Spoke only the Cherokee language prior to attending grade school.

Performs bass in a six-piece band called Firecat of Discord. His wife Maura is a lead vocalist. They primarily do original music.

Two children, by wife Rebecca Graves, named Daniel and Leah.

One child by wife Maura Dhu, named Kholan.

Attended Chilocco Indian School in northern Oklahoma; studied at Tulsa Junior College.

He attended and was a mentor at the 2nd annual HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, Montana, in October 2005. HatcH is a film and arts festival whose mission is to provide mentorship, education, inspiration, and recognition to the next generation of creative innovators.

Frequently plays Native Americans who are both strong and proud, almost to a sense of arrogance.

Is an American Indian of the Cherokee Nation.

Uncle of Delanna Studi.

Drafted into the army in 1967, he served 18 months in South Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta.