November has been designated Native American Heritage Month. We celebrate this week with a wide selection of music from various North American musicians. Included are great songs from Bill Miller, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joanne Shenandoah and Walela, and we include a wonderful story from Murray Porter and a fiddle tune from Jimmy Larocque. Sample the rich tapestry of music from the First Nations … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton / “Hunter’s Twilight” / Carry the Gift / Canyon
Buffy Sainte-Marie / “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone” / I’m Gonna Be A Country Girl Again /
              Vanguard
Walela with Rita Coolidge / “The Apache Honoring Song” / Tribal Voices / Earthbeat
Bill Miller / “Reservation Road” / Reservation Road-Live / Rosebud

Murray Porter / “Dog Lover” / Legends I Am an Eagle / Curb
Bruce Cockburn / “Hoop Dancer” / The Trouble With Normal / Columbia
R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton / “Hunter’s Twilight” / Carry the Gift / Canyon

Joanne Shenandoah / “Circle of Friendship” / Life Blood / Silver Wave
Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat / “Nendaa-Go Back” / Native America / Putumayo
Jimmie LaRocque / “Road to Batoche” / Wood that Sings / Smithsonian Folkways

Johnny Cash / “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” / Bitter Tears / Columbia
Primeaux & Mike / “Amazing Grace (in Sioux)” / Walk in Beauty / Canyon
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways