Makoché Studios

06/12/2024

https://vimeo.com/229485290

Very sad to hear of this man's passing. Our best to his family.

This is "NDNAHOH 2017 Pete Fredericks" by Makoche Studios on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/28/2024

So sad to have lost this great man.

10/19/2023

Bill Thomas interviews David Swenson and they play samples from the soundtrack.

10/16/2023

We are proud to announce the release today of The American Buffalo Soundtrack CD, produced by David Swenson at Makoché Studios.

The soundtrack features music from the Ken Burns American Buffalo documentary premiering on PBS on October 16, 2023. This 18 song collection features works by Joseph Fire Crow, Peter Ostroushko, Will Duncan, Bobby Horton, Lakota Thunder, Keith Bear, Skip Gorman, Larry Unger, Gary Stroutsos, Randy Granger and Robbie Robertson. A ShopPBS featured item, the soundtrack is available on all major streaming platforms. CDs can be purchased at ShopPBS and at www.makochestore.com

02/11/2023

02/03/2023

Thanks to Alicia Hegland-Thorpe for this great story.

The Densmore/Lakota Song Repatriation Project is about reclaiming Lakota culture, traditional art, knowledge, and religious freedom.

01/16/2023

We at Makoche Studios are so grateful for this recognition

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2023 Recipients of the ND Governor's Awards for the Arts!
👉JOIN US at a special reception at ND State Heritage Center Wed., Feb. 1, 5pm- https://fb.me/e/39ZBPpGQf

- Individual Achievement: Pieper Bloomquist (bottom right)
- Nonprofit Arts Organization: Empire Arts Center (top center)
- For-Profit Arts Organization: Makoché Studios (bottom center)
- Arts in Education: Donald E. Larew (top right)
- Individual Cultural Heritage: Bill Lowman (top left)
- Champion for the Arts: Former Senator Joan M. Heckaman (bottom left)
Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Theatre NDSU

*Check back to NDCA's webpage for updated information: https://www.arts.nd.gov/nd-governors-awards-arts

09/08/2022

The Densmore Project is named for ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore of Red Wing, Minnesota, who visited Standing Rock from 1911 to 1914 and recorded traditional songs on a hand-cranked, wax cylinder recorder. The selections had been passed down for generations and some were already more than 100-years-old. Densmore documented the work in her book “Teton Sioux Music,” which contained additional stories and insights into Lakota/Dakota life and became a touchstone for learning about the culture.

The Densmore project re-introduces the songs and uses technology to make them more accessible for a new generation of Native singers and educators. Yellowfat has involved traditional singers to record the songs anew and indigenous knowledge-keepers to interpret the culture of the time.

09/10/2021

Makoché Studios was again honored in 2021 to be chosen to create the videos for the induction of honorees in the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. Honored this year in memoriam was Lydia Sage Chase, an educator and champion of her Native culture.

09/10/2021

Makoché Studios was again honored in 2021 to be chosen to create the videos for the induction of honorees in the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor, including the compelling story of Viet Nam veteran David Dauphinais.