something about their voices. i can hear their souls. it makes me cry, every single time I hear something like this. such heart goes into these songs..
Yes indeed.. The story behind the inspiration for this song makes me cry just to tell it. She was the first Native female to die in Afghanistan .. but when the snow came in Hopi lands, her father knew of her demise and that she is home with the cloud people.. heart breaking yet inspiring just knowing that the spirits of the old stories are very real
"Native music" tends to throw off people that have never heard it because it's just so raw. Because of it only being the drum and the voice, music is stripped to the bare minimum. It's out in the open and on display. You cry from only listening to this video but go to one of our gatherings to feel that beat under your feet and hammer in your chest, I highly highly recommend it.
Throwing cigarettes onto the drum is not disrespectful. In native american culture, tobacco is used for ceremonies and prayers. The speaker isnt, in powwow terms the MC (Master of Ceremonies), being disrespectful either. He tells people in the arena to stand, because this an honor song. Some may not know that this is an honor, so that's why he asks the audience to stand. A lot of MC's do talk over songs, but they do it to remind us what the song means.
The MC could do all the explaining before the honor song begins. To talk over them while they are singing the song, still sounds disrespectful to my ears.
Nakota Sherman please explain more about the tobacco. why did he break them first? does that render the offering more valuable because they wouldn't be usable again?
Super Galleta You don't have to really break the cigarettes. some people like to have them intact or they break while throwing them. Again the tabacco is used for ceremony purposes. the purpose of them is to bless the drum and the singers. bless the drum because some people call it grandfather. they call it grandfather because these singers learn these songs that have been passed down to them from generation to generation. bless the singers because its used to bless their singing. to help them sing these songs very loud and proud. to sing with the heart and good thoughts. they always say, don't sit at the drum if you have negativity around you or that's inside of you. because that feeling can be brought upon others who are sitting at the drum and grandfather as well. always sing with good thoughts and think of others who need healing.
This is the sound of a spirit you can't break. Proud of being native every single day, this is medicine for the soul and spirit. So please come back to listen when you need to feel better. Crying is natural and you see some drummers drying their eyes.
Hello, my name is Erwin . I am from Belgium, it's 14 august 2021. Devere's photo is on the empty chair. When i saw the 4 men crying on the right side, i was so moved emotionly that i also started crying. I don't understand the words of the song but i don't have to. It speaks for itself. My respect to all American native people.
Even today, the pain is very real. Grief doesn't have a time limit. I listen to this when I miss my dad. Makes me cry like the first time I heard this being sung. Thank you for uploading.. this video is very close with me even after all these years. -mdtsatoke
When we were kids back in the 50's, our folks would take us to various powwows and Sundance’s. I distinctly remember the Whitefish Sundance in Northern Saskatchewan. Very spiritual, and strictly managed. No cameras, out side music, alcohol. The locals built a circular enclosure about 30 feet in diameter with openings at opposite ends. A center support pole was decorated with bright cloth. Inside the structure on each side about a four circular wall was erected. One side, the men and the other side the woman would chant and blow poplar whistles all the time fixated at the center pole. And they would sing for days on end and sort of dance as the whistled and sang. Then there were give a aways, I saw horse, guns, food items, you name it, given away. Something none of us will ever see again and I am so thankful our parents took us.
@@scientificsocialcat87 my guy its 2020. Hiding our culture from the world isn't going to do anything. We need to share it because it deserves to be appreciated rather than stereotyped and made fun of.
@@kalatheballa there is a talent in explaining the steps in traditional laws and respects,.. technical acknowledgement has to be thought of,.. and refined accordingly,.. you're right, to me, .. 2020 is a correcting a vision, "a 20-20 vision" not a roman cathilic concept, but a traditional expression to be promoted,.. the youth can understand the depth of traditional opportunity of who they come from,.. their tribal knowledge has to be proud and appreciated, beyond the white colonial shadow,..
@@kalatheballa If customs aren't passed down, they die out. That's what's wrong in today's world. Too many, dont have a clue of the pass. Knowledge shared, is knowledge gained. Thank you.
