Indigenous Peoples Day

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It only took about 200 years after the first Columbus Day for the greater United States to realize that maybe it was the Native and Indigenous people Columbus helped displace who deserved a holiday instead. Celebrating the widely varied voices of modern Native and Indigenous music across the continent, from pioneers like Buffy Sainte-Marie and Redbone to newer voices like The Halluci Nation and Nahko, this playlist aims to offer a soundtrack for discovery, reflection, and celebration, but also to help amplify lesser-heard voices in the culture more broadly. Our editors update this playlist regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Circle Game
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Fire & Fleet & Candlelight
Keith Secola
NDN Kars
Keith Secola
Circle (25th Anniversary Deluxe)
Redbone
Come and Get Your Love
Redbone
The Essential Redbone
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Soft Stud
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Mother of My Children
Nahko
Dragonfly
Nahko
My Name Is Bear
Russell Means
Conspiracy to Be Free
Russell Means
The Radical
Northern Cree
Hop to the Drop (Crow Hop)
Northern Cree
Mîyo Kekisepa, Make a Stand
The Halluci Nation
R.E.D. (feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear)
The Halluci Nation
We Are the Halluci Nation
Taboo
The Fight
Taboo
The Fight - Single
Once A Tree
For You
Once A Tree
Thousand Lives - EP
William Prince
Breathless
William Prince
Earthly Days
Sharon Burch
Cradle Song
Sharon Burch
Colors of My Heart
R. Carlos Nakai
Ancestral Home
R. Carlos Nakai
Canyon Trilogy
Walela
Cherokee Morning Song
Walela
Walela
Robbie Robertson, Verdell Primeaux, & Johnny Mike
Peyote Healing
Robbie Robertson , Verdell Primeaux , & Johnny Mike
Contact From the Underworld of Redboy
John Trudell
Crazy Horse
John Trudell
Bone Days
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Facing Future
Lloyd Cheechoo
James Bay
Lloyd Cheechoo
Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
Jesse Ed Davis
Washita Love Child (With Eric Clapton)
Jesse Ed Davis
Jesse Davis!
Blackfoot
Train, Train
Blackfoot
Strikes
Travis Thompson
Need You
Travis Thompson
RUNAWAYS - EP
noelle
Shades of Blue
noelle
Shades of Blue - Single
iskwē
The Unforgotten (feat. Tanya Tagaq)
iskwē
acākosīk
Link Wray
Rumble (Remastered)
Link Wray
Rumble (Remastered) - Single
The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon
The Neville Brothers
Yellow Moon
Lucille Starr
(Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness
Lucille Starr
Lonely Street
Boslen
VULTURES
Boslen
DUSK to DAWN
Robert Tree Cody
Whispering Journeys
Robert Tree Cody
Dreams from the Grandfather Native American Songs for Flute and Voice
Jeremy Dutcher
Mehcinut
Jeremy Dutcher
Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
Rockin' Chair
Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 1 - 1929-1937
Oscar Pettiford
Blues in the Closet
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford (Baden - Baden 1959, Karlsruhe 1958)
John Angaiak
I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean
John Angaiak
Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
Ernest Monias
If I Wanted You Girl
Ernest Monias
Original Recordings
C-Weed Band
Run As One
C-Weed Band
Run As One
Samian
Tshinanu (feat. Kashtin)
Samian
Face à la musique
Pura Fé
Going Home / Stomp Dance
Pura Fé
Follow Your Heart's Desire
Sihasin
Shine
Sihasin
Fight Like a Woman
Samantha Crain
Santa Fe
Samantha Crain
You (Understood)
VAYIJEL
J-ilol
VAYIJEL
Espíritu Ancestral - EP
Elisapie
Wolves Don't Live by the Rules (feat Joe Grass)
Elisapie
The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
Ulali
Mother
Ulali
Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women
David Strickland
Rez Life (feat. Drezus, Hellnback, Joey Stylez, Que Rock & Violent Ground)
David Strickland
Spirit of Hip Hop
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Black Blood (feat. Nyomi Wahai)
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
DJ Shub
Indomitable (feat. Northern Cree Singers)
DJ Shub
PowWowStep - EP
Drezus
Warpath
Drezus
Indian Summer
Black Lodge Singers
Crow Hop
Black Lodge Singers
Pow-Wow Songs: Recorded Live in Arizona
Kashtin
Akua Tuta
Kashtin
Due South
Supaman
Prayer Loop Song
Supaman
Illuminatives
Willy Mitchell
Call of the Moose
Willy Mitchell
Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
Annie Humphrey
Spirit Horses
Annie Humphrey
The Heron Smiled
Robbie Robertson
Fallen Angel
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
The Jerry Cans
Clouds
The Jerry Cans
Clouds - Single
Tom Bee
Reservation of Education (feat. Michael Martin, Mac Suazo & R. C. Gariss Jr.)
