First up we have Samantha Crain, a Choctaw Nation singer-songwriter from Shawnee, Oklahoma, whose music has been featured in numerous movies and television shows. This song (https://youtu.be/d1eNLWgXwaE?si=p-U_yKnjg1yrDRhl) was featured on the MCU show “Echo”
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Samantha Crain sings in Choctaw - When We Remain

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Next we have legendary Shawnee rock and roll rebel Link Wray with “Midnight Lover” (https://youtu.be/-zBhViJYO9M?si=lDmF_obMDrrY-X2L)
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LINK WRAY - Midnight Lover (1975 UK TV performance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~

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Robbie Robertson was of Cayuga and Mohawk descent and was most known for his work in The Band and being a damn great songwriter. Sadly, he passed away last year. Here (https://youtu.be/-cilrRUTbPs?si=nEz-2kUHEIRsT4ks) he’s teamed up with the ladies of Ulali: Pura Fé (Tuscarora and Taíno), Soni Moreno (Mayan, Apache, and Yaqui) and Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora), who have been working in activism and making indigenous centered art and music for nearly 40yrs
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Walfredo Reyes, Jr. w/ Robbie Robertson & Ulali - "Mahk Jchi" (Live)

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Rhiannon Giddens is of Lumbee, Occaneechi & Seminole descent. She is currently the Artistic Director of Silkroad music organization. Her 2023 album “You’re the One” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvg8OOY9nUU7PhkVUmqgPjliuFvpEHAWA&si=IsdfAgIAZH-gZI0-) was one of my favorites of last year
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Digging Roots is the First Nations Canadian husband and wife duo of Raven Kanatakta Polson-Lahache (Anishinabe Algonquin) and ShoShona Kish (Batchewana nation). “Sweetwater” (https://youtu.be/erGq3KUTA9w?si=U8kAPxPDXlvqWZml) is one of their most well known songs
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Sweetwater - Digging Roots (Live at The Axis Club in Toronto)

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Lyla June (Diné/Navajo and Tsétsêhéstâhese) and Desirae Harp (Onacáṭis) (https://youtu.be/ImvLj6umkOc?si=q3mirda-IBINHbMl) are musicians, activists and scholars whose art and work focuses on Indigenous revitalization, environmentalism and community building
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"Time Traveler" -Lyla June + Desirae Harp - Re:Promoting Music Video

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Raye Zaragoza (Oʼodham) (https://youtu.be/RNMi9rG5dE0?si=m3z_gVm7SnU0fyEK) is a Mestiza-Japanese American singer-songwriter and environmentalist who released her third album “Hold that Spirit” last year (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nMjVWV4Zg9uVcp4plwcrV-1qXfS2slzRc&si=eYfifkeolfuBk3t9)
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Raye Zaragoza - Hold That Spirit (Lyric video)

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Taboo (https://youtu.be/-NswV2aRXko?si=WoVyjes_QQqAFMT_) is a Mestizo American dancer, activist and musician of Shoshone descent whose work is known for emphasizing positivity.
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Taboo - TRANSM1T (Official Video)

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DJ Shub (Kanien'kehà:ka/Mohawk) is a DJ and producer who is a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River. He’s a former member of The Halluci Nation FKA A Tribe Called Red. “Indomitable” (https://youtu.be/qTJvpfkRRdA?si=l4qmdrCMuTIXmflF) sees him team up with the collective Northern Cree Singers
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DJ Shub - Indomitable ft. Northern Cree Singers (Official Video)

Winner: Best Music Video, 2017 Native American Music AwardsNominee: Best EDM/Dance Video, 2017 Much Music Video AwardsDJ Shub "Indomitbale ft. Northern Cree ...

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Romeo Void (https://youtu.be/KeVPaxfNsKQ?si=BBRrFYc_kS2pdtl6)’s lead singer is Cowlitz nation artist Debora Iyall. She’s a former docent for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. If you’ve never listened to Romeo Void before you should definitely get on it!
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Romeo Void - Say No (Video)

Music video by Romeo Void performing Say No. (C) 1984 Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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Mildred Bailey AKA "The Queen of Swing" was a star of jazz and radio from the Coeur d'Alene people of Northwestern Idaho, where she grew up on the rez. Here she is with the aptly named “Born to Swing” (https://youtu.be/T8YXKIdsd1g?si=Fo4tzU7hiU_ZlrWu)
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Born to Swing

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Returning is Halluci Nation FKA A Tribe Called Red AKA Tim "2oolman" Hill (Mohawk and Six Nations of the Grand River), and Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas (Cayuga First Nation). Joining them are the First Nations collective The Black Bear Singers (https://youtu.be/t-4XlYv-gbs?si=FIXZ_lB_v5i5vBYL)
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The Halluci Nation - Indian City Ft. Black Bear (Official Music Video)

Get "We Are The Halluci Nation" now: http://smarturl.it/ATCRHalluciNationCheck out our 360 VR Video for Indian City! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeGk8qn...

