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Native American Rock Bands

Native American Rock Bands. By Leticia Sanchez. Research Question. What are the themes that are represented in modern Native American Rock Bands?. Main Stream Rock Bands. Themes in Songs: Love Violence Political Issues Art. Redbone.

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Native American Rock Bands

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  1. Native American Rock Bands By Leticia Sanchez

  2. Research Question • What are the themes that are represented in modern Native American Rock Bands?

  3. Main Stream Rock Bands • Themes in Songs: • Love • Violence • Political Issues • Art

  4. Redbone • Native American rock band founded in 1969 by brothers Loly and Pat Vegas who are of Shoshone/ Yaqui and Mexican descent • Music style • Rock • R&B • Funk • Cajun • Jazz • Tribal • Latin • Name means person of mixed race

  5. Redbone Music Themes • Love • Magic • Native American Spirituality • 1970’s funk

  6. Redbone’s “Wovoka” • “Wovoka”: talks about the Ghost Dancehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BElwfBEjSA0

  7. XIT • Nat. Am. rock band founded in 1972 from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Music Style • Rock • Pan-Indian music styles • Name stands for “crossing of Indian tribes”

  8. XIT Music Themes • Native American Spirituality • Historic and Contemporary Native American issues • Red Power movement

  9. XIT’s “Reservation of Education” • “Reservation of Education”: discusses the ethnocide of Native American culture in schools • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_uPg2NpmE

  10. Blackfire • Diné/ Navajo rock band founded in 1989 from Flagstaff, Arizona by siblings Jeneda, Klee and Clayson • Music Style • Punk rock • Alternative Rock • Pan- Indian

  11. Blackfire Music Themes • Genocide • Domestic Violence • Human Rights • Sociopolitical messages about government oppression

  12. Blackfire’s “It Ain’t Over” • “It Ain’t Over”: Native American resistance • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LFNCryryA

  13. Red Earth • Native American rock band founded in the mid 1990s from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Music Style: Called “tribal stew” • Pan-Indian • Funk • Rock • Heavy metal • Reggae • Latin • jazz

  14. Red Earth Music Themes • Indigenous perspectives • Popular culture themes

  15. Red Earth’s “Fly to the Sun” • “Fly to the Sun”: ode to Indian women • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Earth/93340487475

  16. Bibliography • Red Earth’s Zia Soul http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/archive/28179864.html • Redbone http://www.redbone.be/index.html • XIT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIT_%28band%29 • Blackfire http://blackfire.net/about/ • Videos www.youtube.com

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