Red Lake Singers

Dan Bellanger, Joe “Tiny” Bellanger
Johnny Smith, James “Gus” Strong,
Peter Strong, Sr., Willy Strong

 
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The Red Lake Singers are a distinguished drum group from the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The group’s style of singing belongs to the genre well known throughout Indian Country as “Pow Wow Music.” OLD TIMES was made to capture and preserve the old songs and “old singing style” of the Ojibwe people at Red Lake. The recording was produced by Robby Romero for Eagle Thunder Records at the request and with the support of Red Lake Nation. The songs featured on OLD TIMES were taught to the Red Lake Singer’s by their fathers, grandfathers, and uncles when they were young boys, as early as the 1920s.

 
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RED LAKE SINGERS
Wahpekute, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Territory (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Turtle Island

The Red Lake Singers have been drumming and singing at Pow Wows and Indigenous Gatherings throughout Indian Country for years. They’ve been featured on the National Native Radio program “Native America Calling” and on Native Radio Stations and programs across Turtle Island and abroad.

To find a POW WOW near you, visit: POWWOWS.COM