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Eric Oxendine is a Native American musician. He is a member of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina.

Career

Eric Oxendine has worked and performed with many artists. He has recorded twenty vinyl albums, two gold singles, twenty CDs, two motion pictures, and several music videos on MTV. Oxendine was awarded a gold medal from the president of Brazil for being in first place in the International Music Festival in 1970. He has toured Europe, North America, and South America. Eric has played in major concert halls, stadiums, and festivals such as Lincoln Center (NYC), Carnegie Hall (NYC), Olympia Theatre (Paris, France), Flaminio Stadium (Rome, Italy), Shea Stadium (NYC), Atlanta Pop Festival (1970), Isle Of Wight Festival (U.K.), Royal Albert Hall (1970-1971-London, England), and Madison Square Garden (NYC). Oxendine began a solo career in 1978 while performing at The Longest Walk Concert in Washington, D.C. He intensively concentrated on writing songs inspired by his Native American culture. He attended the City University of N.Y. in 1980, studying Classical Guitar from Jorge Morel, Piano, and Voice. From 1980-1987, he performed for schools, universities, hospitals, pow-wows, and cultural events. He is the founder and director of a Native American dance and performance ensemble called the Eagle Clan (1990). In 1990, Oxendine and the Eagle Clan were asked to perform the opening ceremony for Earth Day 1990 at Times Square (NYC). The event was aired on all major TV stations and was even featured in a United Nations television commercial. In 1991, he again performed at Earth Day at the South Street Pier (NYC) and helped create 2 large medicine shields used in the stage design. In 1992, Oxendine helped with the Gala Opening of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, located at the U.S. Customs House, 1 Bowling Green, NYC. From 1992-1995, he worked as a cultural interpreter, floor manager, and ambassador for NMAI. While working at NMAI, he once again started to create Native American art, which sold at the Smithsonian Institution's gift shops and to visitors from many countries. He has worked along with Senator Patrick Moynihan, Richard West (Director of NMAI), Duane King (Assistant Director of MNMAI), Clara Sue Kidwell, Ruben Snake, Chief Jake Swamp, Abe Conklin, Rick Hill, Charolette Heath, George Horse Capture, and many other Native American leaders. Oxendine is the narrator of the video "Life Spirit", presented by the American Indian Ritual Object and Repatriation Foundation (AIRORF) in NYC. The video won an award at the Native American Film Festival, presented at theLincoln Center in New York City in 1993. A life-size statue of Eric Oxendine is currently on display at the Mashentucket Pequot Tribal Museum and Research Center in Ledyard, Connecticut.

Works

• Illuminations
• The Minstrel From Gault
• Priests
• 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute
• He's A Keeper Of The Fire
• Alarm Clock