@@crispbiscuit1464 Deuteronomy 28:49-50 [49]The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; [50]A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
@@crispbiscuit1464 Deuteronomy 28:51-52 [51]And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. [52]And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
I've heard many native songs from pow wow and this one cuts straight to the soul. You can feel the tribute and the loss of a loved one and I'm glad I'm not the only one immediately brought to tears on this one.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish that you never lose these traditions. Keep on maintaining this kind of love for your culture ... because the music of our roots will always rise us to a higher and more honest spiritual level... and it can make us better human beings. That will be the best tribute to your loved ones and ancestors.
Everyone should experience a pow wow. When I approach the circle and hear and feel the drum it is such a spiritual experience for me, the hair on my whole body raises up, it's fantastic. ~Kickapoocandy
me too! we used to have them every week here Seattle until summer when everyone traveled to the pow wows elsewhere. now they have maybe three a year in my area. the way the drums touch my spirit there is nothing else like it in the world. I've lost so many of my friends from my youth my people my natives due to drugs and alcohol but I remember the innocence at the pow wows way before when we ran around snaggin frybread dancing or being chased by boys lol ugh I'm all choked up now
Tunkachila This is true Power from the soul, i get goose spots all over and i can Feel, See and Taste the Pain and longing .. One's there was 60 million Native, now maybe 500.000 / Please don't die and keep up this tradition and the Songs...
FGTorres FJTorres 186 people who selected thumbs down hate who they are they and dont u understand what it means to be native they want new world order and we want our land back
Damn this seriously brought me to tears. That was seriously beautiful I remember as a kid going to one of these, I only wish I would have gone to more. I vow to go see my own cultures indigenous ceremonies and to see my brethren's as well. You guys were wonderful.
RIP, Devere. I grew up in same town in Oklahoma as Devere. I know his kin folks and use to watch him and his buddies play basketball at the church when I was a little boy. He went to school with my older cousin. May God Bless your family.
i turn 60 on the 4th July .... i have loved the Indians since i was about 3 years old. i remember my dad watching cowboys and Indians and as soon as the Indians came on i was glued to the TV as soon as the cowboys came on i would get up and walk out. my kids tell me i am crazy listening to this drum music. but it makes me feel at peace. i truly believe in reincarnation
I love this music I am white as White can be. but my spirit guide he is 100% native American and his name is running bear. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT GUIDES WALK WITH YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY OF LIFE BECAUSE I KNOW MINE IS. GOD BLESS YOU RUNNING BEAR AND YOUR PEOPLE.
For those people who don't know or understand our culture this is a tribute song the emcee is talking about the person who had passed and expressing his memories and his respect for dead.if u don't know then don't speak.our culture is one that thrives on respect and pride.
Im not native american but my brother may he RIP n i would watch the powwow videos its been two yrs since his passing and its the first time i see another powwow video its jus moved me, much respect...
Thank you for this beautiful healing pray. I feel the soul love peace love and joy to us all. Looking forward to healing with you all. I'm sorry for what we have done to each other. I'm crying with you please forgive us mother earth
we had something like this at my uncles funeral and man those single drum strikes in the middle of the song you can feel it throughout your body just an entirely different experience much respect to the singers.
TODO MI RESPETO FAMILIA!!!!! ME BROTAR LAS LÁGRIMAS!!!!! LLEGA HASTA LO MÁS PROFUNDO DE MI CORAZÓN!!!! INFINITAS GRACIAS!!!! INFINITAS BENDICIONES!!! NOS AMO!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Llegó el tiempo en el que las cuatro humanidades caminen juntas por el BUEN CAMINO ROJO DE LA BELLEZA!!!! POR EL BIEN DE TODAS LAS FUTURAS GENERACIONES!!!!OIA!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Everytime when Im feeling less human or without a light on my soul, I came here and bring back that part of me; I’m Mexican and maybe not even blood bounded to any Native, but all the respect to my not so far brothers who keep it real
I am Native American Delaware tribe of the wolf Clan. My dad used to take me to the stomp dances and powwows. I miss my dad and I miss going to the pow wows and stomp dances. Blessings from Oklahoma ♥️
Y yo me pregunto a mi mismo, o a quién me escuche. Y de cuanta música y alegría nos perdimos con la llegada de las habitantes de las praderas de europa, su religión o esclavizadores ??????? soy de méxico y no puedo parar de llorar al escucharlos.......
