William "Hawk" Birdshead facts for kids

Quick facts for kids William Hawk Birdshead
Born	Pine Ridge, South Dakota U.S.
Nationality	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, American
Known for	International Environmentalist - International Suicide Prevention - Humanitarian
Movement	Indigenous Life Movement

William "Hawk" Birdshead (Cheyenne and Arapaho) is an activist who founded Indigenous Life Movement, a media organization. He works in suicide prevention.

Career

At the 2016 Glastonbury Music Festival, he participated as one of the singers in the opening of the festival, and later performed live on the Arcadia Spider Stage with world music performers from Australia, New Zealand and Africa, participating in setting the world record for forming the largest human peace sign. Also in 2016 he toured the United Kingdom as one of the presenters of the film "Awake, A Dream From Standing Rock."

In 2017, Birdshead was a keynote speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference in Rotorua, New Zealand.