Gayle Ross

During the past twenty years, Ross has become one of the best-loved and most respected storytellers to emerge from the current surge of interest in this timeless art form. She has appeared at almost every major storytelling and folk festival in the United States and Canada, as well as performance arts halls and theaters throughout the U.S. and Europe, often appearing with some of today's finest Native American musicians and dancers. She is great demand as a lecture artist on college campuses; and she continues to mesmerize children at countless schools and libraries across the country.

Whether she is provoking laughter with a "true" tale of Texas or moving her many listeners to tears with a haunting Native American legend, Ross is a master of the age-old craft of storytelling. The prestigious National Council of Traditional Arts has included Gayle in two of their touring shows: "The Master Storytellers Tour" and the all Indian show, "From the Plains to the Pueblos".

She was invited by Vice President Al Gore to perform at a gala at his residence entitled "A Taste of Tennessee" and was the only Native American speaker chosen by the White House to appear in the giant Millennium on the Mall celebration in Washington D. C. As the author of five critically acclaimed children's books, Gayle has been invited to speak at the American Library Association, the International Reading Association and the International Board of Books for Young People. In 1995, she was featured in two hour long segments of the award winning documentary "How the West Was Lost" on the Discovery Channel and her stories are heard often on National Public Radio on such programs as "Living on the Earth" and "Mountain Stages." From the kindergarten classroom to the Kennedy Center to the college campus, Ross' stories have enthralled audiences of all ages.