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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 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 • 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
Redbone Music Themes • Love • Magic • Native American Spirituality • 1970’s funk
Redbone’s “Wovoka” • “Wovoka”: talks about the Ghost Dancehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BElwfBEjSA0
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”
XIT Music Themes • Native American Spirituality • Historic and Contemporary Native American issues • Red Power movement
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
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
Blackfire Music Themes • Genocide • Domestic Violence • Human Rights • Sociopolitical messages about government oppression
Blackfire’s “It Ain’t Over” • “It Ain’t Over”: Native American resistance • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LFNCryryA
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
Red Earth Music Themes • Indigenous perspectives • Popular culture themes
Red Earth’s “Fly to the Sun” • “Fly to the Sun”: ode to Indian women • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Earth/93340487475
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