Who can list the most songs (with at least a few links) that contain "Indian" or "half breed" in the TITLE?

Question

I would like to honor the people I can most relate to~~the Native Americans. Now some of you can call us Injuns and squaws (which basically means N.A. slutt) or murderers or b@stards or half breeds or whatever immature and degrading names come to your mind.... but instead of accusing the peoples of the many many tribes of Native American Indians of all of those nasty things,try considering the fact that we are all just human beings,regardless of nationality. And the things that happened durring those wars with "the white people" have long been overwith and most of us living today had absolutely nothing to do with those battles. Both whites and reds were guilty of slaughtering innocent people,and both were often put on the defending side of the battles. I'm not proud of the whites (my mothers side) or the reds (my Cherokee fathers side) that committed any horrific act for no reason. But for I do believe in fighting for what is right in our hearts.
My biological mother was ashamed that I was half Cherokee. To avoid being harassed and shamed by her family she gave me up for adoption. According to Native American ways a N.A. child was rarely ever given up out of the tribe. I was a half breed~and I was given up.
I would have liked to have known my blood relatives on my fathers side,but my birth was kept secret from my biological father.
I am grateful that I now have the most loving and supporting family I could ever have dreamed for. But sometimes I wish I could have been raised on a reservation. If you haven't been there you won't understand. But I'm proud of my heritage,even though my biological mother was not.

MQ Will you please list some songs about Indians (any tribe) ?

** You can bash and criticize all you want,but I will never deny my blood**

BQ: Are you part Native American?
BQ2 If so,which tribe?

My song picks
Cher~ Half Breed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxoWto09Oyg

Tim McGraw~ Indian Outlaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevytosR4XA

Paul Revere and The Raiders~ Cherokee Nation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRa-S8mckI




thx to all for your input

Answer 1

Johnny Cash - Apache Tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCAf_Ajh_KQ



Buffy Sainte-Marie - Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoifHe01Plk



Buffy Sainte Marie - "Cripple Creek"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvCXPqRLVpY&feature=related



Buffy Sainte Marie - "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8VOI0xVSV0&feature=related



Buffy Sainte Marie - "Soldier Blue"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97xgT9nH-yw&feature=related



Robbie Robertson & Coolidge & Ulali Ghost Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xag1nvbLwLU



Robbie Robertson It's a good day to die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BS_3Lz0WaM&feature=related



Robbie Robertson Coyote And Hoop Dans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHuXu7ALcxc&feature=related



Robbie Robertson & Buffy Sainte Marie Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ2nP6Sgrfk&feature=related



Robbie Robertson Golden Feather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG2xhlxGIMY&feature=related



now I would like to give you something a native elder had given to me many years ago to help out native gang members, behind bars. To help them see clearly.



The following is an Ojibway story told to me by an Elder, a story I try to pass on to young native inmates. This is a story that most native inmates say has helped them to understand themselves and helps them to seek a better life.



"You have a twin brother whom you have wondered about

and whom you would seek. This I tell you; he is your other

side in all things and in all ways. He is with you....do not seek him. Do not wish to know him, but understand him.



You will walk the path of peace....he would not

You are kind....he is not

You are humble...he is not

You are generous...he is not

You seek the good in things....he does not

You shall respect others...he will not

You shall seek the goodness in others...he will not

You are the light....he is the darkness.



Know that he is with you, understand him, but do not seek him!"



This is the story of the good and bad in all of us. If we seek the bad twin within us, that is what comes out. If we seek the good within us, then that is what we are.



take care

dave

Answer 2

The Navajo Know, The Pixies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bcwXvXNjXk



Iroquois Lane, Amanda Overmeyer (one of the better American Idol contestants):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOgF-1nI6o

(does not actually have to do with the Iroquois, but is a good song nevertheless)



Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), Bob Dylan. Here's the Hollies' cover. as you've probably heard the Mannfred Mann cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNl9sn9THkE



Back with more.



BQ: As far as I know, no, not even a sliver, but that's because I am from two very cloistered ethnicities who didn't even marry outside of their own ethnicities -- the fact that my parents were getting married to each other, and both are Anglo-Saxon white, was a big deal to both sides of the families.



