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Events->Art Festival: First Zion Canyon Native Flute School
Posted on Friday, May 23 @ 15:25:00 CDT (2798 reads)

AUTHOR: Bill Brown

Something new is coming to Zion Canyon this summer. The people who brought you the Zion Canyon Art and Flute festival, are now proud to present the first Zion Canyon Native Flute School.

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Musicians: Standing Horse wins Powwow Idol contest
Posted on Thursday, April 03 @ 22:07:16 CDT (1360 reads)

Decades of experience accompanied the first Powwow Idol contest winners. Yet, they have been performing together less than a year.

Standing Horse, a Rapid City-based group, came out on top in a seven-month national online contest involving drum groups from the United States and Canada. The contest goal was to find the best unsigned drum group on the continent.

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Musicians: Jazz legend Hampton had bond with Nez Perce
Posted on Wednesday, January 09 @ 15:31:18 CST (1980 reads)

AUTHOR: Jennifer K. Bauer

Jazz legend Lionel Hampton had a special relationship with the Nez Perce people.

It started near the end of his life, in the 1990s when he was in his 80s and first visited the reservation to perform for school children during the University of Idaho jazz festival.

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Musicians->Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls to give 'Honor Our Earth' benefit concert at Shiprock
Posted on Tuesday, May 08 @ 18:25:36 CDT (2873 reads)

AUTHOR: Amy Maestas, Herald Staff Writer

Contemporary folk/acoustic rock duo the Indigo Girls famously said years ago that they are activists first and musicians second. Their words have trailed them since that declaration, and Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have lived that attitude.

On May 21 in Shiprock, N.M., the Indigo Girls will be throwing their activist support behind the proposed Desert Rock Energy Facility, a coal-fired power plant slated to be built on the Navajo Nation 25 miles southwest of Farmington. Ray and Saliers will perform a benefit concert called Honor the Earth. The intent is to lend support to grass-roots American Indian groups working to prevent the building of Desert Rock.

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Musicians->Alutiiq: Introducing N8V native hard rock band
Posted on Saturday, May 05 @ 13:46:57 CDT (3501 reads)

AUTHOR: Chris Lukin

N8V is a Seattle based original rock band with Chris Lukin - Guitar/Lead Vox, Ray Wagner - Bass, Electric Jake - Lead Guitar/Vox and Bryan Holland - Drums. Ray and Chris are from the Alutiiq (Aleut) Tribe on Kodiak Island in Alaska, where they grew up together in the small fishing village of Port Lions.

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Musicians: 'Sacred Ground' takes home Native American GRAMMY
Posted on Thursday, March 09 @ 18:25:55 CST (4908 reads)

AUTHOR: Gina Mushynsky / Indian Country Today

Familiar names graced the collection of nominees and winners in the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 8

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People->Obituaries: FREDERICK P. WHITEFACE (1922-2002)
Posted on Thursday, May 30 @ 13:36:28 CDT (9941 reads)

KEYWORDS: native american musician native american obituaries Frederick P. Whiteface NAMMYS Native American Music Association South Dakota Lakota musician Native American Music NAMA's 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Best Jazz Artist at the First Native American Music Awards Second Annual Native American Music Awards Third Annual Native American Music Awards The Swing Fantabulous Pine Ridge reservation The Flamingos Dakota Musicians Hall of Fame

SOURCE: The Native American Music Association

FREDERICK P. WHITEFACE (1922-2002). The Native American Music world lost one of its most distinguished talents, elder Frederick P. Whiteface. On Sunday, May 19th at 10:07AM, he died at his home in Rapid City, South Dakota, surrounded by his family.

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Music->Song Lyrics: Blood quantum song lyrics
Posted on Saturday, April 27 @ 13:39:48 CDT (18683 reads)

KEYWORDS: Blood Quantum Indigo Girls native american music White Earth Ojibwe Reservation genocide blood quantum contemporary american indian music song lyric blood quantum song lyrics

SUBMITTED BY: Les Tate

Blood Quantum by the Indigo Girls

blood quantum
you're standing in the blood quantum line
with a pitcher in your hand
poured from your heart into your veins
you said i am
i am
i am

now measure me
measure me
tell me where i stand
allocate my very soul
like you have my land

genocide
genocide

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Crafts-> Drums: How to make a quality hand drum
Posted on Tuesday, February 12 @ 03:21:08 CST (65981 reads)

Keywords: how to make a drum cheap american indian drums hand drum powwow drum pow wow drums make a drum indian musical instruments native american crafts rawhide drum instructions drum hoop cedar drums

The drum has been significant to all native nations for thousands of years. It is a sacred item. The drum is man's connection to the earth, and symbolizes the life force of creation.

