{"id":28711,"date":"2022-10-05T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=28711"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:37:45","slug":"huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Huge loss for the world&#8217;: Lakota cultural bearer Kevin Locke passes on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/38850922?h=54df06387e\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Miccosukee Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/38850922\">Arts Fest 2011 Performers &#8211;  Kevin Locke<\/a>   \r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">&#8216;Huge loss for the world&#8217;: Lakota cultural bearer Kevin Locke passes on<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, October 5, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\">Kevin Abourezk<\/A> <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinlocke.com\/\">Kevin Locke<\/a> &#8212; renowned hoop dancer, flute player and educator of Lakota language and culture &#8212; died suddenly Friday at the age of 68 after suffering an asthma attack.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThose who knew and loved him say Locke spent a <a href=https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/nea-statement-death-national-heritage-fellow-kevin-locke>lifetime working to preserve his people\u2019s cultural practices and beliefs<\/a> and leaves behind friends and relatives across the world.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHe\u2019s loved throughout the world,\u201d said his son, Oh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke. \u201cHe&#8217;s a legend among our people. He\u2019s going to be remembered forever.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Locke_(musician)>Born June 23, 1954<\/a>, in Los Angeles, California, to Patricia and Charles Locke, he was raised by a mother who was committed to education and who fought for the development of tribal colleges throughout the country, Oh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-7>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/kevinlocke\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28713\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2169\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"28713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/kevinlocke\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLocke-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2169,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Kevin Locke\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Locke&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Locke is seen during a performance at the Michigan Story Festival in October 2009. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jmsmith000\/4057681016\/&gt;Jeffrey Smith for CM-Life News&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLocke-868x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLocke-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Locke\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28713\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\">\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Kevin Locke is seen during a performance at the Michigan Story Festival in October 2009. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jmsmith000\/4057681016\/>Jeffrey Smith for CM-Life News<\/a> \r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe spent time in Alaska and Colorado before moving to the Standing Rock Reservation, where he began learning to speak Lakota from elders whom he interviewed. Eventually, he became nearly fluent in Lakota, despite it being his second language.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLocke was Hunkpapa Lakota, Ojibwa and Mdewakanton Dakota, as well as Irish, Scottish, and English.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe attended the Santa Fe Indian School and Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. He later studied at Black Hills State University, the University of South Dakota and the University of North Dakota.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe served as a principal at Standing Rock Grant School for two years.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAs a young man, Locke attended a performance by flute player Richard Fool Bull. After the presentation, Locke spoke to Fool Bull, asking him who else knew how to play the Native flute. \u201cNo one,\u201d Fool Bull replied.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cSomeone should carry this on,\u201d Locke told him.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cYou should carry this on,\u201d Fool Bull responded.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd so Locke did just that, mastering the flute by practicing every day before dawn and recording numerous albums of his music.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=\"col-7\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/kevinlockeflute\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/kevinlockeflute\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLockeFlute.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1704,2272\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Kevin Locke\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Locke&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Locke is seen playing the flute during a performance at the Fort Sisseton Historical Festival in South Dakota in June 2007. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spoil\/552813602\/&gt;Nicholas Brandsberg&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLockeFlute-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLockeFlute.