October holds Indigenous People's Day, and November has been designated Native American Heritage Month. We celebrate both with wide selection of music from various North American musicians. Included are great songs from Bill Miller, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joanne Shenandoah and Walela. There's a wonderful story from Murray Porter and a fiddle tune from Jimmy Larocque. Sample the rich tapestry of music from the First Nations … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton / “Hunter's Twilight” / Carry the Gift / Canyon

Buffy Sainte-Marie / “Now That the Buffalo's Gone” / I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again / Vanguard

Walela with Rita Coolidge / “The Apache Honoring Song” / Tribal Voices / Earthbeat

Bill Miller / “Reservation Road” / Reservation Road-Live / Rosebud

Murray Porter / “Dog Lover” / Legends I Am an Eagle / Curb

Bruce Cockburn / “Hoop Dancer” / The Trouble With Normal / Columbia

R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton / “Hunter's Twilight” / Carry the Gift / Canyon

Joanne Shenandoah / “Circle of Friendship” / Life Blood / Silver Wave

Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat / “Nendaa-Go Back” / Native America / Putumayo

Jimmie LaRocque / “Road to Batoche” / Wood that Sings / Smithsonian Folkways

Johnny Cash / “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” / Bitter Tears / Columbia

Primeaux & Mike / “Amazing Grace (in Sioux)” / Walk in Beauty / Canyon

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways