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Jan Michael Looking Wolf

Born: Portland, Oregon

Gender or Pronouns:

Tribe(s): Kalapuya/Grand Ronde

Instrument(s): Native American flutes, guitar, vocals

Role(s): Musician/Songwriter/Educator/Author/Humanitarian/Recording Artist

Years active: 1996 – present

Credited with: Not available

Honors & Awards:

  • 2006- Independent Music Award for Best Album- New Age
  • 2007- Independent Music Award for Best Song- New Age
  • 2007 – Hero Award Children’s Cancer Association
  • 2007 through 2009 – Silver Arrow Award Recipient
  • 2008 – Flutist of the year Native American Music Awards
  • 2008 – Best Native Flute, ISMA
  • 2009 – Artist of the Year Native American Music Awards
  • 2010 – Record of the Year Native American Music Awards
  • 2010 – Silver Arrow Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2011 – Best Music Video Native American Music Awards
  • 2019 One World Music Radio Hall of Fame Inductee
  • 2020 Global Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Receipt
  • 2020 Native American Music Award Artist of the Year Winner
  • 2022 Lifetime Achievement at the Indigenous Superstars Awards
  • Spirit Wind Records Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian
  • 11 Global Music Awards
  • Indigenous Music Award
  • 2x Indian Summer Music Awards
  • OFP Peace Star Award
  • One World Music Radio for Best Native American Recording

Associated with: Cedar Feather Productions, Orca Moon, High Spirits, Spirit Wind Records, Axis Media, Cole Music

Discography: Albums: Native Blues (2003); Peaceful Journey (2004); One Heart One Spirit (2004); Tribute to the Flute Makers (2005); A New Day (2005); Breath Maker (2006); Woodsounds (2007); Unity (2007); The Looking Wolf Project (2009); Breakin’ Free (2009); Message from the Sun (2011); Tonight EP (2011); Wind Dreamer (2012); Tamanawas (2013); Flute Medicine (2017); Ascension” (2017); Flute Dance (2018); Rising Moon (2019); Sacred Journey (2019); Beautiful (2019); Flute Meditation (2020); Earth Tribe (2021); Flute Shine EP (2022); Singles: Live as One (2010).

Genre(s): New Age, Native American flute, rock

Biography

“An enrolled Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde who resides within his indigenous homelands in Oregon and honored Army Veteran, Jan Michael Looking Wolf is a world-renowned Native American flute player that has dedicated his life to sharing and teaching the Native American Flute. 

Performances

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – Dream Warrior
2008 Native American Music Awards
Format: Live, Date: 2008, Duration: 7:21

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – Live As One
2010 Native American Music Awards
Format: Live, Date: 2010, Duration: 6:35

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – Live As One
Oregon State University Choir
Format: Live, Date: 2017, Duration: 7:35

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – Rising Moon
Format: Official, Date: 2019, Duration: 5:11

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – Sacred Winds
Format: Official, Date: 2018, Duration: 4:16

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – Ascension
Format: Official, Date: 2017, Duration: 4:32

Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band- You’re Not Alone
Format: Live, Date: 2010, Duration: 4:07

Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band – Addiction
Format: Official, Date: 2009, Duration: 6:47

Jan Michael Looking Wolf – The Last Thunder Horse
Format: Live, Date: 2019, Duration: 4:55

Film

Floyd Red Crow & Jan Michael Looking Wolf – The Legend of Tillamook’s Gold         
Format: Official, Date: 2009, Duration: 2:57

Educator

Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band- The Healing
Power Of The Flute
Format: Official, Date: 2020, Duration: 9:33

Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band – Native American Flute – Important First Steps
Format: Official, Date: 2019, Duration: 6:02

Native American Flute Make Your Own Music Lesson
Format: Official, Date: 2019, Duration: 4:55

Tribal Information

Kalapuya/Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

“The story of the Grand Ronde Tribe is a story of a people’s resilience, a people’s relationship to place, and a people’s perseverance through their culture. As a tribe, the responsibility to tell our history and our own story lies with ourselves and no one else.” (source: Cheryle A. Kennedy, Chairwoman, Grand Ronde Tribal Council, June 5, 2018)

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde website

History and Culture

Treaties

Tribal History Curriculum

Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center

Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution (the Supremacy Clause)

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

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