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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 29-31, 2012 C-5 The Park Record Flutist to share traditions PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE C-4 Joseph Fire Crow will perform at Sundance, UVU By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The Grammy Award nominated Native American flutist Joseph Fire Crow, who will perform at the Sundance Resort on Friday, Aug. 31, and at Utah Valley University on Saturday, Sept. 1, first heard the instrument on the Cheyenne reservation in Southeastern Montana. "I would hear them in the evening and watch people make the flutes," Fire Crow said during a phone interview with The Park Record from his home in Windsted, Conn. "Just like the drums and chanting, the flute was a normal part of my upbringing." That changed when at the age of nine, he left the reservation as part of the Mormon Indian Placement Program in the 1970s to get an education. "I would come home for the summers, but after a while I began experiencing some reverse discrimination," Fire Crow said. "I would come back and my hair would be short and people would tell me I had changed and I talked with an accent and that I had new shoes." Fire Crow became separated from his elementary-school classmates, and by the time he was in grades 11 and 12, he found he wanted to stay with his foster family more and more. "I began looking forward to my education instead of fighting with people all summer long," he said. "I got disconnected from the ceremonies, the pow wows, the drumming and the flute." Fire Crow was an adult when the late professor John Rainer, who was a counselor for Native American Students at Brigham Young University reintroduced the flute back into his life. "I was at college and was thinking about becoming a doctor like my foster father," Fire Crow remembed. "I spent enormous amounts of time at the library, and I realized in my second year that I didn't have the nut to become a doctor. "Since I always had an affinity for music, I geared my focus on the arts at that point." Fire Crow registered for Rainer's Native American Music 101 class. "I made my first flute at BYU and would play in stairwells and on campus," Fire Crow said. "Words can't describe what I felt after making my first flute." Around that same time, Fire Crow's grandfather, John Stands In Timber, published a book called "Cheyenne Memories." "The book was about my people, our legends and history," Fire Crow said. "So, I read the book and wanted to get back to my culture, and with my musical education at that point, I was able to reconnect with my heritage." CKM Park City's oldest most consistent collision center Est. 1978. Collision at Quinn's Junction "Physics Behind Collision Repair" Receive 5% off auto repairs & NOW auto details PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SACRED HOOP CENTER exp. 9/30/12 The Grammy Award-nominated Native American flutist Joseph Fire Crow learned about the instrument while living on the Cheyenne Reservation in Montana, but didn't start playing until he enrolled in a music class at Brigham Young University. After completing his studies, Fire Crow returned to his tribe and reservation. "I noticed that the elders started to watch me," he said. "They wanted to see if I had respect for our traditional ways. They wanted to see if I was open to learning about our history, especially concerning the flute." Little by little, the elders began sharing their stories with Fire Crow. "There are melodies, stories you play on the flute as well as sing, and they are very important in our culture," he said. "They eventually gave me their blessings and recognized me as a flute man. So, I became a performer, musicians and storyteller that spread the word of love to all people. "Since the flute and performance were the social part of our living traditions, they appealed to me and gave me the opportunity to leave the reservation again, with my elders' blessings, and offer our stories to other people." Since 1992, Fire Crow has recorded an array of albums, his most recent being "Night Walk," which was released last March. He also composed the score for Ken Burns' documentary "Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery" and PBS's "The War That Made America." "At first all of this was frightening to me, because I didn't know if I could do it," Fire Crow said. "But God had given me all these gifts and it was up to me to decide which ones to cultivate." The two performances this weekend will be approached differently, he said. "I will be performing more as a back-up performer for Friday's Sacred Hooop Ceremony at Sundance," Fire Crow explained. "There is a definite line between the flutes and ceremonies, and they rarely come together. When they do, it's only because the flute is invited. So, I was invited to do some drumming and rattle and play flute in the background." The concert on Saturday at UVU will feature storytelling and other traditional performances. "The program is beautiful and appropriate for all ages and I'll be singing and playing flute melodies," Fire Crow said. The instrumentalist is quick to give credit to his manager and wife, Joanne Moore-Fire Crow, for being able to share his culture with others. "She's my wife and also my publicist," he said. "There is a song I sing called ‘I Walk with You.' It's a beautiful love song and it pertains to us. This woman walks with me by my side and I can't tell you how honored and happy I am to do things like this." Joseph Fire Crow will perform during a Sacred Hoop Ceremony at the Sundance Resort's Redford Center on Friday, August 31, at 9 a.m. Admission is free. 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