Frank Waln

Frank Waln is a Sicangu Lakota public speaker and a multi-genre music artist and curator from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. He received a BA in Audio Arts & Acoustics from Columbia College Chicago where he was given the Mayor’s Award for Civic Engagement upon graduating. Frank has won several awards for his work. including four Native American Music Awards and international film festival awards for the music videos he filmed at home on the Rosebud Reservation. Frank will be joined by hoop dancers Lumhe and Samsoche Sampson. frankwaln.com

Opening Act: Toka Nuwan Drum Group

Headliner: Frank Waln with Lumhe and Samsoche Sampson

Featured Food Trucks: Backyard BBQ, Taqueria Juanita

Frank Waln’s performance is part of the All My Relatives/Mitakuye Owas’iƞ/Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ Festival. The All My Relatives Festival will be held at the Levitt on Fri, July 7th – Sat, July 8th and is sponsored by the Wokini Initiative of SDSU.