Talon Bazille Ducheneaux

Talon Bazille is a rap artist and poet from the Crow Creek Dakota and Cheyenne River Lakota tribes in South Dakota, part of the Oceti Sakowin (7 Council Fires). An alum of the University of Pennsylvania, Bazille’s work has gone from rez to city to rez, reflecting the amalgamation of his own experiences and views of the world through music. Bazille is also the head of, “Wonahun Was’te’ Studios/Records” which in Lakota means, “Bringing good things, through healing sounds of song.” The studio provides free access to community members and allies with recording, engineering, and distributing music, storytelling, and poetry.