Mark Lindsay (lead singer) was the only member who was part Cherokee. The Raiders made some great music. There was a TV show called "Where the Action Is" which they starred in. Paul Revere was the guy at the keyboards.
What Band is she documented with? These are some facts about this song and the Cherokee Nation. I'm sorry but this is just wrong. No documented Cherokee listens to this. This song is based on a lie. The story he told was a made up exaggerate farce. The Cherokee Nation ran his lines it was proven he was not Cherokee or affiliated with any Tribe for that matter. He is Caucasion. Period! It's Offensive and Disrespectful to Real Cherokee Nation members for anyone to steal there identity for profit. The Cherokee Nation benefited in no way from the sales of this song. It's beyond the realm of acceptable on any level. Just some general info about the Cherokee Nation. Unless you are documented you are not permitted to claim to be Cherokee. It goes against the LAWS of the Cherokee Nation and it damages there Soveigntry. You must have a direct link to someone on one of the many Cherokee Rolls. If you do not you are not Cherokee by the LAWS of the Cherokee Nation. Approriation is the most offensive and Disrespetful thing you can do to any Indigenous people. There are over 300 fake groups claiming to be Cherokee. There are only 3 legitimate Bands that are Federally recognized. The C.N. UKB and EBCI. All others are play to pay Frauds. I'm an Ally of the Cherokee Nation and have been fighting with numerous Tribal Members Historians and Elders on a daily against all frauds claiming to be Cherokee. I've been in the trenches with the best of them. The Wannabes and Culture Vultures are running rampid. Spreading misinformation, appropriating by wearing garbage bought in costume shops, smearing paint on there faces, making up stupid dances, stupid lang. and trying to change the history of the Cherokee Nation to fit into there fraudgulent family folklore and that must stop now! Indigenous people have been fighting for literally hundreds of years to get there land back. To get there language taught to there children before it's lost forever. To keep there Culture alive and all these fakes and frauds are destroying what they are working so hard to get back. This is how so many people ended up claiming to be Cherokee that actually arent. The stories of the Cherokee hiding in caves, pretending to be another nationality, being adopted, being kidnapped, being ashamed, feared for there lives, records burnt and every other cock and bull excuse people could come up with because they had no documented proof that they were in fact Cherokee. People made up those stories to try to steal land allotments that the Cherokee were promised after the end of the Trail of Tears. The very few Cherokee that tried to leave the Trail were caught and put in prison or killed. The ones that stayed behind were documented and given the UKB title. The Cherokee kept there own records. It started 10 years before the Trail of Tears happened. They know exactly who there people are. So anybody claiming to be Cherokee has a documented family member no if's and's or buts about it. If you are Cherokee it will be found. Every person that thinks they have Cherokee lineage MUST have there lines ran. That's the only way to prove the claim. The Cherokee Nation does not accept DNA or family stories. You must have documented proof otherwise you will never be acknowledged or accepted into the Cherokee Nation or by Tribal members. The stories got twisted and turned thru the generations hence the reason millions of people claim to be Cherokee when in fact they are not. Only 1% of people that claim to be Cherokee actually are. That's a 100% recorded fact. There are only a little over 400,000 Cherokee so no one should be shocked when they get there lines ran and it comes up that they are Not Cherokee. I see it every day. Just because Granny said so doesn't make it fact. Again you must have a member of your family on one of the Rolls or you can't claim it. Its Offensive Disrespectful and once again goes against Tribal LAW. Anyone claiming it without the proper paperwork is committing Identity Theft and it's wrong on every level. Anyone that thinks they may be Cherokee needs to go to this Free group to have there lines ran. It's called Cherokee Indian Research/Genealogy. Type it in your search bar it'll come right up. It's ran my Cherokee Tribal member Kurt West. The Genealogists are Tribal members Historians Elders and well educated Allies. If you are Cherokee they will find it and assist you in registering. It's impairative people get the documented proof. The Cherokee Nations numbers are dwindling they need all Real Cherokee to get registered with there prospective Bands. There's power in numbers. They need all there people to come home. To learn there culture and lang. so it can be passed on to the next generation but if actual Cherokee dont get registered there numbers will continue to decline and they will cease to exist and that would be absolute tradgedy. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I could go on and on. I've been studying and working with the Cherokee Nation and all Indigenous people for 40 years. I will continue to defend them and call out anybody claiming to be one of them and damaging there Sovereignty in any way. It's the least I can do after whats been done to them and what still goes on today. It's absolutely appalling.
