Description: Vintage Hawk Littlejohn Native American Indian flute Signed and Dated: 93 It is about 21” long. A beautiful hand crafted Native American flute. Key G See the attached photos. Absolutely Stunning and beautiful. FROM WIKIPEDIA “Hawk Littlejohn (1941 – December 14, 2000)[3] was an American musician and carver of Native American flutes. Hawk Littlejohn's given name was Larry Snyder,[1] and he was born in Ohio[2] in 1941.[3] His mother was Garnette A. Snyder (1918–1998) from Milledgeville, Ohio, and his father was Lawrence H. Snyder (died 1993).[5] In 1972 Littlejohn's official biography said he was born on a reservation in North Carolina.[6] The Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is actually a land trust rather than a reservation. An 1975 essay that Littlejohn wrote for the Appalachian Journal states that "Hawk Littlejohn was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and is a member of the Western Band of Cherokees."[7] The Tennessee Valley Authority requested that the FBI investigate Littlejohn's background. The FBI did not confirm or deny this investigation, but the investigation was widely leaked and fueled many rumors.[8] These included that Hawk Littlejohn was not Native American and was born in Akron, Ohio.[8, The Smithsonian Institution and the North Carolina Museum of History both consulted with him.[3] He published a column "Good Medicine" in the Katuah Journal.[3] He published an essay "The Reawakening of the Cherokees" in the Appalachian Journal in 1975.[7] Littlejohn was a friend and advisor to Barbara Duncan, the education director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian[9] in Cherokee, North Carolina. Littlejohn and his student David Winston led sweat lodge ceremonies for the Friends General Conference, a Quakergathering, that was held in Boone, North Carolina in 1988. George Price, a Quaker who went on to develop the Quaker Sweat ceremony,[10] described Littlejohn as "the last traditionally trained Eastern Cherokee medicine man."[11] Songkeepers (1999, 48 min.). Directed by Bob Hercules and Bob Jackson. Produced by Dan King. Lake Forest, Illinois: America's Flute Productions. Five distinguished traditional flute artists - Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Sonny Nevaquaya, R. Carlos Nakai, Hawk Littlejohn, Kevin Locke – talk about their instrument and their songs and the role of the flute and its music in their tribes.[12]”
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Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
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Brand: Hawk Littlejohn
Type: Native American Flute
Body Material: Wood
Color: Brown
Instrument: Flute
Item Length: 21”
Key: G
