Jack Gladstone was born in Seattle, Washington, to a Montana Blackfeet father and a German American mother and was immersed in the rich oral tradition of the American West. He graduated from the University of Washington with a major in communication. His great, great grandfather Red Crow, a legendary chief of the Blood Tribe, was a great warrior and orator.

Jack preserves their history and culture through the interweaving of traditional storytelling, historical narrative, and song. He founded a lecture series focusing on Blackfeet history and culture in Glacier National Park that was presented an award for “excellence in the interpretation of American Indian culture” by the Council for American Indian Interpretation.

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