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Jim Pepper-Quebec City Powwow circa 1980. Caren Knight Pepper on left.
Powwow singers are Yellowhammer (Ponca)
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Book 1: Place - Oregon/Pacific Northwest
Artists From Oregon Tribes
Pete (Last Walking Bear) DePoe - Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Quiltman Sahme - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Acosia Red Elk - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Santiam Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
James Edmund Greeley - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs / Hopi
Scott Kalama - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Oregon-based Artists from other Tribes
Rick Bartow - Mad River Band of the Wiyot Tribe
Gary Ogan - Cherokee Nation
Jim Pepper - Kaw Nation/Muscogee (Creek)
Artists from Pacific Northwest Tribes
John Angaiak - Yup'ik People
Mildred Bailey - Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Jim Boyd - Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Inez Jasper - Stรณ:lล Nation
Julia Keefe - Nez Perce Tribe
Calina Lawrence - Suquamish Tribe
Katherine Paul - Swinomish, Iรฑupiaq
Dr. Jacqueline Wilson PhD - Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Khu.eex - (Intertribal Band)
Pacific Northwest-based Artists from other Tribes
Dr. John-Carlos Perea PhD - Mescalero Apache Tribe
Jimi Hendrix - Cherokee ancestry
Book 2: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 1
Rumble - The Indians Who Rocked the World
Link Wray - Shawnee ancestry - guitarist, inventor of the power chord
Maria Tallchief - Osage Nation โ Americaโs first major prima ballerina
Jesse Ed Davis - Kiowa Tribe/Comanche Nation โ guitarist, recording artist
Robbie Robertson - Mohawk Tribe โ bandleader, film/TV soundtrack composer
Joy Harjo - Muscogee (Creek) Nation โ U.S. Poet Laureate โ 3 terms
Raven Chacon - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation โ 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
โUncleโ Jimi Hendrix - Cherokee ancestry - guitarist, bandleader
Tribute covers of Jimi Hendrix songs - To refer to someone as โUncleโ or โAuntโ or โAuntieโ in Indian Country is about respect and honoring.
Micki Free - Cherokee/Comanche - Voodoo Child/Red House/Hear My Train A-Cominโ
Derek Miller - Six Nations of the Grand River - Voodoo Child
Mato Nanji - Yankton Sioux - Red House/Hear My Train A-Cominโ/ Voodoo Child/Little Wing
Cameron Osceola - Seminole Tribe of Florida - Little Wing/Voodoo Child
Levi Platero - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation - Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun/Angel/Red House/Voodoo Child
Stevie Salas - Mescalero Apache - Little Wing
Book 3: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 2
The Cody Blackbird Band - (Intertribal Band)
Connor Chee - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation
Rita Coolidge - Cherokee ancestry
Willie Dunn - Miโkmaq First Nation
Pura Fรฉ - Tuscarora Deer Clan/Taino
The Halluci Nation - (Intertribal Band)
Jeremiah Manitopyes (Drezus) - Plains Cree
Mali Obomsawin - Odanak First Nation
Redbone - (Intertribal Band)
Joanne Shenandoah - Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan
Supaman - Apsรกalooke (Crow) Nation
John Trudell - Santee Dakota (Sioux) Nation
Frank Waln - Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
Book 4: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 3
Susan Aglukark - Inuit/Inuk
Delbert Anderson - Dinรฉ (Navajo)
Michael Bucher - Cherokee Nation
Gary Farmer - Cayuga Nation/Wolf Clan
Annie Humphrey - Ojibwe
Charly Lowry - Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina/Tuscarora
Jana Mashonee - Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina/Tuscarora
Nataanii Means - Oglala Lakota
R. Carlos Nakai - Dinรฉ (Navajo)
Laura Ortman - White Mountain Apache
Joe Rainey - Red Lake Ojibwe
Keith Secola - Anishinaabe (Anishinabek Nation)
Arigon Starr - Kickapoo
Fawn Wood - Cree
Tia Wood - Cree
XIT - (Intertribal Band)
Book 5: The Ancestors
Charlie Patton (1891-1934) - Cherokee Nation
Russell "Big Chief" Moore (1912-1983) - Pima
Oscar Pettiford (1922-1960) - Choctaw
Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) - Osage Nation
Peter LaFarge (1931-1965) - Narragansett
Tommy Allsup (1931-2017) - Cherokee Nation
โDocโ Tate Nevaquaya (1932-1996) - Comanche Nation
Don Cherry (1936-1995) - Choctaw
Floyd Red Crow Westerman (1936-2007) - Sisseton-Wapheton Sioux
Jimmy Carl Black (1938-2008) - Cheyenne Tribe
Richie Valens (1941-1959) - Yaqui
Jim Pepper (1941-1992) - Kaw Nation
Willie Dunn (1941-2013) - Miโkmaq First Nation
Robbie Robertson (1943-2023) - Mohawk Tribe
Tom Bee (1941-2024) - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation
Jesse Ed Davis (1944-1988) - Kiowa Tribe
John Trudell (1946-2015) - Santee Dakota (Sioux) Nation
Buddy Red Bow (1948-1993) - Lakota
Randy Castillo (1950-2002) - Apache
Joanne Shenandoah (1958-2021) - Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan
Joseph Firecrow (1959-2017) - Cheyenne Tribe
Vince Fontaine (1959-2022) - Sagkeeng First Nation
Speak/Sing Nativeโข Artist Archive
Search results will appear here...
Jim Pepper-Quebec City Powwow circa 1980. Caren Knight Pepper on left.
Powwow singers are Yellowhammer (Ponca)
Click on an artist or use the search box to learn more about Native American Musicians.