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Locke\" width=\"1704\" height=\"2272\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28724\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5  align-self-end\">\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Kevin Locke is seen playing the flute during a performance at the Fort Sisseton Historical Festival in South Dakota in June 2007. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spoil\/552813602\/>Nicholas Brandsberg<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn the 1970s, he met a couple in Fort Yates, North Dakota, Diane and Gerry Hendrickson, who taught Locke about the Bah\u00e1\u02bc\u00ed faith. Locke immediately began to follow the Bah\u00e1\u02bc\u00ed ways, including performing three pilgrimages to Haifa and serving on the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThroughout his life, Locke traveled the world, having visited every continent and more than 237 indigenous homelands.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe was honored with a National Heritage Fellowship and a Bush Enduring Vision Award. He also won Native American Music Awards for his flute albums.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd he worked tirelessly to revitalize the Lakota language, attending nearly every Lakota Summer Institute at Sitting Bull College and assisting others seeking to preserve the Lakota language.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut he likely will be most remembered for his work as a hoop dancer.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe learned to hoop dance from Arlo Good Bear, an elder from the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. But not long after beginning his lessons with Good Bear, Good Bear died, leaving Locke to teach himself how to hoop dance, his family said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/kevinlockemalaysia\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"28729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/05\/huge-loss-for-the-world-lakota-cultural-bearer-kevin-locke-passes-on\/kevinlockemalaysia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLockeMalaysia-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Kevin Locke\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Locke&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Locke is seen during a hoop dance performance in Sarawak, Malaysia, in July 2018. He represented the United States as part of his visit to Malaysia during the Rainforest World Music Festival. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usembassykl\/29731982918\/i&gt;United States Embassy Kuala Lumpur&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLockeMalaysia-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLockeMalaysia-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Locke\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-28729\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Kevin Locke is seen during a hoop dance performance in Sarawak, Malaysia, in July 2018. He represented the United States as part of his visit to Malaysia during the Rainforest World Music Festival. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usembassykl\/29731982918\/i>United States Embassy Kuala Lumpur<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\nOh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke said his father learned many moves from dreams that he had of Good Bear. He said his father would wake up some mornings and immediately begin writing down moves he had learned from his dreams.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAfter some six months, Locke visited Good Bear\u2019s mother to demonstrate his progress. She burst into tears at the beauty of what she saw. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThis dance, it\u2019s yours now,\u201d she said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLocke eventually decided to step away from his education work and take up hoop dancing and flute playing full time.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWhitney Rencountre, chief executive officer at the Crazy Horse Memorial in Black Hills of South Dakota, was a longtime friend of Locke\u2019s.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said he became close with Locke after traveling to Suriname, South America with him to teach hoop dancing and flute playing to school children there. Rencountre danced and sang while Locke played flute and hoop danced.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said the two men shared their goals with one another, and Locke shared his experiences with Rencountre.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAfter that, he would always reach out to me with any opportunities and asked me to help him connect with people in the Black Hills area in South Dakota,\u201d he said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=944455213163346&amp;set=a.944455186496682\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"false\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=944455213163346&amp;set=a.944455186496682&amp;type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>ARISE!\r\n\r\n&quot;Sensitized as they are to the importance of harmony and the fruitlessness of conflict, the followers of&#8230;<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kevinlockeeducator\">Kevin Locke &#8211; Hoop Of Life &#8211; Indigenous Flute<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=944455213163346&amp;set=a.944455186496682&amp;type=3\">Friday, September 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Kevin Locke on Facebook: <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kevinlockeeducator>facebook.com\/kevinlockeeducator<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n\r\nRencountre said he last saw Locke the day he died, Friday, September 30, at the monument, where Locke had been performing. Rencountre said Locke was in good spirits and seemed healthy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said Locke\u2019s audience that day included local Native elders and a group of First Nations people from Canada.