For centuries the drum has been used to amplify the voice and synchronize the heart beat of man to the natural rhythms of the earth.

In this article, you will learn how to make your own drum for little or no money.

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Musicians->BlackFire: Black Fire, Navajo musicians
Posted on Wednesday, January 16 @ 00:40:51 CST (8887 reads)

Author: Allen Ignatius Boudreaux III

Black Fire is a trio of Navajo punkers who are basically very underground, very native american, rage against the machine (before Zack Delarocha left).

Except they're better, not because of their music, which was simple, hard, feedback-laden screaming punk rock (plus a small bit of navajo chanting thrown in for variety) and would have been serious mosh pit music back in the day, or even tonight if there had been more than twelve people in the room, all of us old enough to have the "Pits are for kids! I'm too old to slam" mentality.

They're as good or better than Rage because these guys had real live righteous anger, which is something I admire a great deal, and it's always inspiring to see.

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Musicians->M. Andrae: Eight-million-voice petition for peace from the children
Posted on Tuesday, January 15 @ 11:14:50 CST (7564 reads)

Source: WorldSong Entertainment
PRNewswire/ Press Release

The World Largest Concert, recently taped on November 1 & 2, 2001 at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah, is led by the International Youth Choir of Utah, and features special guest Native American (Jicarilla Apache) singer-songwriter Matthew Andrae (WorldSong Entertainment Co-Founder), performing songs for peace.

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Music->NA Radio: Voices from the circle - R. Carlos Nakai and more
Posted on Monday, January 14 @ 22:46:23 CST (6828 reads)

AUTHOR: Eric Martin
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT)

This week, VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE/AIROS listeners can anticipate hearing music and words from across Indian Country.

Tzo Cam starts things off with a “Gathering Song.” Cherokee Rose sings of Eagle in “I Watched Him Fly.” Tha Tribe of Lawrence, KS helps us keep our pow wow ears in shape with “Bird Town Crossing.” The Legends band perform two instrumentals: “Ashtum” and “Wenabeg.”

Then VFTC host Jim DeNomie and co-producer Barbara Jersey present a short interview with R. Carlos Nakai about collaboration, education and global outreach plus two songs from his recent CD release, Through Windows & Walls called “Remember When” and “Walk With Me.”

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Drum Groups: Gathering of the Heartbeat: Indian Women Challenge Tradition
Posted on Friday, December 28 @ 00:46:44 CST (7500 reads)

AUTHOR: Hannah Allam
St. Paul Pioneer Press

When Germaine Tremmel and Sharon Mountain organized "Gathering of the Heartbeat'' in Minneapolis seven years ago, they created an annual retreat where American Indian women could celebrate tradition and challenge taboos by singing around a ceremonial drum.

Dozens of people from across the country and Canada now participate in the annual gathering, kept alive by an increasing number of women turning to the drum and other sacred objects usually reserved for men.

Note: Where do you stand on this issue? We invite your comments. If you aren't a member (it's free to join) or aren't logged in, click on the 'Login/Create Account' link below to leave your comment.

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Music->NA Radio: Earthsongs - Lila Downs
Posted on Sunday, December 23 @ 04:45:36 CST (6088 reads)

AUTHOR: Eric Marten
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT)
Web Communications Specialist
emartin2@unl.edu

Next time on Earthsongs: Modern Music From Native America, new music from Natay, Howard Lyons, Spirit Nation and our feature artist, Lila Downs.

Note: Listen to Indian Radio on the Internet 24 hours a day at nativetelecom.org

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Music->NA Radio: alterNATIVE VOICES Continues to Celebrate the Holidays
Posted on Sunday, December 23 @ 04:32:49 CST (5098 reads)

AUTHOR: alterNative Voices Announcement

AlterNATIVE VOICES continues holiday music selections by Native artists. Vernon and Susanne bring greetings from the Tlingit people with their cultural “12 Days of Christmas” (don’t be frightened, they are not singing).

The Tlingit words are used to explain the importance of the button robe, totem pole, war canoe and hand drum among the 12 gifts.

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