Indian Reservation Song

They took the whole cherokee nation put us on this reservation took away our ways of life the tomahawk and the bow and knife took away our native tongue and taught their english to our young and all the beads we made by hand are nowadays made in japan cherokee people cherokee tribe so proud to live so proud to die.

Indian reservation song. The first hit version was a 1968 recording by don fardon a former member of the sorrows that reached number 20 on the hot 100 in 1968 and. The song was first recorded by marvin rainwater in 1959 and released on mgm as the pale faced indian but that release stayed unnoticed. Orlando riva sound ors indian reservation 1979 original by don fardon 1968 they took the whole cherokee nation put us on this reservation they took away. Loudermilk s composition indian reservation lament of the cherokee reservation indian a native american protest song doesn t have much to do with the raiders earlier music or image.

This video is a music video indian reservation. Indian reservation the lament of the cherokee reservation indian they took the whole cherokee nation put us on this reservation took away our ways of life the tomahawk and the bow and knife took away our native tongue and taught their english to our young and all the beads we made by hand. Paul revere the raiders indian reservation hq sound. Indian reservation wasn t the only song john d.

Indian reservation the lament of the cherokee reservation indian is a song written by john d. A country singer named marvin rainwater recorded an early version of this song called the pale faced indian in 1959. This song by don fardon was released in 1968 but before starting his solo career he was with the band the sorrows this song indian reservation sold ove. But a hit is a hit is a hit and the song went to number one in the summer of 1971 briefly resurrecting what had been a nearly moribund recording career for the raiders.