Musician

Tommy Wildcat

Opened Army and Seminole Tribune sources place him in northeastern Oklahoma/Tahlequah and describe his Cherokee cultural and musical work; the sources call him a flute maker and flute player/artist.

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Musical work

flute player; flute maker; cultural storyteller. Instruments recorded in the collection: Cherokee flute; river-cane flute. Genres: Cherokee traditional music; cultural education; powwow and college performance.

Evidence and identity

No birth date was recorded. Cherokee and full-blood wording is retained as source language; no additional enrollment or identity inference is made. Current activity should be refreshed before publication.

Cherokee artist, musician speaks at ANAD

Calls Tommy Wildcat a Cherokee artist/musician, nationally renowned flute maker and flute player, and connects his music to northeastern Oklahoma Cherokee community context.

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Entertainer Tommy Wildcat flutist of the Year

Identifies him as born and raised in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation descendant, self-taught flutist, flute maker, lecturer, and festival/powwow/college performer.

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Tommy Wildcat, Flute Artist

Search-indexed article identifies Tommy Wildcat of Tahlequah, Oklahoma as a Cherokee flute artist and flute maker.

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Sources

  1. www.army.mil/article/66392/cherokee_artist_musician_speaks_at_anad
  2. www.semtribe.com/docs/default-source/tribune-archive/2018/seminoletribune_september-28_2018.pdf
  3. seminoletribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SeminoleTribune_September-28_2018.pdf