Legendteller and Flute Player

Since 1988, performing artist, Tom McCormack has carefully researched, documented and presented Native American legends to audiences, including students, across North America and in New Zealand.
Tom is a keynote speaker on Native American cultural enrichment and he presents at schools, conferences, festivals, fairs, powwows, museums and libraries. He is listed on the Nevada Arts Council's Artist-In-Education and Oregon Arts Commission's Artist-In-Education / Artist-In-Residence rosters. He performed his Oregon Trail presentation for the Trail¹s 150th Anniversary Celebration.
Mr. McCormack weaves red-cedar-flute-playing through the stories. He incorporates rattle, drum and clapper stick with his legends and, as he tells his stories, some have described him as a shape-shifter as he takes the role of one animal or another from dawn-time when the creatures were people.
He was honored at the 1995 Dreamspeaker¹s Festival for his contribution to youth¹s native identity and strengthening indigenous culture through his performances.
This ancestral legendteller won a 1996 Parent¹s Choice Gold Award for his audio recording Tales from Western Tribes and has released a new CD titled Legends From Western Tribes: Revisited.
Tom explains that his stories are given to us by the Creator and flow in harmony with the rhythms and patterns of Mother Earth/Father Sky. In addition, Tom teaches workshops on storytelling through the natural world to teachers and native american educators and is a member of the National Storytelling Association.