This was my Grandfather's favourite song before he passed. In his last days he told me to sing his favourite song to him, but couldn't remember which one it was due to the medications he was under. I played every song in his library until he began to drum along with this. In one of his last moments of lucidity he confirmed this song was the right one and told me he was proud of me. I miss him, and I love this song. I know he is resting with the creator. Aho.
I first head this song from my Uncle's group The Four Winds. I am so glad to hear it on here. The past few years have been tough and kept me and my family from the gatherings. Yet I have to say I am so proud of you to have posted and shared these songs on here. Many blessings from the creator upon you.
Proud to be Abenaki Algonquian heritage the songs connects me to my ancestors those who have gone before us aho! Justin Thunderbear Abenaki Algonquian assistant chief Coos-Cowasuck
This is beautiful. I'm not Native American, but chanting and drums in general I can definately relate to as a Finnish pagan who still practices shamanism. This type of spirituality is sacred, and even shared around the world in different original cultures...before Christianity, before conquering, before mixing. I wish nothing but blessings upon the true inhabitants of North America in their quest to keep their culture and spirit alive.
i loved this song as a kid and i would fall asleep listening we should keep our heads up high because there is absolutely nothing wrong with being native
we sing along to this in a middle class suberb in the uk.. people must think were wierd, but its the only thing letting us experience more than this buttoned down western mono-culture that is force fed us daily . things like this must be shared as much as possible for a creation of a new multifaceted culture with its roots much deeper than our current once. peace. love.
lol this is my nation. I'm penobscot. i understand a little of it. my favorite dance though is the mosquito dance. My friend and i were dancing to it at this wabanaki 7th grade thing and we did it AWESOMELY!!! cept when we kicked each others feet. lol.
love it couse im a indean just love it i like i think its twinkel little star i just love alot eaven at powwows some you gise play powowws i want to go on powowws ilove native cultures alot
Soooo glad I found this song! I just heard it played during halftime of a basketball game for the graduating seniors, and thought it was AMAZING! The way the guy played the drum was awesome. If it would have been me, I probably would have hit the person next to me and knocked them out,,,,lol
My grandmother recently passed and this was one of the songs sung at her wake. I have always loved this song, but never understood it's meaning. If someone would tell me what this song translates to and its meaning that would be much appreciated.
Im Native American (Western Band of Cherokee Out of Arkansas to be exact) and some whites i know think we still live in longhouses and tipis. I just crack up at tht we live the best of both worlds we go to the movies and shop at wal-mart and go skiing and on vacations though we still retain our spirituality and pride and we keep it living through stories and songs.I am cherokee and proud to be
love it couse im a indean just love it i like i think its twinkel little star i just love alot eaven at powwows some you gise play powowws i want to go on powowws
i have had the same thought! ive felt the drums all of my life but i play guitar. i found a small hand drum at my friends house and was playing around with it, until the rythmn just took over. I know i have been a tribesman before
if yall like this u need to listen to southern man by harmony nights and im only 9 parts cherokee but im still on a drum and dance team doing this stuff all day long if u like it u dont have to be a 100% native American to go to pow-wows look it up u will be surprised how many happen in ure area all the time
many native american languages customs an cultures are gone thanks to us europeans.. but hold on to what yous have left .because ... an i no your government dont care but have hope ..tiocfaidh ar lá our day will come.. ps i love our cultures theres somthing about your music aswell i get shivers downmy spine
great song. I wrote my own song called Native American Ballad and drew on heavy influences from this style of music, although I made it more rock/modern based. I hope it allows for the same peaceful reflection as this video! Enjoy
@rezryda207 I have to jam out to something rocks my bells and makes me feathers dance...this would make my bells come off my ankles and my feathers fall on the ground....
@TenaceousT glad you enjoyed, this is my uncles drum and i agree there are alot of fakes that try to sing this song and a few others and i just want to kick over there drum when i see it... but i have more respect then that. Oh a big part of that is S.C. Francis who use to do buisness with my uncle and dad ripped of our cd and sold it to a bunch of wanna b's
@KWEKOSHKUKI12 maybe we drummed like that because we wanted it to sound like that because thats how our people dance to it... A real dancer can dance to any beat by the way no matter if its on or off
I have heard this song at powwows but I do not know what it means or it's intention. Could somebody possibly tell me because just absolutely love it. Thank you.
