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Red Leaf Takoja: Live at Taos Blue Lake Powwow - 1985 85-0701

An all time favorite on the powwow circuit. Contains powerful "oldies but goodies." Words to each song in original Lakota language, with English translations, on the insert. Extended play.

THE RED LEAF TAKOJA SINGERS are a group of popular Indian singers based in Denver, Colorado. The members live in Denver, on reservations in South Dakota, and in the Taos Puebleo, New Mexico. A part-time member lives in Oklahoma.

THE SINGING TRADITION OF RED LEAF spans at least four generations. Its distinctive musical style comes from the Red Leaf and Black Pipe Communities of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.

LISTEN AND ENJOY the music and style of the Red Leaf Takoja Singers. Recorded live as Host Drum for the First Annual Taos Blue Lake Powwow at Taos, New Mexico, July 13, 1985.


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JENNIFER’S LULLABY
Composed by Tom Teegarden in February 1985 while completing an all night drive home from a South Dakota powwow. While other group members awoke and joined in the singing, Jennifer Skeet slept through it all and thus earned the dedicationfor this song. It was first performed during the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, February 1985.