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThat kind of inspired him to share some of the older songs that he doesn&#8217;t usually share,\u201d Rencountre said. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said Locke talked about the <a href=\/covid19\/>COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> and how human beings must face many different diseases throughout their lives.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cBut he said his teachings were that the biggest disease that we face is that we lack faith,\u201d Rencountre said. \u201cWe lack hope. We lack love and we don\u2019t include prayer enough in our daily lives. Most importantly, we don\u2019t treat our fellow human beings with respect and dignity like how our ancestors treated one another.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nToward the end of Locke\u2019s final performance, he began lamenting the lack of young people in his audience. Rencountre said Locke always enjoyed seeing children in his audiences, as he always tried to pass along his knowledge of indigenous history, beliefs and practices.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_www-facebook-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kevinlockeeducator\/posts\/pfbid0Xa41VcWrTjbzVbaWUqn4qUBWgf1raXyqTvC1UT1ZumQf37KJUVEQ8SCan8S8v8hkl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/05\/urlhttps-nativenewsonline.net-images-2022-kevinlocke_hires_020.png\" alt=\"Kevin Locke - Hoop Of Life - Indigenous Flute\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kevinlockeeducator\/posts\/pfbid0Xa41VcWrTjbzVbaWUqn4qUBWgf1raXyqTvC1UT1ZumQf37KJUVEQ8SCan8S8v8hkl\">\n\t\t\tKevin Locke &#8211; Hoop Of Life &#8211; Indigenous Flute\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kevinlockeeducator\/posts\/pfbid0Xa41VcWrTjbzVbaWUqn4qUBWgf1raXyqTvC1UT1ZumQf37KJUVEQ8SCan8S8v8hkl\">\n\t\t\t<p>Dear Friends, It is true that our dear Kevin Locke has passed from this world. The details of his funeral arrangements will be made soon. During this time of mourning, please remember Kevin by&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/rsrc.php\/y1\/r\/ay1hV6OlegS.ico\" alt=\"www.facebook.com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\twww.facebook.com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBefore Locke finished up that day, Rencountre said, a bus full of youth from the Oglala Nation arrived at the monument to see Locke\u2019s final performance.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHis eyes really lit up,\u201d Rencountre said. \u201cIt just changed the whole course of his performance and presentation. You could just tell that did something for him, to be able to teach students.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe next morning, Rencountre\u2019s wife told him that Locke\u2019s son had announced on social media that his father had died the night before.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI was taking it kind of hard that morning because I was thinking back at just how inspiring he has been for our people and for all people,\u201d he said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke described his father as a deeply spiritual person who prayed every day and believed in the oneness of all people.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHe just had a very good spirit about him and people were attracted attracted to the light that he illuminated,\u201d he said. \u201cI&#8217;ve always admired admired him, always thought he was just my superhero.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said his father had returned to his hotel room in Hill City, South Dakota, on Friday. But he suffered an asthma attack and asked the clerk at the front desk to call 911. Although he had a pulse in the ambulance, he died before he got to the hospital, Oh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLocke was very health conscious, ran three to four miles a day, didn\u2019t smoke and drank water constantly, his son said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHis passing, it was sudden,\u201d Oh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke said. \u201cNobody expected it.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nHe said he got the opportunity to speak to his father just two hours before he died. Locke was taking a walk in the Black Hills and was talking to his son by video phone. He told his son that the Lakota people believe the Black Hills are sacred and that the Creator lives there.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBecause of that, Lakota people don\u2019t like to stay in the Black Hills because it\u2019s too close to heaven, Locke told his son.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHe said if you died, you didn&#8217;t want to get distracted,\u201d Oh\u00edye S\u2019a Locke said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLocke leaves behind many adopted relatives, including Elliot Bannister, who was an adopted, or <EM>Hunka<\/EM>, relative to Locke. The English-born man first met Locke in 2015 at the Lakota Summer Institute at Sitting Bull College. Both men were passionate about revitalizing the Lakota language and worked together on several language projects over the past seven years, said Bannister, speaking from Locke\u2019s home in Wakpala, South Dakota, this week.