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John Trudell (1992) with Larry Katz April, 1992 From Los Angeles by phone. Published 2016-02-23 http://web.archive.org/web/20160320063933/http://thekatztapes.com/john-trudell-1992/

As eager as I was to talk to Trudell about “AKA Grafitti Man,” one of that year’s most notable recordings, I did not relish having to ask him about the death of family. I needn’t have worried. Trudell did not flinch. He was a warrior who would not let even the deaths of those closest to him to deter him from his mission; and he was a poet-shaman who found strength putting his and his people’s pain into words.

John Trudell (1998) with Lori Townsend WOJB https://web.archive.org/web/20050305035031/http://www.dickshovel.com/lsa13.html

This interview with WOJB's Lori Townsend took place on Feb. 28, before Trudell performed in concert in Kyle, South Dakota, part of the 25th Anniversary of Wounded Knee