Speak/Sing Native™ Artist Archive
Keith Secola
Anishinaabe (Anishinabek Nation)
Keith Secola was born in 1957 in Cook, Minnesota. He graduated from Mesabi Community College with a degree in Public Service in 1979, and completed a BA in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota in 1982. He is married and has two children.
Secola is an accomplished artist, garnering awards and accolades as a musician, a singer, a songwriter, a composer, a bandleader and a producer.
He is highly skilled with the guitar, flute, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, and piano, and has played in venues from the halls of the Chicago Urban Indian Centre, to the walls of the bottom of the Grand Canyon. He has also performed at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and Salt Lake City 2002, and toured Europe several times.
Among his numerous appearances are the Rockslide Festival in Denmark, the Grand Opening Gala of the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, The Kennedy Center and the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX, and is a staple at the Grassroots Festival in Upstate New York, North Carolina and Florida.
Professional Information
Rock, folk, traditional
musician, singer, songwriter, composer, bandleader and producer.
Flute, Guitar, Vocals
Video
- Keith Secola
Say Your Name - Keith Secola
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Format: Official
Duration: 3:42
- Keith Secola
You Got Land? Official 2014 - Keith Secola
Venue:
Format: Official
Duration: 4:21
- Keith Secola
NDN Kars - Keith Secola
Venue:
Format: Official
Duration: 3:30
Tribal Information
Anishinaabe (Anishinabek Nation)
also known as "Anishinaabe"
Anishinaabe (Anishinabek Nation)
“The Anishinabek Nation established the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) as its secretariat in 1949. The UOI was established because the Anishinabek Nation did not legally exist and a legal entity was required to enter into legally-binding agreements. The Anishinabek Nation is a political advocate for 39 member First Nations across Ontario. The Anishinabek Nation is the oldest political organization in Ontario and can trace its roots back to the Confederacy of Three Fires, which existed long before European contact.
“The Anishinabek Nation represents 39 First Nations throughout the province of Ontario from Golden Lake in the east, Sarnia in the south, Thunder Bay and Lake Nipigon in the north. The 39 First Nations have an approximate combined population of 65,000 citizens, one third of the province of Ontario’s First Nation population. The Anishinabek Nation has four strategic regional areas: Southwest, Southeast, Lake Huron and Northern Superior. Each region is represented by a Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief.”