Rob Greyhill
Rob Greyhill is a Dine’ Native born and
raised in Round Rock, Arizona, one of several ‘rez
towns’ on the Navaho Reservation. Mr. Greyhill has
successfully bridged two cultures through retaining his cultural
identity while attending Anglo schools, learning the ways of
non-Indian society. Rob is very proud of his heritage, and his
knowledge of his culture is vast. He is respected by Native
people across the reservation for his patience, his willingness
to always help others, and for his ability to teach.
But merely learning about non-Indian society wasn’t enough
for Rob. By the age of 16 he was teaching others of his culture.
Speaking his language fluently, he is also able to take what he
has learned from the non-Indian, and share knowledge with
reservation kids.
His championship dancing and singing have taken him and his
family all across the world, having performed in Japan, Europe,
Central America, and Canada. His musical voice is heard in the
soundtrack to the CBS series “500 Nations” and the
National Park video, “Echoes of Tenaya”. His
spoken work includes voice overs for the McGraw-Hill CD-Rom
Encyclopedia, and radio work. Rob also spent a season with
Michael Martin Murphy’s “WESTFEST” tour.
Rob Greyhill is also an accomplished actor, and is seen in
television productions such as “Touched by an Angel”,
“Last Chance”, and “Miracles and Other
Wonders”. He is also seen as an actor and stunt man on the
large screen, really large screen in several IMAX productions,
and the film, “Mortal Fear”. During the Voices of
Native America Tour, Rob performs as a vocalist and dancer. His
hoop dance, Fancy Dance, Northern Traditional dance styles are a
flurry of color and movement. His voice is one of the ancient
past, beautiful and strong.
With all of his work in the contemporary world, Rob is equally at
home in a hogan on the rez, with frybread cooking on a fire fed
stove. One of his primary goals in life is to assure that his
family is raised with traditional knowledge, both in his
Dine’ culture as well as that of the Ojibway (Canada), from
whom his wife comes. And judging from his daughter’s dancing
abilities, Rob Greyhill is passing his cultural knowledge along
just fine. Hear Rob's traditional Cradleboard Song here...... Rob
is also available for speaking/seminar engagements for youth and
adults alike.
Rob and his wife Penny, performing the Mohawk Partridge Dance in
the Voices of Native
America performance
Rob waiting backstage before performing the Northern Plains Fancy Dance.
Contact Rob Greyhill's representative E-mail Rob here