the village of Cansayapi within the territory of the Oceti Sakowin people. He has performed on FX’s Reservation Dogs,  Comedy Central and the BBC. He is a film producer, playwright, and published poet. He is also a Dakota language activist, cultural teacher, dedicated father and loving husband.

Indigenous Environmental Network website:

https://www.ienearth.org/

Dallas Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dallasgoldtooth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dallasgoldtooth/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dallasgoldtooth

1491s:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1491s

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1491s/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/1491s

Reservation Dogs:

Website: https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RezDogsFX

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rezdogsfx/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RezDogsFX

Jana Schmieding (Mniconjou Lakota) is a writer, performer living and working in Los Angeles. Drawing from her experiences as a Native woman and feminist, Jana uses her creative work and advocacy to move the needle on Native representation in media and entertainment. She performs regularly in LA and hosts a podcast called Woman of Size where brilliant people discuss their experiences with body-based discrimination. Currently, Jana is a writer on the first Native sitcom on network TV, Rutherford Falls, starring Ed Helms, and is an avid bead artist.

Instagram: janaunplgd, womanofsizepod

Twitter: @janaunplgd, @womanofsizepod

Chad Charlie is an Afro-Indigenous filmmaker from Ahousaht First Nation. Beginning his career in 2008 as a stand-up comedian and spoken word artist, he now extends the same passion for poetry and humor in his writing for TV and film. Currently he is a writer and actor for the hit television series Reservation Dogs on FX.

Chad has directed several short films. The most recent of which, Firecracker Bullets, will be set for 2022 festival season.

IG: chadcharlieee

Reservation Dogs:

https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/reservation-dogs

Uu?uu~tah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6lemMQmPv0&t=26s