Kevin Carl, Experience it! The only way to learn about these songs and why we sing them is the experience it. You'll find that most singers are open to answer questions. TH-cam has thousands of videos to offer shared by all kinds of different Tribal backgrounds. But each song has it's own meaning. This one was in memory of a loved one. The MC was memorializing that person as well while the song was being sung. It's not disrespectful for him to speak during the song, especially when he's speaking of the loved one. But, like I said...Experience it! Good luck to ya!
BLOWS ME AWAY EVERY TIME! I don't even understand why I've been connected since grade school but because of that I'm sure it transcends the fact that it's in my blood. The original soul music!
:( Missing the loves one. When i listen to this, makes me think of my loves one. REST IN PEACE. I'll see you on the other side. Ur spirit, i can feel it dancing around. it let me know that ur around.
carl weaselbear tobacco offerings are done sometimes after the sessions or when you have a moment alone with the elders. I thought it was quite odd that someone would throw the tobacco at the drum. I have seen some folks sprinkle the drum with loose tobacco before. It did seem callous to just throw them in the circle like that...not something I've seen ever.
Bye listening I’m healing 100 years of generational curses ! The release of tears is healing ! Let it flow fellow native brothers and sisters protecters of Mother Earth ! May your spirits be set free !!!
Beautiful awesome tribute to my late brother in law Devere - brought tears to my eyes watching the grief of his drum buddies. Testament to the healing power of song and the drum hiy hiy Poundmaker Singers!
The announcer wasn't talking to just 'interrupt' and be annoying. It's the complete opposite of that. He was simply telling people to get to their feet and stand, as this is a tribute song. So if this was happening before my eyes, I'd be quick to stand up, take my hat off, and stay put until the song is over. And secondly, throwing cigarettes onto the drum isn't disrespectful at all. Because in Native American culture, tobacco is used for our ceremonies, we use it to pray and for a lot more things. These singers were powerful and you could hear their sincerity in their voices. And seeing cigarettes being thrown onto the drum like that made it even more powerful. Hiyhiy.
I dont understand the words however the emotion came through and i am in awe and tears of your tribute to your departed. Much love to you all. Thank you.
when it comes to powwow music, these cree boys and beautiful cree girls are second to none singers, across North America, infact, the plains cree nation breeds the best powwow singers on the continent, or what we first nations refer to as, turtle island, in my opinion anyway. i know some of these guys. they hail from the plains cree country of west central Saskatchewan. lots of good singers out there. #aho #RIPDevere
something about their voices. i can hear their souls. it makes me cry, every single time I hear something like this. such heart goes into these songs..
I can hear the pain of loss
I'm so happy I wasn't the only one moved
Same.
Yes indeed.. The story behind the inspiration for this song makes me cry just to tell it. She was the first Native female to die in Afghanistan .. but when the snow came in Hopi lands, her father knew of her demise and that she is home with the cloud people.. heart breaking yet inspiring just knowing that the spirits of the old stories are very real
"Native music" tends to throw off people that have never heard it because it's just so raw. Because of it only being the drum and the voice, music is stripped to the bare minimum. It's out in the open and on display. You cry from only listening to this video but go to one of our gatherings to feel that beat under your feet and hammer in your chest, I highly highly recommend it.
Throwing cigarettes onto the drum is not disrespectful. In native american culture, tobacco is used for ceremonies and prayers. The speaker isnt, in powwow terms the MC (Master of Ceremonies), being disrespectful either. He tells people in the arena to stand, because this an honor song. Some may not know that this is an honor, so that's why he asks the audience to stand. A lot of MC's do talk over songs, but they do it to remind us what the song means.
The MC could do all the explaining before the honor song begins.
To talk over them while they are singing the song, still sounds disrespectful to my ears.
Nakota Sherman
Nakota Sherman please explain more about the tobacco. why did he break them first? does that render the offering more valuable because they wouldn't be usable again?
