Digital Higher Education Presentation

Native Americanresistance Music

By Ryan Tatara

"For Indigenous people across the globe, the mere fact that they exist today is an act of resistance…"

- Linsday Monture, 2017

What is the purpose?

What is the point of making a song for your cause in the first place?"

Resistance songs have been used to convey many different messages over the years. They can be made to condmen a war, or a government's overreach on a certain group of people, or even to bring attention to a prominent figure who doesn't get the attention that they deserve.

"For me, the power of a protest song is not about getting a hit or making a buck. It has to do with how useful it is to making the world better..." -Buffy Saint-Marie, 2013

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Who's writing it?

There have been many Native American musicians writing resistance music, with their prominence taking off in the early 1960's. Though some of their words were made famous once they were said by other musicians. That is not to say that only Native Americans can make music about their struggles. This presentation is to give light to those authentic sources and what they were so concerned about.

"At one point I kept my music separate from my activism but as I got further into activism, I realized the most powerful thing I could do is just make them the same thing." -Logan Staats, 2022

A Brief Timeline

This incomplete timeline shows that the challenges facing Native Americans is still ongoing, even if you haven't been hearing about it. Many of these musicians perform eachothers works as well, because they share the same challenges.

"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" by Peter LaFarge 1962

"Now That The Buffalo's Gone" by Buffy Saint'Marie 1964

"The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down" by The Band 1969

"I Pity the Country" by Willie Dunn 1973

"We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee" by Redbone 1973

"B.I.A" by Floyd Westerman 1991

"Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee" by Buffy Sainte-Marie 1992

"Deconolize" by Aztlan Undergound 1995

"#NoDAPL" by Stuart James 2016

"Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie 1964

Sources:

Monture, L. (2019, March 19). A brief evolution of indigenous protest music | CBC music read. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/a-brief-evolution-of-indigenous-protest-music-1.5062369 Sainte-Marie, B. (n.d.). The power of protest songs | Nmai Magazine. American Indian Magazine. https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/power-protest-songs Adams, K. (2022, June 30). Singing in the face of Colonial Danger: Music’s place in Indigenous Resistance | CBC music. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/music/singing-in-the-face-of-colonial-danger-music-s-place-in-indigenous-resistance-1.6504559

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