October holds Indigenous People’s Day, and November has been designated Native American Heritage Month. We celebrate both with wide selection of music from various North American musicians. Included are great songs from Bill Miller, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joanne Shenandoah and Walela. There’s 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/”Song”/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