Description
This album features traditional and contemporary honor songs composed by the group's past and present members which have endured as "classics", that is, they have become standard favorites in the Pow-Wow circle.
Thirty five years in the making, this album includes:
1. Calvin Jumping Bull's memorial song (traditional)
2. Remembering The Warrior (traditional)
3. Shunkah' Olowan - Making or Giving a Horse Song (traditional)
4. Memorial Song For A Singer (Severt Young Bear, Sr., originally for Leonard Metcalf)
5. World War II Veterans Song (traditional)
6. Wapaha Olowan - Feather And Staff Song (Leo Clairmont)
7. Pow Wow Princess Song (Irving Tail, made for Miss Indian Nations at Bismarck, ND 1986)
8. Song Of Encouragement (Severt Young Bear, Sr., for Bill Menard Jr., in Digman Hall at St. Francis on his return from military service)
9. Porcupine Singers' Song (Drury Cook, 1963)
10. Education/Graduation Song (Severt Young Bear, Sr., and Ronnie Thiesz for all Native students and graduates)
11. Memorial Song (Severt Young Bear, Sr., 1976, for Whitney Grey Bull of Ft. Yates)
12. Oglala Nation Princess Song (Melvin Young Bear, 2009)