J.C. High Eagle
He is a composer, musician, actor, screenwriter of theater plays, poet, author of books, and a proficient performer on the American Indian flute and guitar. He has over 100 videos on YouTube.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Blood, sweat & tears, but mostly just lucky.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
A proficient performer on the American Indian flute, he has appeared with the Milwaukee Symphony (20 performances), Milwaukee, WI; the Oklahoma City Philharmonic (1 performance), the National Symphony Orchestra (19 performances), John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.; Musical, "WHAT I DID FOR LOVE", (2 performances), Santa Barbara, CA; Pace Theater (2 performances), New York City, NY; 7 years each summer, Indian Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI; Broadway musical, "MAKIN' WHOOPEE!" (20 performances), Theater Under-the-Stars, Houston, TX.; Circle of Unity celebration, Quito, Ecuador. Main Street Days, Grapevine, TX; Performed some background music for the first premiere TV shows of WALKER TEXAS RANGER, starring actor Chuck Norris.
Your musical influences
My Mother and my native culture.
What equipment do you use?
Acoustic American Indian flutes, 5-hole and 6-hole styles.
Anything else?
Among the many honors that have been bestowed on High Eagle, some of the most noteworthy include Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Freedom and the Bronze Halo Award, from the Southern California Motion Picture Council for Outstanding Contributions to Humanity, Cherokee Medal of Honor, the Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor, and the Navajo Medal of Honor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Nixon. He was the founder of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society; chaired the first Native American Awareness Week October 10-16, 1976, which has led to the establishment of American Indian Heritage Month in November; and organizing an international cultural awareness exchange program among native indigenous peoples of the United States and Ecuador in 1986.
