Eagle Feather: Samian and "La Plume d'Aigle"

Canadian rapper Samian brings us the random tune for today, called La Plume d'Aigle. Performing in both French and Algonquian, Samian is a member of the Abitibiwinni First Nation who was first noticed in 2004 after participating in a film project and performing onstage with the Quebecois hip hop group Loco Locass. He has won awards for his music, has acted in two films and has released three albums. La Plume d'Aigle can be found on his 2013 album Face à la Musique.

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Tribalectronica: A Tribe Called Red and "NDN Stakes"

From Canada's First Nations, A Tribe Called Red brings us today's random tune called NDN Stakes. A Tribe Called Red is made up of members of the Nipissing First Nation, Mohawk tribe and Cayuga First Nation. Their music is electronic, with instrumental hip hop, reggae, moombahton and dubstep combined with First Nations music such as vocal chanting and drums. Called "powwow-step," it was developed to appeal to urban First Nations people in the dance club scene. Based in Ottawa, the band has been a prominent proponent of First Nations' rights and against the cultural appropriation of First Nations symbols. In 2013 they asked non-First Nations followers to refrain from wearing war paint and headdresses to their shows, have filed a human rights complaint against an Ottawa amateur football team using the name "Redskins," and withdrew from a performance at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over concerns about its depiction of Canadian aboriginal peoples. NDN Stakes can be found on their 2013 album Nation II Nation and features Sitting Bear, a traditional tribal drum group.

At the Big Dance: Nakoda Nation Tribal Drummers and Singers Accompanying Women's Fancy Dance Competition

Today's random song of the day is a treat! From the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2010, drummers and singers from the Nakoda Nation of Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Colombia and Montana accompany the Womens Fancy dance competition. The song can be found on the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance (2015).