Book 1: Place - Oregon/Pacific Northwest
Artists From Oregon Tribes
Pete (Last Walking Bear) DePoe - Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Quiltman Sahme - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Acosia Red Elk - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Jan Michael Looking Wolf - Santiam Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
James Edmund Greeley - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs / Hopi
Scott Kalama - Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Oregon-based Artists from other Tribes
Rick Bartow - Mad River Band of the Wiyot Tribe
Gary Ogan - Cherokee Nation
Jim Pepper - Kaw Nation/Muscogee (Creek)
Artists from Pacific Northwest Tribes
John Angaiak - Yup'ik People
Mildred Bailey - Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Jim Boyd - Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Inez Jasper - Stรณ:lล Nation
Julia Keefe - Nez Perce Tribe
Calina Lawrence - Suquamish Tribe
Katherine Paul - Swinomish, Iรฑupiaq
Dr. Jacqueline Wilson PhD - Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Khu.eex - (Intertribal Band)
Pacific Northwest-based Artists from other Tribes
Dr. John-Carlos Perea PhD - Mescalero Apache Tribe
Jimi Hendrix - Cherokee ancestry
Book 2: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 1
Rumble - The Indians Who Rocked the World
Link Wray - Shawnee ancestry - guitarist, inventor of the power chord
Maria Tallchief - Osage Nation โ Americaโs first major prima ballerina
Jesse Ed Davis - Kiowa Tribe/Comanche Nation โ guitarist, recording artist
Robbie Robertson - Mohawk Tribe โ bandleader, film/TV soundtrack composer
Joy Harjo - Muscogee (Creek) Nation โ U.S. Poet Laureate โ 3 terms
Raven Chacon - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation โ 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
โUncleโ Jimi Hendrix - Cherokee ancestry - guitarist, bandleader
Tribute covers of Jimi Hendrix songs - To refer to someone as โUncleโ or โAuntโ or โAuntieโ in Indian Country is about respect and honoring.
Micki Free - Cherokee/Comanche - Voodoo Child/Red House/Hear My Train A-Cominโ
Derek Miller - Six Nations of the Grand River - Voodoo Child
Mato Nanji - Yankton Sioux - Red House/Hear My Train A-Cominโ/ Voodoo Child/Little Wing
Cameron Osceola - Seminole Tribe of Florida - Little Wing/Voodoo Child
Levi Platero - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation - Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun/Angel/Red House/Voodoo Child
Stevie Salas - Mescalero Apache - Little Wing
Book 3: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 2
The Cody Blackbird Band - (Intertribal Band)
Connor Chee - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation
Rita Coolidge - Cherokee ancestry
Willie Dunn - Miโkmaq First Nation
Pura Fรฉ - Tuscarora Deer Clan/Taino
The Halluci Nation - (Intertribal Band)
Jeremiah Manitopyes (Drezus) - Plains Cree
Mali Obomsawin - Odanak First Nation
Redbone - (Intertribal Band)
Joanne Shenandoah - Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan
Supaman - Apsรกalooke (Crow) Nation
John Trudell - Santee Dakota (Sioux) Nation
Frank Waln - Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
Book 4: Relatives/Relations/Trade Routes, part 3
Susan Aglukark - Inuit/Inuk
Delbert Anderson - Dinรฉ (Navajo)
Michael Bucher - Cherokee Nation
Gary Farmer - Cayuga Nation/Wolf Clan
Annie Humphrey - Ojibwe
Charly Lowry - Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina/Tuscarora
Jana Mashonee - Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina/Tuscarora
Nataanii Means - Oglala Lakota
R. Carlos Nakai - Dinรฉ (Navajo)
Laura Ortman - White Mountain Apache
Joe Rainey - Red Lake Ojibwe
Keith Secola - Anishinaabe (Anishinabek Nation)
Arigon Starr - Kickapoo
Fawn Wood - Cree
Tia Wood - Cree
XIT - (Intertribal Band)
Book 5: The Ancestors
Charlie Patton (1891-1934) - Cherokee Nation
Russell "Big Chief" Moore (1912-1983) - Pima
Oscar Pettiford (1922-1960) - Choctaw
Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) - Osage Nation
Peter LaFarge (1931-1965) - Narragansett
Tommy Allsup (1931-2017) - Cherokee Nation
โDocโ Tate Nevaquaya (1932-1996) - Comanche Nation
Don Cherry (1936-1995) - Choctaw
Floyd Red Crow Westerman (1936-2007) - Sisseton-Wapheton Sioux
Jimmy Carl Black (1938-2008) - Cheyenne Tribe
Richie Valens (1941-1959) - Yaqui
Jim Pepper (1941-1992) - Kaw Nation
Willie Dunn (1941-2013) - Miโkmaq First Nation
Robbie Robertson (1943-2023) - Mohawk Tribe
Tom Bee (1941-2024) - Dinรฉ (Navajo) Nation
Jesse Ed Davis (1944-1988) - Kiowa Tribe
John Trudell (1946-2015) - Santee Dakota (Sioux) Nation
Buddy Red Bow (1948-1993) - Lakota
Randy Castillo (1950-2002) - Apache
Joanne Shenandoah (1958-2021) - Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan
Joseph Firecrow (1959-2017) - Cheyenne Tribe
Vince Fontaine (1959-2022) - Sagkeeng First Nation
Speak/Sing Nativeโข Artist Archive
Search results will appear here...
Jim Pepper-Quebec City Powwow circa 1980. Caren Knight Pepper on left.
Powwow singers are Yellowhammer (Ponca)