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Princess Nokia is a queer, nonbinary (they/she) afro-indigenous rapper and singer-songwriter “Brujas” (https://youtu.be/iUcAPCxrSQs?si=kvIceWgKayUhdoJ0) is from their excellent 2017 mixtape “1992 Deluxe” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVdoVXxOoirKQT777toY_nYPnMOu58SRc&si=A2BsqxJfnIiygFS5)
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BRUJAS - PRINCESS NOKIA

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Redbone (https://youtu.be/Oxibgkb3RFY?si=2bmFlZwba5TwKy6B) Brothers Pat and Lolly Vasquez-Vegas (Yaqui, Shoshone & Mestizo), Tony Bellamy (Yaqui-Mestizo) & Peter DePoe (Southern Cheyenne, Turtle Mountain Chippewa&Rogue River/Siletz) They are the most popular all indigenous rock band to date
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Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (1971)

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Dark Water Rising - "Backbone" - NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest Entry

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Thrash metal legends Testament are led by Pomo nation singer Chuck Billy. “Native Blood” (https://youtu.be/l5Ibm8mjSek?si=5EZjmfC9NX0IyjQV) is one of a few of their songs that he’s written about his heritage.
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TESTAMENT - Native Blood (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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The Queen of Rock ‘n Roll Tina Turner was partially of Cherokee and Navajo descent. Here she is with a medley of a few of her biggest hits (https://youtu.be/46aWjIwsy68?si=SXi_0VKrbKJLWZ9x)
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Tina Turner - Medley

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A few months back #RetroView had a tribute to Tina Turner featuring her phenomenal 2000 concert from Wembley Stadium (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfskJpUBDJ4_ZBw7emvuvHRe&si=yFQ1O8t3LlQEULdh)
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Bluesman Howlin’ Wolf was of Afro-Choctaw descent. Prepare to have your mind blown by “Smokestack Lightning” (https://youtu.be/HTDjD_UdJYs?si=dkAUxhvHpaMrvLfP)
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Howlin' Wolf "Smokestack Lightning" Live 1964 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)

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Thrash Metal band Anthrax has been led by Haudenosaunee/Iroquois nation, multiple Grammy nominee vocalist and drummer Joey Belladonna for most of their storied career. Here they are with the Belladonna penned track “Indians” (https://youtu.be/nbcL6GZGmkw?si=8leM6tnzzVyOQ8Lu)
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Anthrax - Indians [Oidivnikufesin N.F.V. 1987]

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Mink DeVille is an early punk band headed up by Pequot descent singer-songwriter Willy DeVille. “Cadillac Walk” (https://youtu.be/s_7hLailRNE?si=VutKSpq3NDedPb0a) is one of their most well known songs
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Mink DeVille - Cadillac Walk

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John Trudell (Santee Dakȟóta) and Jesse Ed Davis (Comanche Nation with Muscogee and Seminole ancestry) with the track “Rocking the Res” (https://youtu.be/ElrSS_f2-is?si=b3JwAV6kJYq_8tJB) from their 1992 album “AKA Grafitti Man”
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Rockin the Res

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Pamyua is a Yup'ik-Inuit performance group and educational collective based in Anchorage, Alaska. This (https://youtu.be/Ynto_q2oeKw?si=YAc1-2PJnX1Jp72q) is one of their more mellow songs
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Pamyua (Live)

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Robert Mirabal is a Tiwa Puebloan artist and flute maker from New Mexico. “The Dance” (https://youtu.be/55m_xMBtNlA?si=Fjl-h2VWpaRvepGP) is from his PBS television special “music from a Painted Cave”
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01 Robert Mirabal - The Dance

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Nokie Edwards (https://youtu.be/dl5SZsTDr-k?si=rfpvpFwOYfxLg9Et) was a Cherokee musican who is mainly known for being part of the band The Ventures. He’s so known for his confident guitar stylings that in Japan he’s known as “The King of Guitars”
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Nokie Edwards - The House Of The Rising Sun, guitar instrumental pop rock song official music video

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And finally, Afro-Cherokee guitar legend Jimi Hendrix and his band live in Maui with the song “Voodoo Child” (https://youtu.be/qFfnlYbFEiE?si=v5RKcN-rz9MiOl2U)
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Live In Maui, 1970)

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