Music and Stories from across the Americas

If this is your first visit to Oyate (pronounced Oh yah tay), welcome! We have music and stories from over 60 different tribes. For over 30 years, we have been collecting music and stories from all over the Americas. To be honest, we've been in North America for most of the time, but we've gathered stories and music from above the Hudson bay, and south of Mazatlan in the heart of Mexico. We even recorded singers from the Amazon when we went to Trebol Mexico.
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Buffalo - The Lost Red Bow Tapes

Buddy Red Bow - Oglala LakotaRecorded in 1974, this album has long been rumored to exist - now it's here. Buddy Red Bow, Oglala Lakota, passed on 16 years ago at the age of 44. I recorded Buddy in my first studio, Mr. Dog Music. When he came in with his big black hat, I didn't really know what I was in for. His personality was as big as his hat. The girls couldn't stop loving him, and he lived his life as hard as he could. I always looked forward to seeing Buddy walk through the door.  He always brightened up the room. Now, 34 years later, his music is still amazingly fresh, and vibrant. $ 9.95

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Indian Love Song

My Friend - The Buffalo

Momma, I'm Sorry

"Preserving Humanity"

We are going to be showing videos from our blog - RealREZ These are stories of life on the reservation. Not the stories of "Indians chasing buffaloes", no, these are stories of live as people live it right now. Sometimes they are happy, sometimes they are sad, but they are always the "real REZ"
Preserving Humanity
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Washaka - The Bear Dreamer


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Jamie Lee was awarded a
Ben Franklin Award
for "Best New Voice in Fiction" in 2007 and was a finalist in PEN USA for Children's Literature
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The Homestead

Tonight the moon was almost full and shining red through the pines on the bit of earth in Northern Minnesota that we have recently tagged "our land" (although I still doubt that anybody can actually "own" such a thing).  We have been here for one week and the magical flow we discovered from the moment we decided to buy into these twenty acres continues.  On our way out from Rapid City, SD, Milt and I were coming to terms with the fact that we probably would not have the expertise or resources to actually begin building our strawbale house.  On Tuesday we considered finding a camper or somet... Read More
Posted: July 16, 2008