Super Galleta
You don't have to really break the cigarettes. some people like to have them intact or they break while throwing them. Again the tabacco is used for ceremony purposes. the purpose of them is to bless the drum and the singers. bless the drum because some people call it grandfather. they call it grandfather because these singers learn these songs that have been passed down to them from generation to generation. bless the singers because its used to bless their singing. to help them sing these songs very loud and proud. to sing with the heart and good thoughts. they always say, don't sit at the drum if you have negativity around you or that's inside of you. because that feeling can be brought upon others who are sitting at the drum and grandfather as well. always sing with good thoughts and think of others who need healing.
How about take the white man's poison filter off first.
This is the sound of a spirit you can't break. Proud of being native every single day, this is medicine for the soul and spirit. So please come back to listen when you need to feel better. Crying is natural and you see some drummers drying their eyes.
Hello, my name is Erwin . I am from Belgium, it's 14 august 2021. Devere's photo is on the empty chair. When i saw the 4 men crying on the right side, i was so moved emotionly that i also started crying. I don't understand the words of the song but i don't have to. It speaks for itself. My respect to all American native people.
Right on brother well said.
lmfao this cringe shit is something to be proud of? XD
@@Szgerleyou just some random edge lord lol😂 what’s rlly cringe?
@@cardinal3829 you still crying?
I'm Russian, going to Pow Wow every year.. Love you guys !!
Aleksandr Skorynin Keep it Tribal , with love from America : )
@@pamelacorona3665 God bless you and your family
Where you from, a native asking
Thank you.I'm Cherokee Indian
You should check out a stomp dance.we dance around a fire
Even today, the pain is very real. Grief doesn't have a time limit. I listen to this when I miss my dad.
Makes me cry like the first time I heard this being sung. Thank you for uploading.. this video is very close with me even after all these years.
-mdtsatoke
Marissa Danelle me too, I miss my mumsy!
Your dad is missed on the flathead Rez
Powwow
Love
Im sorry for the loss. With the love and emotion they sang with i can see he was a good man...
When we were kids back in the 50's, our folks would take us to various powwows and Sundance’s. I distinctly remember the Whitefish Sundance in Northern Saskatchewan. Very spiritual, and strictly managed. No cameras, out side music, alcohol. The locals built a circular enclosure about 30 feet in diameter with openings at opposite ends. A center support pole was decorated with bright cloth. Inside the structure on each side about a four circular wall was erected. One side, the men and the other side the woman would chant and blow poplar whistles all the time fixated at the center pole. And they would sing for days on end and sort of dance as the whistled and sang. Then there were give a aways, I saw horse, guns, food items, you name it, given away. Something none of us will ever see again and I am so thankful our parents took us.
U shouldn't tell ppl these things that's our ways of life... Outsider shouldn't know anything about our ways of life that's what the old ones told me
@@scientificsocialcat87 my guy its 2020. Hiding our culture from the world isn't going to do anything. We need to share it because it deserves to be appreciated rather than stereotyped and made fun of.
@@kalatheballa there is a talent in explaining the steps in traditional laws and respects,.. technical acknowledgement has to be thought of,.. and refined accordingly,.. you're right, to me, .. 2020 is a correcting a vision, "a 20-20 vision" not a roman cathilic concept, but a traditional expression to be promoted,.. the youth can understand the depth of traditional opportunity of who they come from,.. their tribal knowledge has to be proud and appreciated, beyond the white colonial shadow,..
@@kalatheballa If customs aren't passed down, they die out. That's what's wrong in today's world. Too many, dont have a clue of the pass. Knowledge shared, is knowledge gained. Thank you.
that's awesome:)
Miss my daughter , this song brings tears to my eyes , especially when my daughter left this world this spring , dad misses you Janel S. 😢😢😢
I love native american culture and music...I hope all of you can prosper with you culture and belives...do not let this culture die:)
Hope us native people rise again
And heal someday
Whats your Nationality
@@crispbiscuit1464 Deuteronomy 28:49-50
[49]The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
[50]A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
@@crispbiscuit1464 Deuteronomy 28:51-52
[51]And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
[52]And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
@@crispbiscuit1464 Genesis 49:19
[19]Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
I've heard many native songs from pow wow and this one cuts straight to the soul. You can feel the tribute and the loss of a loved one and I'm glad I'm not the only one immediately brought to tears on this one.
