When I first went to live with my Grand Parents at the age of three, we lived about a mile down in the woods. The hustle and bustle of a busy world was far away. I grew used to the sounds of the wind in the tops of the trees, and the frogs and crickets at night. If the sounds stopped, we knew something was in our woods that didn’t belong. We were very much a part of our [...]
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C. J. “Man Wolf” Strayhorn – The early years.
My life began very unremarkably in a little ramshackle house just outside of Greenville Texas in October, 1942. My Dad was in North Africa, fighting the German forces, and My Mother was not able to afford the luxury of a hospital for me to be born in. She was only sixteen, and still a child herself. I was forced from my nice, comfortable home, and to add insult to injury, the midwife spanked my butt ’till I squalled like [...]
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Welcome to NDN Artist.
I am known as Man Wolf Strayhorn. I have been a Cherokee flute maker, recording artist, and public speaker for many years now. I have been away for several years, but I am back. I started this journey when I was a young man, and now, I am an old man.My time spent in the Native communities have been the best years of my live. They are beautiful people. Many of you have wondered where I have been. There [...]
