Jane DeCuir is a performance artist, musician and visual artist. She has taught traditional crafts, singing, drumming and movement in various schools since 1993. A Metis (mixed blood ancestry) of Native American (Cherokee, Lakota), European and African heritage, Ms. De Cuir has studied Native American drumming and singing with Richard Dobson, movement and dance with Olivia Corson and Luisah Teish, improv theater with Ruth Zaporah, and voice with Judy Davis. She has also performed in the cross-cultural groups Adesha, Tampat, and Drumfire.