Blessed the drum is , powerful the singers are , may their prayers be heard.
this is beautiful.
And that they were
Why do you speak like yoda from Star Wars 😂
ya I like how they had an open chair at the drum for him. that's how I'm gonna sing for my dad
good man
nice man
I noticed how others had to wipe their eyes when they were done singing.
Mitakuye Oyasin
From the bottom of my heart, I wish that you never lose these traditions. Keep on maintaining this kind of love for your culture ... because the music of our roots will always rise us to a higher and more honest spiritual level... and it can make us better human beings. That will be the best tribute to your loved ones and ancestors.
So beautiful. Chill bumps the whole song. To see grown men with so much passion and emotion is touching.
You know you've heard an awesome Honor song when the audience and singers end wiping away the tears. Pedamiya Poundmakers
I can't give this video enough likes. It makes me cry every time.
Me too.
I'm Folk Viking Born from Sweden, this is very familiar to me.
Everyone should experience a pow wow. When I approach the circle and hear and feel the drum it is such a spiritual experience for me, the hair on my whole body raises up, it's fantastic. ~Kickapoocandy
me too! we used to have them every week here Seattle until summer when everyone traveled to the pow wows elsewhere. now they have maybe three a year in my area. the way the drums touch my spirit there is nothing else like it in the world. I've lost so many of my friends from my youth my people my natives due to drugs and alcohol but I remember the innocence at the pow wows way before when we ran around snaggin frybread dancing or being chased by boys lol ugh I'm all choked up now
My relative thats your inner Spirit wakein up
This song made me cry for all those who passed and all those who grieve. Thank you for your prayers and songs. Very healing. Ngaimu!
Tunkachila This is true Power from the soul, i get goose spots all over and i can Feel, See and Taste the Pain and longing .. One's there was 60 million Native, now maybe 500.000 / Please don't die and keep up this tradition and the Songs...
I remember when was a kid with my sister we would watch them now its just me watching them for both of us
One day we'll all be together again. In a world beyond these stars.
how can 86 people not like this !?!?! POWERFUL is all I can say...
FGTorres FJTorres they just dont get how it feels
FGTorres FJTorres 186 people who selected thumbs down hate who they are they and dont u understand what it means to be native they want new world order and we want our land back
Cause they are inbreeded and wasicun
Ignorance probably
@@arliciawalker America to indians!
I knew devere since his Blackstone days he come and stayed at our house with his family. Good guy all around that was 2003 after elmo powwow
oh wow as I listened I began to shed tears and it felt like anguish and frustration was leaving. thank you. powerful song.
Damn this seriously brought me to tears. That was seriously beautiful I remember as a kid going to one of these, I only wish I would have gone to more. I vow to go see my own cultures indigenous ceremonies and to see my brethren's as well. You guys were wonderful.
Please stop
Nathan Hernandez Stop what? Enjoying someones culture and appreciating my own unlike yourself? No I will not.
@@GALzMissYoungsta Dudes a troll. Just ignore him.
Wow! So Beautiful!! Want to go to POWWOW one day in my life. To learn more of my heritage.😊
Man awesome tribute...I want this song played at my funeral when I go on tha great journey...
Tears. I have been exploring various indigenous music of the Americas. This moved me to tears. Very spiritual!
Thanks you guys for this awesome moment with your voice.
This is the soul chant.
The women upholding their men ❤ them back up singers ❤
I get a lump in my throat everytime I hear this one.
Fucking AMAZING and powerful song. Simply Beautiful.
RIP, Devere. I grew up in same town in Oklahoma as Devere. I know his kin folks and use to watch him and his buddies play basketball at the church when I was a little boy. He went to school with my older cousin. May God Bless your family.
Please native americans, never give up. Support from Italy ❤️
Never Surrender
i turn 60 on the 4th July .... i have loved the Indians since i was about 3 years old. i remember my dad watching cowboys and Indians and as soon as the Indians came on i was glued to the TV as soon as the cowboys came on i would get up and walk out. my kids tell me i am crazy listening to this drum music. but it makes me feel at peace. i truly believe in reincarnation
Very touching and sacred.
it's a powerful song you can feel it's spiritual meaning!!!!!!
