Montana State Quarter Dedication

Pictures from January 29, 2007

See them in the Scrapbook

BUCKSKIN POETSONGS
NEW MP3 ALBUM

NOW AVAILABLE

        This album contains over 100 of Jack's songs in mp3 format, ready to be loaded onto your iPod, played on your computer, or any other mp3 player.  The CD contains songs from 11 different albums, ranging from 1988 to 2004.  Over seven hours of listening pleasure.
        For those who are interested in learning more about Jack's musicology, we have added the lyrics of all of Jack's original songs directly on the CDROM.    The lyrics are formatted with indents to indicate the rhyming scheme and musical structures, e.g. bridges.

Some Technical Details:
        The CDROM is designed to run on a computer with Internet Explorer (or other net browser) and automatically presents a menu:  (1) To Listen to the songs, (2) To view the Lyrics as a web page, or (3) To view and print the lyrics from pdf files.  If the user selects to listen, then the default player (such as Windows Media Player) is started and opens a playlist.  (If your media player does not open the playlist automatically, make sure the media player is set to open files with the extension of .m3u ) .
        If the user selects to view the lyrics as on a web site, then the default Internet Browser brings up a page to select the song of interest.  If the user selects to use the pdf format, a default pdf viewer must be installed and will automatically bring up the song selection page.  (Note that a free pdf viewer is available from a link at the top of the PDF format page.  You must be connected to the Internet to download this free viewer from Adobe.)
        To load the mp3 songs to a portable player, you must use the software provided to load your particular mp3 player.  (Itunes is an example for use with Ipod.)  Import the playlist found in the top level directory of the CDROM.  Portable CDROM players  which are designed to play mp3 songs (e.g. in new cars) will load the playlist automatically when the CDROM is inserted or will scan the CDROM for all mp3 files.  The files on the CDROM are in the same order as the playlist.
 

New Student/Teacher Workshops

    As one of our nation's premier cultural resources, Jack Gladstone is a leading voice in the promotion of Indian Education and Awareness.  Through masterful utilization of musical, poetic, rhetorical and visual images, Jack shares with his audiences both the mythic and historical essence of Montana's "first" peoples.   

    Upon graduation from the University of Washington in 1982, he taught and coached on the Blackfeet Reservation for four years.  In 1985, he co-founded Glacier Park's "Native America Speaks" program which celebrates its 22nd year in 2006.  In 1987, Jack formed Hawkstone Productions, a company which specializes in live and recorded Native programming.  With over a dozen CDs to his credit, he was recently named by Grammy Magazine as one of four contemporary Native Artists "with breakout potential".

    In conjunction with the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, Jack has been in high demand nationally, delivering programs on "Blackfeet Perspectives of the Expedition".  His narrative voice also graces the soundtrack of the official Lewis and Clark film, "Confluence of Time and Courage".  Jack's workshops, lectures and performances are designed to educate as well as entertain.  To assist Montana's School Districts in launching their Indian Education Initiatives, the following  Student/Teacher Workshops are offered:

Jack is currently scheduling Student/Teacher Residencies for the 2006/2007 school year.  Complete outlines and additional resources are available from Sharon at 800 735-2965 or email at sharon@nativeway.com   or via mail at Hawkstone Productions, P.O. Box 7626, Kalispell, MT 59904.

LYRICS ON THE WEB

The final version (V9) of the lyrics in web format is now available on this site.   Look for the top level button on the Navigation Bar.

MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH

Jack is working on Volume 11 of the Newsletter.  Look for it under  "The Scrapbook", later on this year.

BLACKFEET   STORYSMITH

Wallace J. Gladstone with Jack W. Gladstone

NEW  ALBUMS
2004

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November 2004

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