I think Mark had a Grandmother who was Cherokee. Early 70's. This was a massive hit. One of their biggest. Interesting that back then songs could be openly political and still be popular. I miss the days when bands weren't afraid to take a stand on real issues. By the way they were one of the biggest bands of the 60's early 70's with a lot of hits! They produced a lot of great music and are well worth checking out.
This was heavily played on the radio. Suddenly everyone was a Cherokee. I actually have Cherokee Ancestry. Very far back. European married Cherokee on two of my lines. You can imagine teenagers who want a cause clinging to this song. Great analysis Harri!
As a kid in grade school, I was always jealous of the kids with Native American ancestry. I have 8 different nationalities, but all of them are European.
Another great rock band I grew up with from the 60's-70's. They were known for including Revolutionary War-style clothes in their attire. The band had their first hit in 1961 with the instrumental "Like, Long Hair". "Indian Reservation" was one of their biggest hits in 1971. But they had a lot of great songs such as "Just Like Me", "Kicks", "Hungry", "Let Me", "Arizona", "Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon", "Good Thing", "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?" etc.
Saw them in person when I was a little girl when they were still wearing the Revolutionary War attire. I recently told my young co-workers about them doing that and they looked at me like I was crazy. Seemed normal at the time, lol. Never missed watching them on Where the Action Is.
The song Good Thing (I think or Kicks?) almost got me in trouble with my parents, at the beginning of the song. Little brother yelling to my Mom that I was listening to swear words. I don’t know if my Mom was tuning him out or just didn’t hear him. Anyways, I went on to buy more albums by the Raiders.
The song is about the plight of the Cherokee Indians, who in 1838 were displaced from their home in Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma it was called the tail of tears because many Cherokee's passed away including Children. Very sad time in our history :(
I guess hearing this song as a kid helped get me interested in Native American culture. I wound up studying their history in college a decade later. For anyone interested in them, there’s a wonderful song by Kate Wolf called “Brother Warrior” with an outstanding video to match. It has beautiful film clip editing - I highly recommend them !
Mark Lindsay the lead singer one of the most underrated pop vocalist of the 70s check out two of his big solo T hits Arizona and Silver Bird . This song Indian Reservation originally came out in 1971
Loved Paul Revere & The Raiders back in the day. Thanks for the reminder. Another group from the fabulous 60s era that you should definitely listen to is the Grass Roots. Let's Live For Today & Midnight Confessions are 2 of their earliest songs, & both are great!! Lots more good stuff came after. Also, The Young Rascals, aka The Rascals (in later years). Groovin' & How Can I be Sure are 2 of their best among many in a great catalogue. You should definitely listen to both & enjoy!!
It was a big hit from what I can remember, as well as Red Bone's "Come and Get Your Love." I was in grade school and these two songs played all of the time which indicated they were very popular.
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk.[1] It was first recorded by Marvin Rainwater in 1959 and released on MGM as "The Pale Faced Indian", but that release went unnoticed. The first hit version was a 1968 recording by Don Fardon -
At this particular time in their careers, they had actually just changed their name to The Raiders. Prior to this, they all wore colonial military style uniforms as part of their gimmick. I always thought that they were highly underrated. BTW.... This song, Indian Reservation, was a huge hit.
My great, great, great grandmother was 14 on the Trail of Tears. She was so scared because of sickness, death and abuse. The history of the Cherokee and the rest of the 5 civilized tribes is a very sad one.
