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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gretchen Ehlke

Acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer has died

Ohiyesa Locke

Kevin Locke, an acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer, cultural ambassador and educator, has died in South Dakota at age 68, according to his family.

A member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and from the ancestral line of Lakota and Anishinabe, Locke died Friday night after returning to his hotel room in Hill City, his son Ohiyesá Locke said Monday.

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