Northern Cree Sings a Wicked New Song for Mens Traditional @ Driftpile Powwow 2016 

That song was just too good, need some grand champion dancers for that song.

My uncle Calvin Shillal ( Himatoom Siloo ) had a collection of very old recordings of Native singing and songs from the late 1800's to the early 1900's era. In those songs you could hear many animal sound imitations being made during the songs. Coyote howls, bird calls, and other sounds. This old style still is echoed today with whooping and bird caws which are common during pow wow songs. Its as I was recently telling one of my dancer friends: " The songs and dances may be a different than the ancient ones in ways, but the energy that carries the dancers and that resonates through the drums and voices, is the same ancient energy / spirit that carried and resonated through our most ancient ancestors on this earth." I have come to understand the key to dancing and singing is to let the spirit / energy carry you, or as I prefer to say " Get lost in the spirit ".

Proud Plains Cree from Saskatchewan.

They must be in really good shape to do these dances for hours on end. Truly amazing!!

Wicked for real It caught a few of them..

Hi Northern Cree singers

Too good for dem boyz

Wonderful. We need to see more expressions of This Country's Natives in everyday life through out this Land.

Happy Thanksgiving. No turkey dance found...this is a thrill. Thank you for the "Chicken".

Just to wicked n bad ass song,, ahoo

Great song amazing dancers

It’s powwow time

Cree Nation.

Love it!

2 thumbs up... Awesome song

Northern Cree 1. Dancers 0. Goot song boyz.

Love it

hoka hey, goot one

awesome!

Yep..GOLDEN AGE

decent!!!! that area director coming straight at ya lolz

Beastmode Josh Bear

Really good one!!

......I don't see many on beat until later in the song

competition powwow? someone please explain + the value in thr being a competition on the matter?

Wapsiw niya ochi. Kitiyakosiwin. Nakamohk napewak! Nisakitin

Nisakitin napewak! Niwicihiwin nimitomiw. Nakamohk! Nimihtowin! Kakaki

Why are people 🚶 around in the arena while the dance going on ssshh

Blackfoot nation

are they vets? did they earn those eagle feathers?