5 Plain Questions

Roger Broer is a legendary artist, he’s a member of the Oglala Lakota nation, adopted and raised in Nebraska, a veteran who after his service in the Air Force received his Bachelor of arts degree at Eastern Montana College. Roger has been a fixture in the Northern Plains Native American art scene for over 40 years. His artistic skill, his approach of self-respect, and dignity has been a shining example to Native American youth for generations.

Keith Braveheart is a young and leading artist in South Dakota who currently resides in South Dakota. Keith received his bachelor's degree at the American Indian Arts Institute in Sante Fe NM, and his MFA at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion SD. Currently, he is teaching at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He currently serves on the South Dakota Arts Council and will be an instructor on the upcoming Northern Plains Summer Art Institute A part of what makes

Falcon Gott is a young filmmaker currently out of Fargo, North Dakota. His work with the Plains Art Museum and the MMIW movement is putting him on the map for Native American filmmakers of the next generation.

Marty Two Bulls Jr. earned his BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe, and currently is a faculty member at Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Dakota. A part of what makes Marty so interesting and worth listening to is he’s representative of many young and rising artists from Indian Country. He comes from a family of artists, his father, Marty Two Bulls Sr. is an accomplished artist, his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Dyani White Hawk earned her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2008. She’s a recipient of the 2019 United States Artists Fellowship inVisual Art, 2018 Nancy Graves grant for Visual Artists among many other grants and fellowships. Most notibily, she recently received the Star Tribune’s 2019 Artists of the Year, in which she shares this recognition with five other Indigenous artists in Minnesota. A powerful lineup that includes:

Gerald Cournoyer is an Oglala Lakota artist from Marty, South Dakota, Gerald is the art director at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Following in the Northern Plains Indian art traditions of Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota) and Fritz Scholder (Luiseño), Gerald has blended his cultural and artistic backgrounds to connect with his students throughout his career.

5 Plain Questions proposes questions to Native American artists, creators, writers, movers and shakers, and culture bearers, and introduces you to the world around you. Produced by Eleven Warrior Arts LLC in conjunction with Plains Art Museum.