I love this music I am white as White can be. but my spirit guide he is 100% native American and his name is running bear. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT GUIDES WALK WITH YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY OF LIFE BECAUSE I KNOW MINE IS. GOD BLESS YOU RUNNING BEAR AND YOUR PEOPLE.
Wow. That made an impression!!What a great song. Loce it.
For those people who don't know or understand our culture this is a tribute song the emcee is talking about the person who had passed and expressing his memories and his respect for dead.if u don't know then don't speak.our culture is one that thrives on respect and pride.
Im not native american but my brother may he RIP n i would watch the powwow videos its been two yrs since his passing and its the first time i see another powwow video its jus moved me, much respect...
Thank you for this beautiful healing pray. I feel the soul love peace love and joy to us all. Looking forward to healing with you all. I'm sorry for what we have done to each other. I'm crying with you please forgive us mother earth
I did not know Devere,but my heart goes out to his family and friends.
I love being Native!
Beautiful song,made me very emotional,tears to my eyes
we had something like this at my uncles funeral and man those single drum strikes in the middle of the song you can feel it throughout your body just an entirely different experience much respect to the singers.
TODO MI RESPETO FAMILIA!!!!! ME BROTAR LAS LÁGRIMAS!!!!! LLEGA HASTA LO MÁS PROFUNDO DE MI CORAZÓN!!!! INFINITAS GRACIAS!!!! INFINITAS BENDICIONES!!! NOS AMO!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Llegó el tiempo en el que las cuatro humanidades caminen juntas por el BUEN CAMINO ROJO DE LA BELLEZA!!!! POR EL BIEN DE TODAS LAS FUTURAS GENERACIONES!!!!OIA!!!!!❤❤❤❤
i met that guy with black joker tshirt at camp last week. Seems like a cool dude wish i got to talk to him more.
He seems cool
Muy conmovedor. Este canto resuena dentro de mi alma.
I cry .. weep .. EVERY Time I Hear this Song & the Drums .. omg ..
Anyone ever been to a powwow? The MC always talks during the memorial song. Either to commemorate the person, or telling the people to stand up.
+lDirtyBongWater r i have for someone that passed away in my family i almost cried
This song makes me tear up it is touching
You guys are awesome! I feel the pride of your identity in your tears! Amazing Song!
This is so moving. Your voices ...every beat...spirit blessed...heart felt...well done.
As I listen to this, I weep for my grandmother and father.
Everytime when Im feeling less human or without a light on my soul, I came here and bring back that part of me; I’m Mexican and maybe not even blood bounded to any Native, but all the respect to my not so far brothers who keep it real
Aho......powerful song.... You can feel it .. Chi Miigwetch .. Prayers
What a way to be remembered. Deeply moving.
texasatan
mawp
I am Native American Delaware tribe of the wolf Clan.
My dad used to take me to the stomp dances and powwows. I miss my dad and I miss going to the pow wows and stomp dances.
Blessings from Oklahoma ♥️
Y yo me pregunto a mi mismo, o a quién me escuche. Y de cuanta música y alegría nos perdimos con la llegada de las habitantes de las praderas de europa, su religión o esclavizadores ??????? soy de méxico y no puedo parar de llorar al escucharlos.......
Moves me to tears ever time i watch this, three times now. Much respect.
I’m a Native American girl and I hid to pow wow every time it’s out and I’m a butterfly dancer
8 years later it still pulls at my heart. RIP Devere
Woo have me chills lol and to answer anybody's questions about why they are throwing cigarettes on the drum is cuz of the tobacco used as an offering
I want to learn more. I'm a musician and love so many types of music, but this is such powerful music. what can I do to learn more?
Kevin Carl, Experience it! The only way to learn about these songs and why we sing them is the experience it. You'll find that most singers are open to answer questions. TH-cam has thousands of videos to offer shared by all kinds of different Tribal backgrounds. But each song has it's own meaning. This one was in memory of a loved one. The MC was memorializing that person as well while the song was being sung. It's not disrespectful for him to speak during the song, especially when he's speaking of the loved one. But, like I said...Experience it! Good luck to ya!
