Native American flutist, dancer, artist, educator and actor Robert "Tree" Cody has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Scandinavia, East Asia, Central and South America. The six-foot-ten inch "Tree," as friends and relatives know him, is very active on the powwow circuit today as a northern traditional dancer and at times arena director or master of ceremonies. An enrolled member of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Community and of Dakota heritage, Cody has lectured nationally and internationally on Native American dance and music at many reservations, museums, schools, universities and colleges.

A versatile flute player and a gifted singer, Cody has recorded 12 albums on the Canyon Records label. In 2000, his collaboration with Xavier Quijas Yxayotl of the Huichol Nation in Mexico, Crossroads, Music of Indigenous North America, was nominated for the Native American Category of the Indie Awards. His sixth album, Maze, won the 1999 Native American Music Award for Best New Age Album. His album with world-renowned Flamenco guitarist Ruben Romero, Native Flamenco, won 2000 Native American Music Awards for both World and Latin music. His newest album, Reflections, is a collaboration with Native American flautist Hovia S. Edwards.