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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 - Stó:lō Nation
Julia Keefe - Nez Perce Tribe
Calina Lawrence - Suquamish Tribe
Katherine Paul - Swinomish, Iñupiaq
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 – America’s first major prima ballerina
Jesse Ed Davis - Kiowa Tribe/Comanche Nation – guitarist, recording artist
Robbie Robertson - Mohak Tribe – bandleader, film/TV soundtrack composer
Joy Harjo - Muscogee (Creek) Nation – U.S. Poet Laureate – 3 terms
Raven Chacon - Diné Navajo Nation – 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
“Uncle” Jimi Hendrix - Cherokee ancestry - guitarist, bandleader
Tribute covers of Jimi Hendrix songs - To refer to someone as “Uncle” or “Aunt” or “Auntie” in Indian Country is about respect and honoring.
Micki Free - Cherokee/Comanche - Voodoo Child/Red House/Hear My Train A-Comin’
Derek Miller - Six Nations of the Grand River - Voodoo Child
Mato Nanji - Yankton Sioux - Red House/Hear My Train A-Comin’/ Voodoo Child/Little Wing
Cameron Osceola - Seminole Tribe of Florida - Little Wing/Voodoo Child
Levi Platero - Diné (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 - Diné (Navajo) Nation
Rita Coolidge - Cherokee ancestry
Willie Dunn - Mi’kmaq First Nation
Pura Fé - 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 - Apsáalooke (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 - Diné (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 - Diné (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
“Doc” 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) - Mi’kmaq First Nation
Robbie Robertson (1943-2023) - Mohawk Tribe
Tom Bee (1941-2024) - Diné (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