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This is a list of Native American musicians and singers. They are notable musicians and singers, who are from peoples Indigenous to the contemporary United States, including Alaska Natives , Native Hawaiians , and Native Americans in the United States .
Scale over 5 octaves Pentatonic Scale - C Major. Indigenous music of North America, which includes American Indian music or Native American music, is the music that is used, created or performed by Indigenous peoples of North America, including Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, and other North American countries—especially ...
Instrument (s) Vocals, acoustic guitar. Joanne Lynn Shenandoah (June 23, 1957 – November 22, 2021) was a Native American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in the United States. She was a citizen of the Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan, based in New York. Her music combined traditional melodies with a blend of modern ...
Raymond Carlos Nakai (born April 16, 1946) is a Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute heritage. Nakai played brass instruments in high school and college, and auditioned for the Armed Forces School of Music after a two-year period in the United States Navy. He began playing a traditional Native American cedar flute after an accident left ...
Navajo music is music made by the Navajos, mostly hailing from the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States and the territory of the Navajo Nation.While it traditionally takes the shape of ceremonial chants and echoes themes found in Diné Bahaneʼ, contemporary Navajo music includes a wide range of genres, ranging from country music to rock and rap, performed in both English and ...
Years active. 1968–2011. Spinoff of. Lincoln St. Exit. XIT (Crossing of Indian Tribes) is a Native American rock band that released two albums in the 1970s on the Rare Earth label. Their music addresses themes of historic and contemporary Native American issues. Their initial recording, 1972's Plight of the Redman, is a concept album with ...
This is a category for musicians who are Native Americans in the United States. For indigenous musicians from other countries in the Americas, see Category:Indigenous musicians of the Americas . Subcategories
The Sioux are a large group of Native Americans generally divided into three subgroups: Lakota, Dakota and Nakota. Among the Dakota, traditional dance songs generally begin in a high pitch, led by a single vocalist ( solo) who sings a phrase that is then repeated by a group. This phrase then cascades to a lower pitch until there is a brief pause.