I prefer to be called either L'nu, because that's what we are called in mi'kmaq "my language". I'm not fluent in mikmaq but I am proud to know the words that I do know. Wish I could speak it fluently but our language is a dying language. I speak what I can to keep it alive.
my mother is dakota and penobscot, and i notice how different the music is. out there with the dakota, they’re faster. more paced, and out here they’re slower, it really is confusing for me.
So, I tried to create a Pandora station with Spirit of Dawn and this song specifically as the model. Pandora has no Native Drumming in their catalogue. I want to change that, but I can't do it without owning the rights to the music (which I do not lol) I was hoping you could help me with this.
It's always been in my Heart, but if I play it on a Regular drum set... Only friends close to me. Tell me it make's them either get up & Dance. My people are not here for the wrong Reasons. We just happened to be @ the rite place @ the wrong time.
Can you tell me who has the rights to this music? I would love to use it in my independent student film. Very beautiful. Thank you very much for your time.
Only a handful of schools off the rez teach you how to speak your native tongue, My school did offer it and many other schools are starting to open doors to teaching Saalish in school. Tribal rights should be a right now a thing we need to fight for. America has its own rights and governing but what about us?
Nonsense your environment and DNA makes you so your really native or not within your mind and body so if your raised by white ppl and act like them at 75% blood your a white man cuz, if your a 1/4 but act like Geronimo your shining on certain rez's it really depends. Anything after that is reaching for nothing I'm 15% french doesn't make me a Frenchman in Paris with baguette's n wine
@Irishfianna and a group went west to keep the culture alive and that peyote is starting to come back to the eastern and im only 13 as i said but i have gone to peyote cermeonies they help you a lot and people think thet peyote is just something to get buzzed on or something like that. but thats not true they just say that because they are scared of our culture and dont want it to spread and they say it is a bad thing
Heritage is something you're born with; In no way did you earn it. Pride is reserved for when you earn something. You wouldn't go around saying "Woot! Yeah! Brown hair pride!" No. But you would be proud of something like making straight A's or getting your football team to state finals.
Indian is actually from the word indigenous, it was originally applied to Indians from the Asia area, yes but only because they were colonized before we were..
This was my Grandfather's favourite song before he passed. In his last days he told me to sing his favourite song to him, but couldn't remember which one it was due to the medications he was under. I played every song in his library until he began to drum along with this. In one of his last moments of lucidity he confirmed this song was the right one and told me he was proud of me. I miss him, and I love this song. I know he is resting with the creator. Aho.
I first head this song from my Uncle's group The Four Winds. I am so glad to hear it on here. The past few years have been tough and kept me and my family from the gatherings. Yet I have to say I am so proud of you to have posted and shared these songs on here. Many blessings from the creator upon you.
@PopTheGlock423 We are all one, so with that, we all have a piece of Native American somewhere in our being. Love is universal.
using this to cleanse my house and it's strength....to all my love ones....all people. thank you
XD I'm WAbenaki and from Maine omg I can't believe I found this song on TH-cam I'm so happy
I love Native American music!!! I'm not native american, but the drums, the flutes, the singing are all just amazing
i'm 25 % cherokee and i am proud no matter how much i am my grandmother was full blooded.
I love my culture
Proud to be Abenaki Algonquian heritage the songs connects me to my ancestors those who have gone before us aho!
Justin Thunderbear Abenaki Algonquian assistant chief Coos-Cowasuck
This is a truly great recording. I've been listening to it on repeat for hours...
We sing this at all of our drum circles...can’t believe I found it!
This is beautiful. I'm not Native American, but chanting and drums in general I can definately relate to as a Finnish pagan who still practices shamanism. This type of spirituality is sacred, and even shared around the world in different original cultures...before Christianity, before conquering, before mixing.
I wish nothing but blessings upon the true inhabitants of North America in their quest to keep their culture and spirit alive.
hi iam am a native and you guys a really good and u guys remeberd the lyrics you guys are reallllllly gooooood. bye
I love this song, I am Part native american and grew up singing this song on the drum at meetings and powwows. thanks for posting wah do redhawk
An experiance not soon forgotten was singing , playing drum @ powwows.
i loved this song as a kid and i would fall asleep listening we should keep our heads up high because there is absolutely nothing wrong with being native
Finally! Some authentic traditional music. Thank you
we sing along to this in a middle class suberb in the uk.. people must think were wierd, but its the only thing letting us experience more than this buttoned down western mono-culture that is force fed us daily . things like this must be shared as much as possible for a creation of a new multifaceted culture with its roots much deeper than our current once.
peace. love.
i liston to this song every day :)
All I want to hear....drumming and chants! Thank you, just what I wanted!
