William "Hawk" Birdshead

William "Hawk" Birdshead (Cheyenne and Arapaho[1]) is an activist who founded Indigenous Life Movement, a media organization.[2] He works in suicide prevention.[3][4]

William Hawk Birdshead
Born
Pine Ridge, South Dakota U.S.
NationalityCheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, American
Known forInternational Environmentalist - International Suicide Prevention - Humanitarian
MovementIndigenous Life Movement

Career

At the 2016 Glastonbury Music Festival, he participated as one of the singers in the opening of the festival, and later performed live on the Arcadia Spider Stage with world music performers from Australia, New Zealand and Africa,[5] participating in setting the world record for forming the largest human peace sign.[6][7] Also in 2016 he toured the United Kingdom as one of the presenters of the film "Awake, A Dream From Standing Rock."[8]

In 2017, Birdshead was a keynote speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference in Rotorua, New Zealand.[9][10]

References
  1. Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune 2012.3 Feb 1 (7.8).
  2. Fox, Josh; Spione, James; Dewey, Myron; White Bull, Floris; Trejo, Markus (2017), Awake: a dream from Standing Rock, ISBN 9781941545867, OCLC 1001437745, retrieved 2019-02-25
  3. Kavanagh-Hall, Erin (2016-05-29). "Ezra steps forward for struggling Wairarapa youth". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  4. Karen Eagle (30 July 2013). "Native Sun News: Student honored for suicide prevention work". Native Sun News.
  5. Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival - 2016". Glastonbury Festival - 21st-25th June, 2017. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  6. "Glastonbury Crowd Makes Human Peace Sign on One-Month Anniversary of Manchester Bombing: 'Love Will Win, Terror Will Lose'". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  7. "Largest human peace sign: world record set in Glastonbury (VIDEO)". www.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  8. "Home". Illumina Studios & Media Ltd. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  9. Te Runanga o Ngati Pikiao Trust (2017-08-10), William Hawk Birdshead, Indigenous Rise and Awakening, retrieved 2019-02-25
  10. "Kia Piki te Ora". Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Pikiao. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
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