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LEFT TO RIGHT TOP:
BRANDON DANIELS, AARON DANIELS, FARON TWOYOUNGMEN
LEFT TO RIGHT MIDDLE:
GAVIN EAR, (MOSS) DANIEL WILDMAN,
TRAVEIN POUCETTE, KELLY POUCETTE
LEFT TO RIGHT BOTTOM:
ROD ANDERS HUNTER jr, ROD HUNTER SR, DESI RIDER
NOT SHOWN IN PICTURE:
WESLEY BEARSPAW, WAYNE BEARSPAW,
LEROY HOUSE,
(SPEE) HARRUM SMALLEYES
EYA-HEY NAKODA WAS FORMED IN SEPTEMBER, 1994 BY ROD
HUNTER sr, DESI RIDER AND ROD ANDERS HUNTER JR. EYA-HEY NAKODA COMPOSES AND
SINGS THEIR OWN SONGS. ALL OF THEIR SUMMER WEEKENDS ARE BOOKED ONE YEAR IN
ADVANCE TO DO HOST DRUMS CONTRACTS. BIG OR SMALL POW-WOWS, EYA-HEY NAKODA
LOVE TO SING AND MAKE THE DANCERS DANCE.
AT POW-WOWS BEFORE GRAND ENTRY DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE GROUP TAKE TURNS
OFFERING TOBBACCO TO THE DRUM. THEY PRAY FOR THE DANCERS AND ALL PEOPLE WHO
ARE THERE. THEY ASK FOR BLESSINGS FROM THE DRUM SO THAT WHEN THE DANCERS
DANCE, OR THE PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE BEAUTIFUL HEART BEAT OF POW-WOW THEY CAN
BE CURED OF ANY AILMENTS.
ROD
HUNTER IS THE FOUNDER OF CONTEMPORARY POW-WOW MUSIC.
IN 1976 ROD WAS ASKED TO LEAD FOR CHINIKI LAKE SINGERS AND CONVINCED THEM TO
SING WORD SONGS. ROD ALWAYS BELIEVED POW-WOW WAS LOOKING FOR SOME THING NEW
AND INTRODUCED WORD SONGS THAT MADE THE DANCERS MOVE. FROM THIS NEW STYLE OF
MUSIC CAME OTHER GROUPS (STONEY PARK, BLACK LODGE, RED BULL, BLACK STONE,
WHITE FISH jrs, AND EYABAY IN EARLIER YEARS, AND TODAY WILD HORSE, YOUNG GREY
HORSE.... ETC).
EYA-HEY NAKODA PREFER TO TAKE THEIR TIME AND SPREAD
THEIR MUSIC SLOWLY. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO ALL THE MAJOR POW-WOWS IN DUE
TIME. ROD HUNTER jr. (ANDERS), ROD HUNTER sr. AND GAVIN EAR ARE IN THE
INITIAL STAGES OF STARTING NAKODA RECORDS.
THE MOTTO OF THIS GROUP IS: "... MAKE AND SING YOUR OWN SONGS, HAVE A
GOOD TIME SINGING, HAVE A GOOD DRUM, A GOOD PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM, RESPECT
PEOPLE - SONGS - DANCERS AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT..."
Albums that are available:
1 Sacred Mountains, 1996(available from Turtle Island Music)
2 Live In Chilliwack,1997(available from Turtle Island Music)
3 Enters The Circle (Round Dance), 1998 (available from Wacipi Records)
4 This Is The Life, 2000 (available from Rod Hunter sr – Nakoda Records)
CONTACT:
ROD HUNTER
P.O. BOX 240
MORLEY, ALBERTA, CANADA
(403) 881-0023 , (403) 881-2620 (WORK)
Gavin's E-mail:
Other Sites:
gavinear@yahoo.com Pow-wow Net
http://www.geocities.com/eyaheynakoda
Anders E-mail:
andy79@hotmail.com
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