![]() The Feather Pipe workshop lasted two weeks and it was here, amidst players much more technically versed in music, where Charles learned one of the best lessons regarding the traditional flute: that playing from the heart and spirit is where some of the most beautiful Native American flute music will come from. The following year, Nakai held one of the first Native American flute workshops at the Feathered Pipe Ranch in Helena, Montana and invited Charles to attend. Nakai's gift was intended to encourage Charles to learn the instrument. In 1992, Charles received a flute from well-known Native American flutist, R. ![]() Each instrument is handmade with love and care, never massed produced, and deliver the warmest sounding spirit in today's flute market. ![]() Although his works of art are widely recognized for their visual beauty, it is Charles' flute making precision and musician quality tuning most noted around the world. Charles is also an Honorary Member of the Piikani Nation Blackfoot Band in Brocket, Alberta, Canada, and son of the late Chief Jack Littleleaf. Award-winning Native American flute maker and recording artist, Charles Littleleaf, is an enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in the state of Oregon.
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