I changed my tobacco with a blackfoot when I was hitchhiking across Alberta 25 years ago
This is so beautiful. Makes me feel like I've been sent back in time. Thank you for sharing.❤
Songs from the origins of the world. very beautiful and sacred, I had chills
BLOWS ME AWAY EVERY TIME!
I don't even understand why I've been connected since grade school but because of that I'm sure it transcends the fact that it's in my blood.
The original soul music!
This song to me sounds like victory..From northern Anahuac to the southern very part of Anahuac....
Very touching deep feelings
:( Missing the loves one. When i listen to this, makes me think of my loves one. REST IN PEACE. I'll see you on the other side. Ur spirit, i can feel it dancing around. it let me know that ur around.
What a way to remember your love ones!!! Amazing culture!!
I love the tobacco offerings. Moved my soul!
carl weaselbear tobacco offerings are done sometimes after the sessions or when you have a moment alone with the elders.
I thought it was quite odd that someone would throw the tobacco at the drum. I have seen some folks sprinkle the drum with loose tobacco before.
It did seem callous to just throw them in the circle like that...not something I've seen ever.
im native and i was crying they loss someone i wish oneday i could go
Very emotional.
Bye listening I’m healing 100 years of generational curses ! The release of tears is healing ! Let it flow fellow native brothers and sisters protecters of Mother Earth ! May your spirits be set free !!!
Very true!!
Really enjoyed this recording, the song, the Teachings. Good one.
open your heart and soul to the great spirit
awe the singer's have tears even i sing and i sing memorial songs and i cry theses songs are so so sad
this gives me chills every time
The cry’s of the song are actual cries 😭
My condolences 💐
Beautiful, Rest In Peace brother from kabi kabi and goreng goreng man of southeast qld australia.
wow awesome jam, brought tears to my eye's
wow this really brought a lump to my throat....i cried....thank you
Con mucho respeto y admiración viendo sus costumbres.
Un abrazo desde el otro extremo de América, Chile
Beautiful awesome tribute to my late brother in law Devere - brought tears to my eyes watching the grief of his drum buddies. Testament to the healing power of song and the drum hiy hiy Poundmaker Singers!
My neice shanelle when she was little called him severe, her dad Ricky Dale Y still laughs about that today
I know I have been Native American in many of my past lives.. this touches my soul so deeply and tears roll down my cheeks. Greetings from Finland ❤
Fell this all the way down in Cherokee nation,Osiyo my brothers may the spirit's watch over us all.
tobacco is sacred to natives, it is an offering showing thanks, honor and respect for what is being offered.
Very touching, beautiful
So well organized and performed, the entire event is OUTSTANDING and ENJOYABLE!!!!!
Very beautiful and powerful , I’m proud to be native Cherokee....Gohiyuhi❤️
I am so touched by this. Blessings to all.
What a people! I miss their spirit, they deserve to return to earth and claim their place back.
The announcer wasn't talking to just 'interrupt' and be annoying. It's the complete opposite of that. He was simply telling people to get to their feet and stand, as this is a tribute song. So if this was happening before my eyes, I'd be quick to stand up, take my hat off, and stay put until the song is over.
And secondly, throwing cigarettes onto the drum isn't disrespectful at all. Because in Native American culture, tobacco is used for our ceremonies, we use it to pray and for a lot more things. These singers were powerful and you could hear their sincerity in their voices. And seeing cigarettes being thrown onto the drum like that made it even more powerful. Hiyhiy.
I dont understand the words however the emotion came through and i am in awe and tears of your tribute to your departed.
Much love to you all. Thank you.
Songs like these are always the hardest to sing.
We sing this song at our Drum and as a singer I still honored as still get those chills as a member of the community .HOKA
Chills chills chills ,, I'm sooo proud to be Native ✊
when it comes to powwow music, these cree boys and beautiful cree girls are second to none singers, across North America, infact, the plains cree nation breeds the best powwow singers on the continent, or what we first nations refer to as, turtle island, in my opinion anyway. i know some of these guys. they hail from the plains cree country of west central Saskatchewan. lots of good singers out there. #aho #RIPDevere
I love the chair with a photo...love for all ! even Spirits who have gone on....always ! Love the music too !
Song makes me feel like crying but I know he wouldnt want us to be sad, he is once again healthy and happy and in no pain.