--- title: Native Hope Blog | Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy description: A Crow Creek Dakota, Cheyenne River Lakhota, Talon Bazille is a performing artist, rapper and poet with over 10 self-produced albums released and available online (www.bazilledx.bandcamp.com). A 2015 alum of the University of Pennsylvania, he holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Bazille currently runs a free recording studio for his community, “Wonahun Was’te’ Records” which can be followed at www.facebook.com/CCSTStudios, while working as a TRIO Educational Talent Search Advisor for Crow Creek Tribal School. --- [![NatHopewhitelogo-vertical-1](https://blog.nativehope.org/hubfs/NatHopewhitelogo-vertical-1.svg "NatHopewhitelogo-vertical-1")](https://www.nativehope.org/) - [The Native Story](http://www.nativehope.org/the-native-story) - [Reflecting On Our Foundations](http://www.nativehope.org/native-american-history) - [Understanding the Destruction](http://www.nativehope.org/native-americans-today) - [Building a Hopeful Future](http://www.nativehope.org/building-a-hopeful-future) - [About Us](http://www.nativehope.org/about-us) - [Our Work](http://www.nativehope.org/our-work) - [Hope Reports](http://www.nativehope.org/hope-reports) - [Fellowship](http://www.nativehope.org/fellows) - Voices of Indian Country - [Blog](https://blog.nativehope.org) - [Resources](https://pages.nativehope.org/native-hope-resource-library) - [MMIW](http://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw) - [Podcast](https://pages.nativehope.org/podcasts) # [Voices of Indian Country](https://blog.nativehope.org) ### Native Hope Blog - [Cultural Awareness and Revitalization](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/cultural-awareness-and-revitalization) - [Health and Wellness](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/health-and-wellness) - [Community Impact](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/community-impact) - [Culture and Identity](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/culture-and-identity) - [Native Hope Fellows](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/native-hope-fellows) - [Stories of Hope](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/stories-of-hope) - [Education and Youth Empowerment](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/education-and-youth-empowerment) - [Hope/Impact Reports](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/hope-impact-reports) - [Culture](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/culture) - [Challenges](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/challenges) - [Leadership](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/leadership) - [History](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/history) - [Profiles](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/profiles) ![](https://blog.nativehope.org/hubfs/richard_son_bowmaker.jpg) ##### FEATURED POST ## Connection and Empowerment for Native People: The Teachings of the Bow and Arrow Most Americans think of the bow and arrow as a tool for hunting or sports. But writer and craftsman Joseph Marshall III has always seen the bow and arrow as a source of spiritual guidance. In Lakota c... [READ MORE](https://blog.nativehope.org/connection-and-empowerment-through-the-teachings-of-the-bow-and-arrow) ### TOPICS - [Education](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/education) - [Community Outreach](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/community-outreach) - [Health and Wellness](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/health-and-wellness) - [Victim Support](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/victim-support) VIEW ALL ### Popular Posts ## Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy A Crow Creek Dakota, Cheyenne River Lakhota, Talon Bazille is a performing artist, rapper and poet with over 10 self-produced albums released and available online (www.bazilledx.bandcamp.com). A 2015 alum of the University of Pennsylvania, he holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Bazille currently runs a free recording studio for his community, “Wonahun Was’te’ Records” which can be followed at www.facebook.com/CCSTStudios, while working as a TRIO Educational Talent Search Advisor for Crow Creek Tribal School. ### Recent Posts [Education](https://blog.nativehope.org/topic/education) [![MNV 2015](https://blog.nativehope.org/hubfs/Blog/MNV%202015.jpg)](https://blog.nativehope.org/music-is-medicine) ### [Music Is Medicine: The Journey and Conception of Wonahun Was’te’ Records](https://blog.nativehope.org/music-is-medicine) [Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy](https://blog.nativehope.org/author/talon-bazille-ducheneaux-shootstheenemy) Special thanks to Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy for sharing his story below. When I began my journey as a “hip hop artist” I honestly didn’t think it would take me anywhere. I was highly inf... 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