Max Yamane

Maxwell Yamane (“yah-mah-nay”; he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include Indigenous language reclamation and music (primarily among the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma), powwow, and Indigenous protest music. His dissertation examines how music, particularly Kiowa Christian hymns, play a key role in the resurgence of Kiowa language and identity. Maxwell’…