Halluci Nation AKA Tim "2oolman" Hill (Mohawk and Six Nations of the Grand River), & Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas (Cayuga First Nation) w/“Mother Mother” (https://youtu.be/UDbmlbSyM1A?si=cmyx3WGgCJqvWTFe) from 2021’s “One More Saturday Night” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kACsSF__CqglIrsi8ECTxkeOXg9_ByKpY&si=nJz9LhhUec06CxDs)
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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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Rhiannon Giddens is of Lumbee, Occaneechi & Seminole descent. She is currently the Artistic Director of Silkroad music organization. “Pumpkin Pie” (https://youtu.be/EpVNpMNt0Pw?si=vqaVJhnDvO9WfBor) is from her recent album “What Did the Black Bird Say to the Crow” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_noukRPohBTIhgldvyc-F7-n3IrMIrnJfw&si=FZ4-C6nK8stVbJju)
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Afro-Cherokee Original Bad Girl of Rock & Roll” Ronnie Spector with “I Can Hear Music” (https://youtu.be/6mjf-ocET7M?si=lJCvZ-1ii3XFIU6_)
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Stevie Salas is a funk guitarist of Apache ancestry. He’s the former advisor of contemporary music at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. “The Grooveline” (https://youtu.be/jcQhNtpjJXM?si=0DqXZcJK519kBk8w) is from 1994’s “Electric Pow Wow” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR8VbKBFqaE0ew8YYGrvKWduEq-E0zBob&si=lJ31rO6mnSFj_au2)
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Princess Nokia is a queer, nonbinary (they/she) afro-indigenous musician. “Kitana” (https://youtu.be/Ll0XbB3GxuA?si=-YNbyjM1eSTlb-mp) is from 2017’s “1992 Deluxe” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVdoVXxOoirKQT777toY_nYPnMOu58SRc&si=wlIt9cYNhjNQXajh)
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Mestizo-Shoshone American dancer, activist and musician Taboo is mostly known for his work w/The Black Eyed Peas but “Zumbao” (https://youtu.be/8Jc3WEdh6eM?si=4I6VDtr8QboMZNuj) is from his 2014 solo album of the same name.
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Gun-for-hire guitarist Jesse Ed Davis was Comanche Nation with Muscogee and Seminole ancestry. This is one of his many collaborations with Taj Mahal (https://youtu.be/oz3HZCGMzqU?si=6vIOZDJxxw6iE8de)
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Haudenosaunee/Iroquois nation vocalist and drummer Joey Belladonna is mostly known his work with Anthrax. Chief Big Way is one his many side projects. This is their cover of Black Sabbath’s “Heaven and Hell” (https://youtu.be/wy79fIULevM?si=wqzMwa4-4Pk10Gld)
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And finally, here’s Afro-Cherokee guitar icon Jimi Hendrix with a 1969 version of “Ezy Ryder” (https://youtu.be/EdkJ_1HXi0g?si=JAr_8Y08DRrbeGgK)
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@analgesicsleep This was a hit in the mid 70's for someone else. #retroview