Songs for the Fourth of July with a Native Twist

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This Fourth of July,  AIROS wants to share some songs from contemporary Native artists. They may look like your standard songs sung on the Fourth of July, but each one has its own take on America and comes from a Native perspective.

"God Bless America" (Seed of Life) - Radmilla Cody (Navajo)
"America The Beautiful" (Running For The Drum) - Buffy Saint-Marie (Piapot Cree)
"Star Spangled Banner" (Bitter Tears Scared Ground) - Joanne Shenandoah (Iroquois) & Michael Bucher (Cherokee)
"Sometimes Eagles" (Tappin' The Earth's Backbone) - Jack Gladstone (Blackfeet)
"Let the Colors Fly" (Unity) - Jim Boyd (Sinixt Arrow Lake)
"Star Spangled Banner" (Best of Jimi Hendrix) - Jimi Hendrix (Cherokee)