Douglas Spotted Eagle

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Douglas Spotted Eagle
Birth nameDouglas Wallentine
Born1962 (age 6061)
Origin Valley Junction, Iowa
Occupation(s) Audio engineer, producer, flautist
Years active1990 - present
LabelsFormerly at Windham Hill Records [1]
Websitewww.spottedeagle.com

Douglas Spotted Eagle (born Douglas Wallentine) [2] [3] [4] is a musician and producer, primarily known for audio engineering and production, for which he has won a Grammy Award, [5] as well as for playing the Native American-style flute. He is listed in the Library of Folk Music, The Native American Almanac, and NAIIP Musical Paths as a non-Native flautist who composes New Age and "contemporary ethnic" music. [6] [7] [8]

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Music career

His music mixes jazz, new age, pop, and world beat with his interpretations of Native American music. In his book, World Music, Richard Nidel described him as a flautist and film composer "who incorporates synthesizers into Native sounds." [9]

Video production and software

Spotted Eagle is the producer of Sundance Media Group's 2002 video The Way of the Pow-Wow. [10]

Background and personal life

Spotted Eagle is not Native American himself. [6] [7] Born Douglas Wallentine, [2] [3] [4] he was raised in a non-Native family in Valley Junction, Iowa. After his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a guitarist in a Christian rock band.[ citation needed ]

He says he grew up around Lakota and Navajo families in Iowa and Utah, the former of which he says gave him his name when he was 14 or 16. [11] [12] However, his claims of adoption into any Native American culture, his use of a Native American-sounding name, and concerns around the Indian Arts and Crafts Act have led to writers and reviewers emphasizing that he is not Native American. [6] [7] [13]

Spotted Eagle lives in Utah. He lost his son Joshua Davis Wallentine to suicide. [14]

His hobbies include wingsuiting. In 2015 he was appointed the U.S. Team Manager for the First World Cup of Wingsuit Performance Flying. [15]

Discography

Publications

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References

  1. Web.archive.org
  2. 1 2 Douglas Spotted Eagle bio at GetTune. Accessed 6 June 2015
  3. 1 2 "Making Indian Bows and Arrows by Douglas Spotted Eagle Wallentine" at Manataka
  4. 1 2 Making Arrows the Old Way!! by Douglas Spotted Eagle
  5. Grammy.org (2016). "Listing of Grammy 43rd annual winners". Grammy.org. Grammy.org. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Wallentine, Douglas aka Douglas Spotted Eagle - Native Inspired or Influenced Musician (not Native)" at Folk Library Index : A Library of Folk Music Links (09-01-2015). Accessed 10 Oct 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "NAIIP Musical Paths - North American Indian & Indigenous People Archived September 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine " at The People's Paths / Yvwiiusdinvnohii (2010). Accessed 10 Oct 2015. "Note: Douglas Wallentine, aka Douglas Spotted Eagle, is not Native American Indian."
  8. The Native American Almanac by Arlene B. Hirschfelder, Martha Kreipe De Montaño
  9. World Music by Richard Nidel, p. 311
  10. Handbook of Native American Mythology by Dawn Elaine Bastian, Judy K. Mitchell, page 244
  11. Spottedeagle Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. Mixonline.com Archived October 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Native Inspired or Influenced Musicians" at rainbowwalker.net. Accessed 15 Oct 2015
  14. Joshua Davis Wallentine in the Deseret News, Tuesday, Nov. 17 1998 12:00 a.m. MST
  15. USPA Board Meeting Concludes Archived May 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine