Tall Paul

Hip Hop Artist

Tall Paul is an Anishinaabe and Oneida Hip-Hop artist enrolled on the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota. He's based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a prolific producer and known in the underground and Indigenous circuits. He is also one half of the Indigenous hip-hop duo Point of Contact. 

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Works
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Interviews
Paul Wendell Jr. Loops, Dance-Offs and Ojibwe Verse: Native Creators Remix Old And New

Rapper Tall Paul uses hip-hop to reclaim his Native language—and he's not the only musician remixing Native culture.
Jim Thorpe on the football field, the Olympic track, and the baseball diamond. Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete who ever lived?

Drawn from conversations with hip-hop artist Tall Paul, journalist Patty Loew and biographer David Maraniss, we hear stories from the NFL, from baseball, and, of course, from what made Thorpe a legend —the 1912 Olympic Games.
Drawings of Jim Thorpe The white man's trophy

During his traditional Sac and Fox funeral in Oklahoma, Jim Thorpe's body was stolen and sold to a small Pennsylvania town. His body is still there as a trophy and tourist trap. Native American activist Suzan Shown Harjo tells the story.
Jim Thorpe (left) and Tall Paul (right) on the cover of Tall Paul's latest album. Indigenous excellence: Hip hop and the legacy of Jim Thorpe

Tall Paul is an Anishinaabe and Oneida rapper enrolled on the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota. His new album is called "The Story of Jim Thorpe." Charles Monroe-Kane spoke with him about Thorpe’s legacy, sports and hip-hop.
Jim Thorpe and his fellow players in a snowstorm A hero who looks like me

Jim Thorpe was stripped of the Olympic gold medals awarded to him in 1912, but activists finally got them back in 2022. Today, Thorpe's legacy is about more than medals or even correcting historic wrongs — young Native Americans are looking to him for inspiration.
Shows
Writing the future New Voices in Native American Writing
Writing poems The Poem is You: New Voices in American Poetry
Websites
tallpaulhiphop.bandcamp.com
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