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Release Date: 20-09-2006
Label: Canyon Records
Catalog Number: CR6402-2
Barcode: 729337640221
Musical Style: Native American
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pipe Song [02:06] | 8 | Encouragement Song [04:17] |
| 2 | Veterans' Song [03:24] | 9 | Chant Song [04:51] |
| 3 | Thunder Being Song [02:01] | 10 | Encouragement Pipe Song [04:17] |
| 4 | Song Giving Thanks [03:18] | 11 | Spiritual Spider Song [02:15] |
| 5 | Encouragement Song [02:13] | 12 | Encouragement Song [03:04] |
| 6 | Pipe Song [02:49] | 13 | Going On Song [01:39] |
| 7 | Spotted Eagle Song [03:17] | ||
Being of Ihunktowan Dakota/Sicangu Lakota heritage, singer Joseph Shields, Jr. was raised in the traditional way as a ceremonial singer and medicine man. Carrying on the tradition of his forefathers, he is a keeper of Lakota culture and song. Feeling that they should be preserved for coming generations, he presents these sacred songs that illustrate the Lakota spiritual way of life.