He was a preeminent player of the North American Indigenous Flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator.

At the age of five years Locke moved north with his family, later to settle in South Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation in 1966.

It was from his mother, Patricia Locke, his uncle Abraham End-of-Horn, mentor Joe Rock Boy, and many other elders and relatives that Kevin received training in the values, traditions and language of his native Sioux culture.

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Locke learned the hoop dance, which had nearly died out, from Arlo Good Bear, a Mandan Hidatsa Indian from North Dakota.

[6][8] Locke learned the hoop dance, which had nearly died out, from Arlo Good Bear, a Mandan Hidatsa Indian from North Dakota.

[14] Locke was frequently cited as an ambassador of Native American culture to the United States and the world.

[6] He was also on the advisory board of the World Flute Society and the Founding President and Creative Director of the Patricia Locke Foundation (https://patricialockefoundation.org/).