They’re joined by: Gitxsan Nation emcee The Northwest Kid, The Aniishinaabeg family drum group Chippewa Travellers and Jamaican-Canadian poet Lillian Allen and Black Canadian punk rocker SATE
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Angel Haze is an agender queer rapper and singer-songwriter of Afro-Cherokee descent. They are self taught in the Cherokee language and frequently center their work on Black and Afo-Indigenous issues& perspectives. “Babe Ruthless” (https://youtu.be/613ssWCJiX8?si=JtBMibbqwLJlw9mM) is from their 2017 album “Back to the Woods” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZb1PRd4wH1Retj9Z35KnfxjFF1HWCiBA&si=8oYl4CSl3ZA44Im1) lately, they’ve been modeling but I hope for new music
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Redbone is the most popular all-indigenous band to date. Led by brothers Pat and Lolly Vasquez-Vegas (Yaqui, Shoshone & Mestizo), Tony Bellamy (Yaqui-Mestizo) & Peter DePoe (Southern Cheyenne, Turtle Mountain Chippewa&Rogue River/Siletz) this is “One More Time” (https://youtu.be/2sLPiasQgGE?si=56ylSBA4JTZNZU7T) from 1974’s “Beaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lsx3xil42i_CQlgZnq8yZJ4V6W-5JgHCw&si=N4ctqQK_hkFItOCH)
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Cowlitz nation artist Debora Iyall of Romeo Void fame. She’s also a former museum docent for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum! “Another Heartbeat” (https://youtu.be/LA5JnCbpero?si=k_q1aRyuU9K3M2rg) if from her e1986 solo album “Strange Language” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lFNDXQm3TfS7b6a5C16Mf0yjqrZrt_JBQ&si=xkGQ1okdfJhGnTw8)
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Choctaw Nation singer-songwriter from Shawnee, Oklahoma Samantha Crain is a favorite of mine. “Dragon Fly” (https://youtu.be/9FxsG4N0Chc?si=5gk2ZpFGp53mF8Ot) is from 2025’s “Gumshoe” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kgCX9W9yBVqqJgtPJCbg_9nit_2BUmMBc&si=-S_3shYBRkfGGyHh)
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Coeur d'Alene people of Northwestern Idaho’s own “Queen of Swing” Mildred Bailey with “Doin’ the Uptown Lowdown” (https://youtu.be/6zXZykVMGHo?si=P6d4IZilc636p6Vp)
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Afro-Choctaw blues legend Howlin’ Wolf with one of his signature songs “Howlin’ Wolf Boogie” (https://youtu.be/Gp8WTX2q8ck?si=JQCW_u0c_AIUTLJt)
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Mink DeVille is a proto-punk band headed up by Pequot descent singer-songwriter Willy DeVille. Here’re their ultra-cool cover of “Stand By Me” (https://youtu.be/fPzNE6ohPwo?si=xPmGzs46wG2TG1Rp)
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Here’s a beautiful video for “You Driving Me Crazy” (https://youtu.be/tdVkFmBkbRY?si=pXVioExU5R2c81bS) from Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada powwow collective The Northern Cree Singers. They are the only traditional Canadian Indigenous group to be nominated for a Grammy!
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Julie Keefe (Nez Perce) Indigenous Big Band features the work of musicians & composers from all over Indian Country. Here they are with a composition by Delbert Anderson (Diné) “Attention” (https://youtu.be/_H0w5LAyzYo?si=ie7exHyKMyYqlIkF)
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And now for something completely different: Yup'ik-Inuit performance group and educational collective based in Anchorage, Alaska Pamyua. This is their performance at the 2016 Native American Music Awards (https://youtu.be/_JT6ffi7yus?si=OqJ5ePv2SLtNN-by)
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Keeping with the Jazz-y vibes, here’s Louis Armstrong with “Basin Street Blues” (https://youtu.be/iIRX4yeySIg?si=P63xlktgbF6wBfq4) featuring the trombone work of Pima tribe jazzman “Big Chief" Russell Moore. He was primarily a gun-for-hire but his main gig was with Louis Armstrong
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