Red Nation Celebration Institute Performing Artists since inception 1995 to now ….
The Plateros – returning artist
Noah Watts
Governor Joe Garica – President of National Congress of American Indian
Montano Rain (Matrix Reloaded) – returning artist
Sage Galesi (Awarding winning Actress Starred in the mini-series Dreamkeeper & Steven Spielberg/TNT “Into the West”) – returning artist
Joanelle Romero – returning artist
BlackFire – returning artist
Randy Castillo – former drummer for Ozzy Osborne – returning artist
Joanne Shenandoah – Grammy Award winner
Diane Shenandoah
Joy Harjo with Poetic Justice
Joy Harjo – returning artist
Thais Albert – returning artist
Julian B. – returning artist
Lucie Idlout
Derek Miller
Irene Bedard – returning artist
Martha Redbone
Russell Means – returning artist
RedBone – Grammy Nominee
Aaron White (SkyChasers) – returning artists –Grammy
Quese IMC
Gary Framer
Litefoot
Kashin
Bill Miller – Grammy
Robert Mirbal – Grammy
Barbara Williams – returning artist
Edward Albert, Jr. – returning artist
Michael Spears
Eddie Spears
MasterPeace
Cherokee Rose
Star Nayea
Burning Sky
Boys for the Rez
Sundance – returning artist
Andrew Ahsona
Geraldine Barney
Donna Concha
SC Kool
TRADITIONAL DRUMS (over the years)
Hershel Dayzie – Dine Nation
Pierson Nunez – Acjachemen Nation
Moses Bring Plenty – Cheyenne River/Sioux Nations
Clayson Benally of Blackfire – Dine Nation
Red Nation Celebration Traditional Drum – returning artist
The Mankillers (all women drum group) – returning artist
Two Red Skins and One Yellow Man – returning artist
The Taos Singers
White Buffalo Singers/Drum – returning artist
Red Hand Singers/Drum – – returning artist
Wild Horse Singers
TRADITIONAL FLUTES (over the years)
Phillip M. Hauzous -Traditional Flute – returning artist
Joseph Lam Medicine Robe – Traditional Flute – returning artist
Joseph Fire Crow – Traditional Flute – returning artist – Grammy
TRADITIONAL DANCE GROUPS (over the years)
The American Indian Dance Theatre
The American Indian Dance Company
Ben Wolf & Traditional Dancers – returning artist
Dinetah Dancers
Red Hand Dancers
SPECIAL APPEARANCES (over the years)
David Bowie Band / Tony Sales
Rick Auerbach Assessor Proclamation (read by Carol Wong Quan)
Los Angeles Mayor’s Proclamation (read by Irene Bedard)
Tal Finney (Advisor to Gray Davis)
Santa Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Los Angeles Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Rick Auerbach Assessor Proclamation (read by Carol Wong Quan)
Former Senator Tom Hayden
Troy Garity
Ally Walker
Esai Morales
Poppy Montgomery
Barry Goldberg
Sally Kirkland
Edward Albert Jr.
Gary Busey
MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS & ARTISTS (over the years)
Edward James Olmos
Vic Bulluck (NAACP)
Peter Coyote
Dan Aykroyd
Tony Sales – David Bowie Band
Julie Christensen
Steven Collins & The 7th Band
Peter York – The Monkeys
Gary Busey
Tony Sales
Lee Butterfield – Paul Butterfields Son
Avarice
Chris Douglas
Bray Ghiglia
HOSTS (over the years)
Chief Oren Lyons
Edward Albert Jr. – returning artist
Peter Coyote
Shannon and Shauna Baker (The Baker Twins) – returning artist
Michael Horse – returning host
Jay Tavera – returning host
Vanessa Brown – returning host
Larry Sellers – returning host
Carrie Dunn Anderson – returning artist
Chris Lawford
Catherline Carlen
Sheriyln Fenn
Sally Kirkland – returning host
Edd Hall
Shadoe Stevens
Elaine Miles
Conroy Chino of KOB-TV 4
Suzan Shown Harjo
FEATURED ARTISTS (RNC Posters) – over the years
Ben Shortly – Navajo
Michael Horse
Ikosky
Murdock Mojado
Montano Rain
CONCERT DEDICATIONS (over the years)
John Paul Getty III
Solomon Burke
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Wallace Black Elk
Randy Castillo (former drummer to Ozzy, Lita Ford, Morley Crue)
George Harrison (Beatle)
Rick Danko (The Band)
Allan Houser (Artist)
HONOREES (over the years)
Elizabeth Taylor
Don & Theda Keel
Randy Castillo
Skywalkers (American Indian Men Who Built the Twin Towers)
Navajo Code Talkers
Edward Albert Jr. (Commissioner of American Indian Affairs for the State of California)
Mike Smith, Founder of American Indian Film Festival
Tom Bee, Founder of SOAR Records
Richard Brown – Toys R Us
OPENING BLESSINGS (over the years)
Mati Waiya Ceremonial Elder– Chumash Nation
Montano Rain – Apache/Cheyenne Nations
Pete Catches – Lakota Spiritual Leader
Jimmy Castillo – Tongva Spiritual Leader
Chief Crazy Bull – Lakota Spiritual Leader
Chief Norman Tulley – Sundancer & Sundance Leader
John Funmaker – Community Spiritual Leader
Sagna Grant – Actor/Traditional Dancer/Elder
Christine Padilla – Lakota
Lance King – relative of Frank Fools Crow/nephew to Chief Arvol Looking Horse
