NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES GIVE THEIR GIFT OF SONG TO A FREE CD

[BlueMTexpat]

TO STAND WITH STANDING ROCK

Note to Admins, etc: This title is in all caps in my email announcement. I merely copied and pasted.

I have long been on the mailing list of NAMA (the Native American Music Association/Awards) and would encourage any music buffs who haven't visited the site to do so. http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/

This morning, I received an email letting me know the following:

Nominees of the 16th Annual Native American Music Awards have donated their songs to a free compilation CD entitled, Water is Life, in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's efforts to protect their land, water and sacred sites from the Dakota Access Pipeline. The free CD, Water is Life, features a variety of artist contributions from all tribal nations and music styles that can be downloaded online on the Native American Music Awards website at http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/free-cd-download

Featured artists on the CD include: Shelley Morningsong (N. Cheyenne), CC Murdock (Timpanogos), Howard Lyons (Mohawk), Cindy Paul (Metis Cree), Blue Mountain Tribe (Chiricahua Apache), Thana Redhawk (Apache/Cherokee/Aztec/Sioux/Mexica), Steven Rushingwind (Cahuilla/Opata), Rhonda Head (Cree), Conrad Benally (Shoshone Bannock), Darren Thompson (Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior/Chippewa), Jace Martin (Mohawk Six Nations of the Grand River Iroquois), Rockapelli (Chumash/Huichol) and NightShield (Sioux).

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has received an outpouring of support from other Tribes, First Nations, Organizations, Cities, and Businesses who have visited and sent them signed resolutions and letters of support of their efforts against the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access Pipeline. Mainstream artist, Pharrell Williams, Divergent star Shailene Woodley, Actors Jason Momoa and Leonardo DiCaprio have also expressed their support.

Construction on The Dakota Access Pipeline is still underway. The planned $3.7 billon pipeline would transport approximately 470,000 barrels of crude oil per day, from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery near Chicago. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe doesn’t want the Dakota Access Pipeline to go on their tribal lands or beneath the Missouri river, fearing it will endanger the reservation’s drinking water and ancient burial sites.

The email also noted that anyone who is interested can support the efforts and actions of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by making a donation at http://standingrock.org/news/standing-rock-sioux-tribe--dakota-access-pipeline-donation-fund/

[Judi Lynn]

1. Thank you, BlueMTexpat. n/t

[BlueMTexpat]

2. You are most

welcome!

[bucolic_frolic]

3. It will fit nicely with my other CD

of Native American music

which i can't recall the name of offhand, it is really indie

Though not by Native Americans as I recall. Good to see
some of the genuine article.

[BlueMTexpat]

4. You can also stream music from the

site. There are some excellent artists.