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[1] [2] While Native American identity can at times be a complex and contested issue, the Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry, and legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. Ethnologically, factors such as ...
Jana was born May 11, 1982, [1] and is from Robeson County, North Carolina; although she grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina.Jana is a member of the state-recognized Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and also identifies as being of Tuscarora descent. [2]
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941 [1]) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. [2]Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and her work has often focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada.
The 29-year-old "Fight Like a Girl" singer-songwriter is working on a new album that has been produced entirely by women. The post Indigenous singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza wants to ‘lift up ...
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Ulali (/ j uː l ɑː ˈ l iː /) is an a cappella group of women who self-identify as Native American. Founded in 1987, its current members include original members Pura Fé (self-identified Tuscarora/Taíno), Soni Moreno (self-identified Mayan, Apache, Yaqui) and Jennifer Kreisberg (self-identified Tuscarora).
Her earliest musical experiences included listening to and singing indigenous music of the Coast Salish. [8] She was a jingle dress dancer at regional pow wows with her family's drum group, the Skagit Valley Singers. [3] At a young age, Paul began learning to play the piano and played the flute in her school band. [9]
They created an exhibition for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian about the Indigenous influence on American music, titled “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture”, [4] borrowing a title from the Oscar-winning song, "Up Where We Belong" co-written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, [5] an Italian-American who ...