I would love to see a Pandora station representing such beautiful and hypnotic music :)
I love the peacefulness of this . Just beautiful (:
lol this is my nation. I'm penobscot. i understand a little of it. my favorite dance though is the mosquito dance. My friend and i were dancing to it at this wabanaki
7th grade thing and we did it AWESOMELY!!! cept when we kicked each others feet. lol.
as always... the drums transport me to another place... can't thank the DRUM enough for sharing :)
I love it ...I wish I could see you perform
love these drums and type of music they play so relaxing
I love this song so much it makes me happy
My old Abenaki heart enjoyed this!
love it couse im a indean just love it i like i think its twinkel little star i just love alot eaven at powwows some you gise play powowws i want to go on powowws ilove native cultures alot
Soooo glad I found this song! I just heard it played during halftime of a basketball game for the graduating seniors, and thought it was AMAZING! The way the guy played the drum was awesome. If it would have been me, I probably would have hit the person next to me and knocked them out,,,,lol
Love this, anybody got anymore original stuff?
Using this to pull an all-nighter to kick ass on my exams.
this is one of my 'ol time favs. thank you for sharing so we may enjoy.
Amazing music, amazing culture, and amazing people :) very enjoyable.
one of my favorite songs. Thank you!
Amazing. Absolutely beautiful.
Drums stir the soul!
I'm Mexican I know I got native in me from my ancestors much love and respect for native americans
My grandmother recently passed and this was one of the songs sung at her wake. I have always loved this song, but never understood it's meaning. If someone would tell me what this song translates to and its meaning that would be much appreciated.
This song is pretty good it calms me down when I'm mad or upset and it reminds of mother nature
Im Native American (Western Band of Cherokee Out of Arkansas to be exact) and some whites i know think we still live in longhouses and tipis. I just crack up at tht we live the best of both worlds we go to the movies and shop at wal-mart and go skiing and on vacations though we still retain our spirituality and pride and we keep it living through stories and songs.I am cherokee and proud to be
beautiful
love it couse im a indean just love it i like i think its twinkel little star i just love alot eaven at powwows some you gise play powowws i want to go on powowws
i have had the same thought! ive felt the drums all of my life but i play guitar. i found a small hand drum at my friends house and was playing around with it, until the rythmn just took over. I know i have been a tribesman before
B;essings to you all and Gratefulness all is well!
this is amazing.
woliwon!
this is awesome
I have this exact recording on a tape my friend made for me like 12 years ago.
This is well. All is well. In our heart (one heart, many lives) people chose to be Abenaki. There past didn't matter. The future did.
Good stuff.
I am! l dance to this music and sing it.
Now this is true American music :3
if yall like this u need to listen to southern man by harmony nights and im only 9 parts cherokee but im still on a drum and dance team doing this stuff all day long if u like it u dont have to be a 100% native American to go to pow-wows look it up u will be surprised how many happen in ure area all the time
The Creator's music! Chi-Miigwetch Gzhe-Mnidoo!
great
PROUD GREAT GREAT GRANDAUGHTER OF BETSY RED CLOUD
many native american languages customs an cultures are gone thanks to us europeans.. but hold on to what yous have left .because ... an i no your government dont care but have hope ..tiocfaidh ar lá our day will come.. ps i love our cultures theres somthing about your music aswell i get shivers downmy spine
great song. I wrote my own song called Native American Ballad and drew on heavy influences from this style of music, although I made it more rock/modern based. I hope it allows for the same peaceful reflection as this video! Enjoy
@rezryda207 I have to jam out to something rocks my bells and makes me feathers dance...this would make my bells come off my ankles and my feathers fall on the ground....
thank you
@Icapricorn01 somtimez they have powwows in germany and england but i havnt heard about one in scotland but imsure there is... google it
@TenaceousT glad you enjoyed, this is my uncles drum and i agree there are alot of fakes that try to sing this song and a few others and i just want to kick over there drum when i see it... but i have more respect then that. Oh a big part of that is S.C. Francis who use to do buisness with my uncle and dad ripped of our cd and sold it to a bunch of wanna b's
My old dumb group kicked ass!
