Black Belt Eagle Scout
Photo: Evan Atwood
Image description: KP stands on the shore of a river, behind branches of a conifer tree in the foreground, standing with one foot on a log and the other on the shoreline. Behind her is a large river and another shoreline across the body of water. KP is wearing a pink tunic shirt with black shorts and brown boots.
My name is Katherine Paul and I am Black Belt Eagle Scout. I grew up on the Swinomish Indian Reservation in NW Washington state, learning to play piano, guitar and drums in my adolescent years. The very first form of music that I can remember experiencing was the sound of my dad singing native chants to coo me to sleep as a baby. I grew up around powwows and the songs my grandfather and grandmother sang with my family in their drum group. This is what shapes how I create music: with passion and from the heart.