Jack Gladstone is a Native "PoetSinger" and lecturer from the Blackfeet Indian Nation of Montana. Regarded as a cultural bridge builder, he delivers programs nationally on American Indian myth, legend and history. In a career spanning two decades, Jack has produced a dozen original CDs for which he has received critical acclaim and numerous award nominations. He is currently in the 26th season of "Native America Speaks", his award-winning lecture series founded for Glacier National Park.
Former college instructor and roster artist for Young Audiences, he has been featured on both the Travel Channel and in USA Today magazine. Honored as a “modern day warrior”, he holds a Human Rights Award for Outstanding Community Service from Montana State University. Sine 1997, Jack Gladstone has collaborated with Lloyd Maines, Grammy winning producer of the Dixie Chicks. He was also a key tribal voice providing alternate perspectives of the Lewis and Clark expedition during the recent bicentennial commemoration, and he narrated the Lewis and Clark film Confluence of Time and Courage. In 2008, Jack will be traveling across the United States as Montana’s troubadour, representing Montana and the “Heart of Montana”, Montana’s Capital Christmas tree.
In 2008, 2007 and 2006, Gladstone headlined concerts at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indians in Washington D.C.
