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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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ERIN AND ERIKA’S SONG (SHOUT SONG #2)
Composed by Howard Bad Hand in February 1985. Takoja performed it as the first Grand Entry Song for the 1985 Denver March Powwow. It is done here as an intertribal.

LYRICS
Waci wicasi ki akis’as’a heya au welo,
"Wacipi can, iyokipic’iya wau welo.
Omakiyayo! Winyuskinyan, waci
wicohanki unkayin ktelo!"
 
The dancers shouting come saying this,
"When they dance, I come to enjoy myself.
Help me! Joyfully we will take the dancing
ways onward together!"