BBQ: However, I did take 'Intro to Iroquois Language' in college and work on an Iroquois digsite for a college archaeology. I still remember how to speak a few words, and I live near -- and used to volunteer at -- the Iroquois museum. One of my law school papers was on Native land rights and the way those rights are decimated by incorrect application of property laws: If you're interested, Missy, drop me an E-mail and _if_ I can dig it up, I will send it to you.



(I'll also echo Stella's comments. You have nothing to apologize for, obviously, and I wish that could be left unsaid. Racism is vile and indefensible, and I truly hope that in the next 100 years, the lines between our artificially constructed "races" will blur so much that we'll largely be indistinguishable from each other. It's an old saying by now, but people should be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character -- MLK definitely had the right idea.)

Answer 3

Hi Missy. Don't ever apologize for your heritage. If anything, you should be apologized to. What this country has done to the Native American is short of...horrendous!



Peace Frog - the Doors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34JarNjoIU

"Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding

Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind"



MQ: I don't think so although I am French-Canadian and always thought most of us might have a drop or two.

MQ2: Don't know but I'm gonna check my heritage book tonight!



Missy, this is for you. A great performance from the great, Robbie Robertson (he's part Mohawk) and he did a cd of Native American music. Enjoy ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG2xhlxGIMY

Answer 4

The Human Beings - Adam And The Ants



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KosoVMKd0

Answer 5

Nice tribute - I am glad you are proud of your heritage! You certainly should be.



Trail of Tears - Testament

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKyT-wBdq5k



Horse Nation - The Cult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKyT-wBdq5k



Spiritwalker - The Cult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HypRKiQx1hk&feature=related



BA: Possibly but pretty far back. And my Dad's Stepmother was part Cherokee. He grew up in North Carolina. I have been to Cherokee and saw The Trail of Tears. It's a beautiful place and very sad at the same time.

Answer 6

Half Breed by Cher

and

Indian Reservation by Paul Raviere And The Raiders

Answer 7

My top pick would be "One Nation Under" by the Amazing Dinè (Navajo) band Blackfire.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4pL_Bp_IPE



Then There's "American Ghost Dance" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Anthony Kiedis claims to have some Mohawk blood, but the song mainly references Lakota and Paiute history.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZM3aek9yxE



BQ: No.

Answer 8

10 Little Indians - The Beach Boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-OrJnt1O4



Wounded Knee - Redbone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7TJi2Rk7c



Land of the Navajo - Old & in the Way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIj5OTp1Ic



Great White Buffalo - Ted Nugent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3J-XYnZHfU



BQ: A little bit.

BQ2: Shinnecock.

Answer 9

Well you took my first 3 answers - LOL



Running Bear - Johnny Preston - not in the title but it is in the lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3meEmDpaDU



Seminole Wind - John Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGoBQIhyFFM



People of The Southwind - Kansas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveGtAQk6Ko



Wounded Knee - Redbone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7TJi2Rk7c





BQ & Bq2 - Yes I'm part Cherokee and part Iroquois

Answer 10

I was thinking of another one by Paul Revere & The Raiders.

Indian Reservation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsMQbedCZj0



This is an awesome song I think.

Seminole Wind - John Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqBCdjU5XI



BA: part Comanche, I'm told

Answer 11

"Running Bear" Johnny Preston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3meEmDpaDU

Answer 12

The Ballad of Ira Hayes , Johnny Cash

Answer 13

Well Missy you already listed the ones I know, so this is all I can give (which I know you'll like, being a Maiden fan):



Run to the Hills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysGdhiyjMNg



Check out this very cool album art for that song:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Iron_Maiden_-_Run_to_the_Hills.jpg



BQs- yes, but not much. My great-great grandmother was Cherokee as well :)



v oh Lucy, good call on Seminole Wind, i LOVE that song and haven't heard it in ages!! Thanks so much for posting that.

Answer 14

Spoonman - Soundgarden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0mYZswIU5M



BA/BA2: Apache and Cherokee - Both of my Grandpa's were half. Both of my Grandma's were none.



btw, I know people who are in your shoes, and I wish things could be different for you. I feel you...

Answer 15

"Pocahontas" - Neil Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7MlIU2VHqc

Answer 16

Anthrax - Indians



BQ: nah

Answer 17

indian summer-the doors