Tom Bee
Color Me Red
Beatrice Deer
Immutaa
Beatrice Deer
My All To You
Maten
Ka Auassiuiak
Maten
Maten
Angel Haze
A Tribe Called Red
Angel Haze
Dirty Gold (Deluxe)
Crown Lands
Howlin' Back
Crown Lands
Crown Lands
Crystal Shawanda
My Roots Are Showing
Crystal Shawanda
Dawn of a New Day
Florent Vollant
Apu Peikussian
Florent Vollant
Puamuna
Rita Coolidge
Cherokee
Rita Coolidge
Cherokee
nêhiyawak
starlight
nêhiyawak
starlight - EP
Zoon
Vibrant Colours
Zoon
Bleached Wavves
Shauit
Nutshimam
Shauit
Apu peikussiakᵘ (Apu peikussiaku)
Willie Dunn
I Pity the Country
Willie Dunn
Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
Raye Zaragoza
American Dream
Raye Zaragoza
Fight for You
Leonard Sumner
Memories
Leonard Sumner
Standing in the Light
Quantum Tangle
Tiny Hands
Quantum Tangle
Shelter as We Go...
Sikumiut
Sikumiut
Sikumiut
Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
Luzmila Carpio
Ama Sua, Ama Llulla, Ama Kjella
Luzmila Carpio
Sumaj Llajta (Alto Folklore Boliviano)
Bill Miller
Wind Spirit
Bill Miller
The Art of Survival
Pamyua
Cauyaqa Nauwa
Pamyua
Drums of the North
Tanya Tagaq
Retribution
Tanya Tagaq
Retribution
Arigon Starr
Salmon Song
Arigon Starr
Backflip
Airo & Brulé
Iron Horse
Airo & Brulé
Tatanka
Digging Roots
For the Light
Digging Roots
For the Light
Janel Munoa
Happy Sinking
Janel Munoa
Howls from Deep in the Woods
Stevie Salas
Indian Chief
Stevie Salas
Colorcode
Blackfire
No Control
Blackfire
One Nation Under
Ivaluarjuk
Anuri
Ivaluarjuk
Ice Lines & Sealskin
Celeigh Cardinal
The Devil Is a Blue-Eyed Man
Celeigh Cardinal
The Devil Is a Blue-Eyed Man - Single
DJ krayzkree
Hoka Hey (feat. Jayden Paz & Dancin Dave) [Radio Version]
DJ krayzkree
Future Generations
Aspen Mirabal, Kona Mirabal, Masa Mirabal, Robert Mirabal, & Ethel
Peace Calls
Aspen Mirabal , Kona Mirabal , Masa Mirabal , Robert Mirabal , & Ethel
The River
Red Sky Performance
Ziibi
Red Sky Performance
Miigis
Lightningcloud
Meet Me At the Pow Wow (feat. Leonard Sumner)
Lightningcloud
Indigenous Angels
Ansley Simpson
Breakwall
Ansley Simpson
Breakwall
Ray St. Germain
Dynamite Woman
Ray St. Germain
My Many Moods
Gyasi Ross
Miss Lady (feat. Nakoa HeavyRunner)
Gyasi Ross
Isskootsik (Before Here Was Here)
Cary Morin
Cradle to the Grave
Cary Morin
Cradle to the Grave
Laura Grizzlypaws
Bears Teachings
Laura Grizzlypaws
Come Home
Digawolf
Yellowstone
Digawolf
Yellowstone
Mickie James
Somebody's Gonna Pay
Mickie James
Somebody's Gonna Pay
Ray Remington
Texas Rose
Ray Remington
Texas Rose-EP
Southern Scratch
Juan Rios Mazurka
Southern Scratch
Em-we:hejed - "For All of You" (Walia of the Tohono O'odham)
Andrew Vasquez
Wind River
Andrew Vasquez
Wind River
Silver Jackson
Perfect Mistake (feat. Iska Dhaaf)
Silver Jackson
Starry Skies Opened Eyes
Anthony Wakeman & Aaron White
Spirit Dance
Anthony Wakeman & Aaron White
Handprints of Our People
Christa Couture
Like Water, Like Earth
Christa Couture
Safe Harbour - EP
With Out Rezervation
Are You Ready for W.O.R.?
With Out Rezervation
Are You Ready for W.O.R.?
Joy Harjo
The Had-It-Up-to-Here Round Dance
Joy Harjo
Native Joy for Real
Red Earth & Rust
Red Delicious
Red Earth & Rust
Zia Soul
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