@KWEKOSHKUKI12 maybe we drummed like that because we wanted it to sound like that because thats how our people dance to it... A real dancer can dance to any beat by the way no matter if its on or off
I have heard this song at powwows but I do not know what it means or it's intention. Could somebody possibly tell me because just absolutely love it. Thank you.
I prefer to be called either L'nu, because that's what we are called in mi'kmaq "my language". I'm not fluent in mikmaq but I am proud to know the words that I do know. Wish I could speak it fluently but our language is a dying language. I speak what I can to keep it alive.
Were those names taken on TH-cam?
my mother is dakota and penobscot, and i notice how different the music is. out there with the dakota, they’re faster. more paced, and out here they’re slower, it really is confusing for me.
So, I tried to create a Pandora station with Spirit of Dawn and this song specifically as the model. Pandora has no Native Drumming in their catalogue. I want to change that, but I can't do it without owning the rights to the music (which I do not lol) I was hoping you could help me with this.
It's always been in my Heart, but if I play it on a Regular drum set... Only friends close to me. Tell me it make's them either get up & Dance. My people are not here for the wrong Reasons. We just happened to be @ the rite place @ the wrong time.
I'm doing a project for school I need help downloading this
Tyler Lyons TH-cam to mp3
wela'lin my brothers
Can you tell me who has the rights to this music? I would love to use it in my independent student film. Very beautiful. Thank you very much for your time.
@AndreaCzech nothing wrong with what you said thanks for the compliment im singing in this recoring by the way
I'm not Native American or anything but this is still really cool
is this song on i tunes
Despite who you are, we are all connected. We are all family, We all came from the same place.
When I learned this song I was told it was called Red Sky and that it was a war song.
@ReZKaTT1 i was born in the city
@Irishfianna We have tribal schools and even in non native schools you can take classes... but it should be promoted better and with better funding.
@nerdyjojo13 right here... this is my uncles group too
@NATIVExPRIDE really im one of em whos this?
@Elvinauk nothing wrong with my rez... im proud to say its a beautiful community
Only a handful of schools off the rez teach you how to speak your native tongue, My school did offer it and many other schools are starting to open doors to teaching Saalish in school. Tribal rights should be a right now a thing we need to fight for. America has its own rights and governing but what about us?
odaowa from pataski michgian. well now grand rapids
@PopTheGlock423 "if you have even 1 drop of Indian blood in you, then you are Indian" -Black Elk from "Black Elk Speaks"
Nonsense your environment and DNA makes you so your really native or not within your mind and body so if your raised by white ppl and act like them at 75% blood your a white man cuz, if your a 1/4 but act like Geronimo your shining on certain rez's it really depends. Anything after that is reaching for nothing I'm 15% french doesn't make me a Frenchman in Paris with baguette's n wine
@hayyohkah you tell 'em. lakhotalovin ;)
@twistazoomalark mkay
A relative of ours was named White Sky. Can't remember who he was though..
Likewise...
@Irishfianna and a group went west to keep the culture alive and that peyote is starting to come back to the eastern and im only 13 as i said but i have gone to peyote cermeonies they help you a lot and people think thet peyote is just something to get buzzed on or something like that. but thats not true they just say that because they are scared of our culture and dont want it to spread and they say it is a bad thing
@PopTheGlock423 FYI check your blood line you might be shocked and just cuz your not full blooded don't mean a thing it's in your heart not your blood
Aho!
Heritage is something you're born with; In no way did you earn it. Pride is reserved for when you earn something. You wouldn't go around saying "Woot! Yeah! Brown hair pride!" No. But you would be proud of something like making straight A's or getting your football team to state finals.
I`d like the drumtone without the lyrics to my cellphone/ringtone (sms) wouldn`t that be cool?!
to be fair they're called both. especially in usa
Amazing. What are they singing?
POWWOW!!
For everyone thats looking up First Nations music, check out Cree Prayer Song. If your looking for powerful songs.
They are singing white sky.
White Sky has no "words" per se...these are vocables...or sounds. As far as I know this is an intertribal song-open to all to sing and participate in.
Indian is actually from the word indigenous, it was originally applied to Indians from the Asia area, yes but only because they were colonized before we were..
Lets get high !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In America they are called Indians. things are called different things in different regions of the world, it's called language.
good day