ARTIST BIO

Shenandoah is a Wolf Clan member of the Iroquois Confederacy - Oneida Nation. Shenandoah has 14 recordings and her music is on 40 plus compilations. Her original compositions combined with a striking voice enables her to embellish the ancient songs of the Iroquois using a blend of traditional and contemporary insturmentation. Ms. Shenandoah's music reflects the indigenous philosophy and culture which continues to have a profound effect on the world today. From traditional chants to contemporary ballads about Native ways, her music has been described as an emotional experience, a "Native American Trance." Shenandoah appeared on stage at Carnegie Hall, The White House, Kennedy Center, Woodstock 94, Earth Day on the Mall, and The Special Olympics performances nationally and internationally.

Career Highlights:

2008 Women In Leadership Awards

2008 Regoberta Menchu Award Our Land Our Life Documentary

2007 Best Music Video AIFI

2007 Best Documentary (Score) AIFI

2007 Life Time Achievement Award Nammys

2006 Grammy Songwriter & Vocalist

Carnegie Hall 2006

Actress The Last Winter

Transamerica Sound Track

Woodstock '94

White House

Parliament of worlds religions Spain/Africa

11 Native American Music Awards

Notable Performances:

Sacred Music Festival, Hwa Eom Temple, S. Korea

Stuttgart Museum, Germany

Main Showroom, Inside Passage - Alaska, Pow-wow Cruise

Istanbul & Ankara Turkey

Carnegie Hall, NYC, Joni Mitchell Tribute

Ordway Center for Perfroming Arts, St. Paul, MN

Crow Fair, Montana

Target Center, MN

Main Showroom, New Orleans-Cozumel Cruise, Carnival

Barcelona Spain - Parliament of the Worlds Religions

Anthem - Green Bay Packers/Dallas, WI

Indian Summer Music Fest, WI

Leid Center, Lawrence, KS

Smithsonian NMAI, DC

World Sacred Music Festival, Sagrada Familia Spain

Parliament Worlds Religions, Spain

Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM

Kimo Theater, Alb, NM - PBS Special

France & Germany 8 City Tour

Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA

Skywoman Premier, Syracuse Symphony Orch

Pow-wow Cruise, Florida - Alaska - Bahamas

Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA

Chataqua Perf. Arts, Boulder, CO

Navajo Nation Music Fest, AZ

House of Blues Stage, New Orleans Jazz Fest, LA

Capetown SA, Parliament of the Worlds Religions

The NYS Fair, Syracuse, NY

The White House, Washington, DC

The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

The Heard Museum, AZ

150th Ann. of Women's Rights, Seneca Falls, NY

Ibiza, Spain

Hummingbird Center, Toronto, Canada

Toronto Skydome, Toronto, Canada

Lake of the Torches Casino, WI

Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, CT

Private Perf. - President Mikhail Gorbachev

Presidential Inaugural - Washington DC

Wounded Knee Creek, Rapid City, SD

Viejas Casino, San Diego, CA

Olympics w/DNA, Atlanta, GA

Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts, AZ

Smithsonian Institution, Washingtong DC

Atlantic Civic Center, Atlanta, GA

Opening Special Olympics, New Haven, CT

92 Opening Earth Day - 25th Anniversary, DC

Opening for Woodstock 94 - Saugerties, NY

Opryland USA-MCTV, Nashville, TN

Harborfront Festival, Toronto, Canada

Stein Valley Music Festival, Vancouver, Canada

Benlieu Bleu Jazz Festival, Paris, France

Film and Television Appearances:

Our Land Our Life - Dan's Sistrers Shoshone Story Sound Track

Transamerica - Sound Track

NAIHC - Elders Housing - Theme Song/Narrator

The Last Winter - Glass Eye Pix - Actress - Iceland

PBS Mystic Voices Documentary - Sound Track

Smithsonian/NMAI - Sound Tracks for Museum Exhibits

The First Americans - Host/Narrator

Shadow of the Crow Film - Music Composition

A Seat at the Table - Narrator

PBS Songs for the Spirit - Perfromance

PBS Dancing on Mother Earth - Biography

PBS WXXI TV Warrior in Two Worlds - Soundtrack

PBS Elmer and Friends - Special Guest

Naturally Native - RedHorse Prod - Music Comp.

Indian in the Cupboard - CD-Rom Sound Track

CBS Northern Exposure TV Series 4 Segments - Music

HBO Dance Me Outside - Rez Films Ltd. - Music

How the West Was Lost - Discovery Channel - Music

War Against the Indians - Discovery Channel/CBC - Music

TNN Music City Tonight - Crook & Chase

TNT Broken Chain - Cameo Appearance

CNN The Larry King Show

PBS Honorable Nations

PBS This Land is Our Land

PBS Everything Has a Spirit

PBS Indian Time II - Fly with Eagles

FOX Not Necessarily the News

National Cancer Inst Taking Control of Your Health

EPA Educational Video Teaching Environmental Native

American Ethics Through Traditional Legends

NY State Museum We're Still Here Music Composition

Iroquois Museum Fases of the Iroquois

Reviews:

Skywoman review by The Post Standard 2002

Native Peoples Interview by Brian Wright-McLeod

USA Today Talk Today with Joanne Shenandoah

Website:

www.joanneshenandoah.com