I was in a band ( a long long time ago) and we opened for them a few times (before they became popular and we did not lol) we got drunk and played music with them ....it was great! Paul kept in touch with us, he was and still is a good friend. Lyndon
Harri, thank you for reviewing this song. BTW, the blond guy is Paul, the singer is Mark Lindsay, who is of Cherokee descent. This was one of the band’s greatest hits, but there are many more songs you might love. This song really hits hard, because so many awful things have been, and still are, done to Native Americans.
Mark is not Cherokee he's Caucasion. The Cherokee Nation ran his lines. This song is based on a lie told by Mark. They used the Cherokee for monetary gain. The Cherokee Nation are appalled by this song. It's Offensive and Disrespectful.
History's circles go round and round, they never disappear. The line about force teaching English to Cherokee children has now come back into the news; the burials of children that died in those schools, the abuse, etc is currently in the news, 40 or so years after this song came out. Powerful song back then, still a chilling tale today.
Harry you are correct that the singer has Cherokee heritage! His name is Mark Lindsay (with the mustache), and this was Paul Revere&The Raiders' only #1 hit song from 1971. It was huge for them. The keyboard player is Paul Revere .There was some confusion as to who Paul was because Mark Lindsay, (not Sonny Bono, lol), was the lead vocalist and songwriter. I enjoyed your review and reactions to this song."Spine tingling" is right, even half a century later.
Nice :-) The First Time Hearing of Paul Revere and the Raiders. My favorite song of the Raiders "Let Me" (But only the Stereo Version. Its a Masterpiece)
This was a big #1 song in 1971. But this song was covered by many, including Paul Revere and the Raiders. It was written by John D. Loudermilk, who passed away fairly recently. There's an interesting tale about how he came to write it, starting with an experience he had in the mountains with the Cherokee's in 1959
Love Paul Revere & the Raiders - especially this song … I loved it when it first came out & I feel & understand this because of my First Nation’s heritage 😥💔☮️🎶❤️🩹 🇨🇦 The Trail of Tears when the USA govt forced the whole Cherokee Tribe from their fruitful lands, by military force, to live in Oklahoma, desolate, couldn’t grow foods they were used to! Thousands died on this journey🤬😵💫 A true story.
this record was under the name THE RADIERS, they dropped the name PAUL REVERE, before they record this song, it sold about 4 million copies and it hit number 1 in 1971,MARK LINDSAY WAS THE LEAD SINGER,,DON FARDON recorded it also in 1968, the song first came out by MARVIN RAINWATER in 1959
I'm full blooded Polish!! Fell in love with this song back in the time!! It related struggles about a people that were oppressed by people who thought others were less worthy of life! It's awful and I love the fact that my generation has been fighting this since I was a child! Well at least some of us!
My Ma's people were Ojibwa. Historically, they had been driven out of what is now Eastern Canada and settled around the Northern Great Lakes, in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Then the European settlers came to claim that land. They were confined to reservations, but some small mercy was bestowed upon them in that they weren't part of the "trail of tears" as were the Cherokee, Seminole and other tribes of the Eastern and Southern US. My Ma came from the shores of Lake Superior and was a gentle soul. I have nothing to connect me to my Ma's family tree except for long ago stories. I remember this song on the radio when I was a kid growing up in the Detroit area. Peace.
The Seminole never surrendered and stayed near their original lands. Eventually, the tribe opened a casino and bought out all the HARD ROCK Cafés & casinos.
The first time I heard this song I was a grade schooler on the bus ride to school... I instantly loved it... My grandmother was a 1/4 Native American which I did not know at the time since she died before I was born... I found out when I was in my teens from my mother when we were looking at a picture of my grandmother... My Aunts and Uncles were so ashamed to be part Indian they denied until they died ... I have always been proud to be part Indian and can really relate to how Christianity was force on them like a plague!!! In many cases, it did include an actual plague that wiped out many Native Americans settlements!!! Great song!!!
Paul Revere and the Raiders were super talented and always fun to watch and hear! I love the costumes they used to wear that went with their band name. They weren’t wearing them in this song.
A great song sung by Native Americans. Which a lot of people didn't know they were until they seen then. The band is Redbone the song is Come and Get your love. The best video of the song is when they were on the Midnight Special. People also don't realize at the end of song. It sounds like the leader singer just making noise. It is actually Native American words. I believe they were from the Navajo tribe.
