M. COCHISE ANDERSON
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSICIAN
VOCALS, POETRY, DRUMS, RATTLES, FLUTES

Tushkachaffa@yahoo.com * 240-486-6863

August 25, 2006

See Cochise perform his One-Man Theater Piece entitled "The Kemosabe Therapy" in a special presentation at The HOOP Conference, UCLA in Los Angeles, CA 90095
Friday 8:00 pm at 2330 MacGowan Hall.

August 12, 2006
See Cochise perform his music live at The LIFT Culture House 516 Tsali Boulevard Cherokee, NC 28719

April 22, 2006

3rd Annual Gathering For Our Children and Returning Adoptees Powwow
Minneapolis American Indian Center - 1530 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Musical Performance by Cochise 6 p.m. -7 p.m.

March 18, 2006
Featured Performer at the Richfield Human Rights Commission Presents RICHFEST 2006 - Celebrating the Richness of our Diversity Richfield, MN

March 6-10, 2006
Taught 18 cultural residencies at 6 schools with storytelling and traditional music Twin Cities MN.

February 2006
Indigenous Internet Chamber of Commerce’s Artist of the Month

February 25-26, 2006
Featured Soloist: vocals, drums, rattles, flutes for “Alaska to the Amazon Music of Native and Immigrant Americans” World Voices (Celebrating Global Cultures Through Choral Music) Minneapolis, MN and Wayzata, MN

February 9, 2006
Solo performance at The Circle, American Indian Community House New York, NY

February 8, 2006
New York City CD release party for “The Kemosabe Therapy” at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, NY

October 2005
Release of “The Kemosabe Therapy LIVE” DVD/CD set – recorded live in Minneapolis, MN and available at CDBaby.com/Cochise

September 2005 – February 2006
Cochise’s song “How the West Was One” from his CD entitled “The Kemosabe Therapy” was featured in the national tour of the “Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers” play by William S. Yellowrobe Jr.  Cochise played in the acting role of Stevie Jackson.

September 9, 2005
Solo performance at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian opening for Bill Miller in Washington, DC

September 10, 2005
Solo performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 21st Annual Open House Arts Festival Washington, DC

July 2005
Cochise’s CD “The Kemosabe Therapy” received nomination for the Indian Summer Music Awards

April 2005
Featured Performance Artist at the 2005 Pangea World Theatre Gala Benefit Minneapolis, MN

April 14, 2005
Minneapolis CD release performance of “The Kemosabe Therapy” at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, MN

March 11-12, 2005
Solo performance at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center Leyard, CT

2004 November
World Premiere of "THE KEMOSABE THERAPY" at Pangea World Theatre in Minneapolis, MN as part of the Indigenous Voices Theatre Series.  Interweaving spoken word with traditional Native American music and contemporary beats, Cochise carries the old tradition into a new experience.

October 2004
Debut of Cochise’s CD “The Kemosabe Therapy” – an eclectic ensemble of traditional music, contemporary beats and original spoken word, available at CDBaby.com/Cochise

September 21, 2004
Solo performer at the Grand Opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Washington, DC

August 2003 and August 2004
Featured solo performer at the Lincoln Center Outdoor Series “La Casita” New York, NY

March 2003
Solo performance at Winona State University for AROUND THE WORLD IN 8 DAYS Winona, MN

2002 to 2003
Guest Speaker and Performer for the Oklahoma JOM Indian Education Conference in Oklahoma City, OK

2000 to Present
CONNECT Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Educational Programs (Traditional music demonstrations throughout the Twin Cites public schools MN)

1992 to 2003
Guest Storyteller at the Chickasaw Annual Meeting & Festival in Ada, OK

1990 to 1998
Harmonica player for the Bulletproof Blues Band

1990 to Present
Conducted cultural residencies for creative writing, poetry, spoken word, playwriting, and traditional Native American music with a various types of drums, rattles, and flutes

1988 to 1991
Member of the vocal ensemble Pura Fe, now known as Ulali.  Cochise’s flutes, drums, rattles, and poetry can be found on many of the group’s live recordings

Tribal Affiliation: Chickasaw /Mississippi Choctaw