List of Native American Musicians

List Of Native American Musicians

This is a list of Native American musicians and singers. They are notable musicians and singers, who are from peoples indigenous to the contemporary United States, including Native Alaskans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Americans in the United States. Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity. All individuals on this list should have Native American ancestry. Historical figures might predate tribal enrollment practices and would be included based on ethnological tribal membership, while any contemporary individuals should either be enrolled members of federally recognized tribes or have cited Native American ancestry and be recognized as being Native American by their respective tribes(s). Contemporary unenrolled individuals are listed as being of descent from a tribe.

Indigenous music of North America:
Topics
Native American/First Nations
Chicken scratch Ghost Dance
Hip hop Native American flute
Peyote song Pow wow
Tribal music articles
Arapaho Blackfoot
Dene Innu
Inuit Iroquois
Kiowa Kwakwaka'wakw
Navajo Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni)
Seminole Sioux (Lakota, Dakota)
Yaqui music Yuman
Related topics
Music of the United States - Music of Canada


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