# Bryan Akipa

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**Bryan Akipa** ([Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate](/source/Sisseton_Wahpeton_Oyate)) is a [Dakota](/source/Dakota_people) [flautist](/source/Native_American_flute) with five solo albums to date.[1]

He has been a featured artist at *A Prairie Awakening*, an annual event held at the [Kuehn Conservation Area](/source/Kuehn_Conservation_Area) near [Earlham, Iowa](/source/Earlham,_Iowa).[2] He is a citizen of the [Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate](/source/Sisseton_Wahpeton_Oyate).[3] He attended the [Institute of American Indian Arts](/source/Institute_of_American_Indian_Arts). He also studied fine arts with painter [Oscar Howe](/source/Oscar_Howe) at the [University of South Dakota at Vermillion](/source/University_of_South_Dakota).[3]

## Awards

"His CDs have been nominated for several [Nammies](/source/Native_American_Music_Awards) (Native American Music Awards), including 1998 honors for *The Flute Player* album, 1999 *Thunder Flute* (also the Indie awards finalist), 2001 *Eagle Dreams*, and in 2002 Best Flutist, Best Male Artist. He was a featured player on *My Relatives Say* by [Mary Louise Defender](/source/Mary_Louise_Defender_Wilson), which won the 2000 NAMA for Best Spoken Word recording."[4]

Akipa was awarded a [National Heritage Fellowship](/source/National_Heritage_Fellowship) by the [National Endowment for the Arts](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts) in 2016.[5]

## Discography

- *Mystic Moments*. SOAR. 1995.
- *Flute Player*. Makoche. 1996.
- *Thunderflute*. SOAR. 1998.
- *Eagle Dreams*. Makoche. 2001.
- *Song of Aspen*. Red Cedar Flute. 2005.

### As contributor

- Peter Rowan (1993). *Awake Me in the New World*. Sugar Hill.
- Goble, Paul (1993). *Love Flute: A Story by Paul Goble*. Dakotah.
- Brulé (1996). *We The People*. Natural Visions.
- Brulé (1999). *One Nation*. Natural Visions.
- Mary Louise Defender Wilson (2001). *My Relatives Say*. Makoche.
- Brulé (2004). *The Collection*. Natural Visions.

## References

1. "Bryan Akipa Overview". [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)

1. ["Programs & Events : Prairie Awakening Native American Celebration"](https://archive.today/20130505165345/http://www.co.dallas.ia.us/index.aspx?recordid=947&page=194). *Dallas County, Iowa*. Archived from [the original](http://www.co.dallas.ia.us/index.aspx?recordid=947&page=194) on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

1. ["Makoché"](https://web.archive.org/web/20010415124024/http://makoche.com/Artists/viewarticle.asp?id=103). Archived from [the original](http://www.makoche.com/Artists/viewarticle.asp?id=103) on 2001-04-15. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

1. ["Live Performance by Native Flute Player Bryan Akipa"](http://www.prairieedge.com/tribe-scribe/native-flute-music-bryan-akipa/). *Prairie Edge Trading Co. & Galleries*. 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

1. ["NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2016"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190906042512/https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/year/2016). *www.arts.gov*. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from [the original](https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/year/2016) on September 6, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.bryanakipa.com)

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