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHe had an incredible gift of being able to communicate across cultural boundaries,\u201d Bannister said. \u201cShoot, you can name any language in the world and he probably knew a few sentences in that language just to help break down those barriers and really connect to people as humans.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said Locke\u2019s family and community were struggling with the news of his death.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIt&#8217;s very hard at the moment because it was so unexpected,\u201d Bannister said. \u201cHe was a healthy vibrant athletic person that could at the age of 68 easily outrun me at the age of 30.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AySQO8xOfZ4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/plugins\/content-cards\/skins\/default\/content-cards-placeholder.png\" alt=\" - YouTube\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AySQO8xOfZ4\">\n\t\t\t &#8211; YouTube\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AySQO8xOfZ4\">\n\t\t\t<p>Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/92ead095\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"youtu.be\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tyoutu.be\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Smithsonian Folklife: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/AySQO8xOfZ4>Native Hoop Dance by Kevin Locke<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said Locke took it upon himself to carry forth the traditions and language of his people and to pass that knowledge onto young people. He said he most enjoyed working with young people.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cTo have him gone from this world so soon is giving us all pause to reflect about the responsibilities that we have now to to live up to those values that he exemplified,\u201d Bannister said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHe said Locke was a deep spiritual thinker who often would remark that everything in this world is a \u201cphysical representation of a spiritual reality.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cEven though his physical presence is no longer here, all those values that he exemplified and that he practiced in his life, those will endure,\u201d Bannister said. \u201cIn the years to come, we\u2019re going to be learning more from him.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLocke was a longtime sundancer, having danced at Green Grass, Sitting Bull\u2019s camp and Fort Robinson.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_www-facebook-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ceylan.isgorlocke\/posts\/pfbid0GajuocTvUimE3W9CbXx9NLujXahyRcbBTgY8y4LFxyMtJPyCHXPnnqosAxEfrKzkl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/05\/urlhttps-patricialockefoundation.org-wp-content-uploads-2019-12-kevin-red.jpg\" alt=\"Ceylan Isgor-Locke\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ceylan.isgorlocke\/posts\/pfbid0GajuocTvUimE3W9CbXx9NLujXahyRcbBTgY8y4LFxyMtJPyCHXPnnqosAxEfrKzkl\">\n\t\t\tCeylan Isgor-Locke\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ceylan.isgorlocke\/posts\/pfbid0GajuocTvUimE3W9CbXx9NLujXahyRcbBTgY8y4LFxyMtJPyCHXPnnqosAxEfrKzkl\">\n\t\t\t<p>The funeral service for Kevin Locke will be held at the Eagles Landing Lodge at Custer, SD at 10AM MST (mountain time) on Friday October 7, 2022. The service will be followed by a feed at 12 noon&#8230;.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/rsrc.php\/y1\/r\/ay1hV6OlegS.ico\" alt=\"www.facebook.com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\twww.facebook.com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.chamberlainmccolleys.com\/obituary\/kevin-locke-lakota-name-thokeya-inazi>He leaves behind<\/a> his wife Ceylan Isgor-Locke; his children, Kim\u00edmila, Oh\u00edye S\u2019a (Samantha), Wan\u00edya, Patricia, Maymangwa, Hep\u021f\u00e1\u014bna, \u00c1\u014bpa\u00f3 D\u00fata (Eli), Innael, Elsa, Will, Ainslie, and Campbell; and many grandchildren.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHis funeral service will be held at 10am Friday at Eagles Landing Lodge in Custer, South Dakota. A meal and 2:30 p.m. burial at Bell Park Cemetery in Rochford, South Dakota, will follow.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe message that he shares and that&#8217;s important to him \u2014 the hoop dancing and these songs and the language, the arts \u2014 made it to every corner of Earth and that\u2019s something that I\u2019m so appreciative and proud of,\u201d Rencountre said. \u201cIt was a passion of his to do this, to live this way of life.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIts a very, very huge loss for the world.\u201d","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Locke \u2014 renowned hoop dancer, flute player and educator of Lakota language and culture \u2014 passed away suddenly at the age of 68.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,18,19,1,23],"tags":[3474,418,38,5,128,1236,3471,175,963,33,167,302,3472,435,3473,2543,754,165,3470],"class_list":["post-28711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-education","category-health","category-national","category-world","tag-arlo-good-bear","tag-boarding-schools","tag-california","tag-coronavirus","tag-elders","tag-haskell","tag-kevin-locke","tag-languages","tag-mha-nation","tag-music","tag-new-mexico","tag-north-dakota","tag-ohiye-sa","tag-powwows","tag-richard-fool-bull","tag-southd-akota","tag-standing-rock-sioux","tag-tribal-colleges","tag-whitney-rencountre","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-7t5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/05\/KevinLocke-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}