It is not sung by Native Americans. Mark made it up. It's based on a lie he told. It's Offensive and Disrespectful to all Real Cherokee Tribal members. Mark used the Cherokee for monetary gain. What he did is Disgusting and the Cherokee Nation are appalled by this song.
Your comment is quite confusing; you make it sound like Paul Revere and the Raiders were native Americans. You should learn how to use grammar in a correct way in order to be fully understood. Your punctuation is definitely out of place.
The song was written by John D Loudermilk. here's the actual history of the song. From Wikipedia:~ A well-known story told by Loudermilk is that, when he was asked by the Viva! NashVegas radio show about the origins of the song "Indian Reservation," he fabricated the story that he wrote the song after his car was snowed in by a blizzard and he was taken in by a small group of Cherokee Indians.[6] A self-professed prankster,[7] he spun the tale that a Cherokee chieftain, "Bloody Bear Tooth," asked him to make a song about his people's plight on the Trail of Tears, even going so far as to claim that he had later been awarded "the first medal of the Cherokee Nation," not for writing the song, but for his "blood."[6] He went on to fabricate the detail that on that day the tribe revealed that his "great-great grandparents, Homer and Matilda Loudermilk" were listed on the Dawes Rolls (the citizenship rolls of the Nation).[6] Had this detail of his tall tale been true, he would have been a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, which he was not.[6] In spite of the song's title, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma are not known as "reservations",[8] and singing that they may some day "return" is at odds with fact that these Cherokee Nations still exist. Cherokee people have never lived in tipis,[9] nor do they use the term "papoose".[10] These are stereotypes and misconceptions, with the reservations and tipi assumptions usually based on Hollywood portrayals of Plains Indians.[9][11] However, the Cherokee are a Southeastern Woodlands Indigenous culture.[9
This is one of the best albums ever got it in 1970 never stopped listing to it. It is worlds apart from their other music. Shape of things to come... Prince of peace... Eve of destruction... these versions are amazing the whole thing is out of sight.
Mark Lindsay is the singer and Paul Revere was the keyboard player. They have a lot of great songs. Great band from the 60's. I'm happy to see a reaction for this band.
The lead singer was Mark Lindsey. He was a great showman, like all the rest of the Raiders. I last saw Paul Revere in Houston about 2009. He put on a great show. He wore his frilly colonial hat. The story behind the triangle hats was funny. They were walking past a costume shop and on a whim rented their now trademark costumes. They played the first set of a gig after that all dressed up but in the second set they didn’t wear the costumes. But when they learned the audience loved the costumes they began to wear them every time they played. What a great band with so many fantastic songs. It’s sad that they aren’t in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
This was a huge radio hit in the early seventies. At that time, there was a surge in interest in and support for indigenous issues, with books like "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" at the top of best-seller lists and Indian fringe, headbands, moccasins, and beadwork popular. There was a popular anti-pollution commercial in the US at the time featuring an Indian shedding a tear over litter along a roadside. Things like that moved people at the time. I think today, and starting in the eighties really, something like that would more likely be laughed at. It was a much more enlightened time.
This is crazy. 4 of my most beloved reaction folks have reacted to this song in a week or so. Love this song. it was my "Mancave" close-time song for many a month. Just because it sounds so cool and now everyone knows it....All of a sudden. Enjoy! asa I have for a very long time! Cash in! 2:42-3:03 Loser attitude being reflected.
Their tune "Kicks" was one of the first anti-drug songs. It's so peppy, you don't realize what it's about until you give a really close listen to the lyrics.
The history of indigenous people is always a tragic one. Native Americans, the Inuit people in Canada, the Aborigine people in Australia. No matter where you go, it's the same sad story.
The Wrecking Crew were the musicians behind yet another classic gem of a recording. Check out Hal Blaine's drum work! INCREDIBLE! Mark Lyndsay on vocals.
The bass & drum style incorporated into this version was a stereotypical pattern of both Native American People's and African tribes ceremony and religious dance. Then, with the other percussion instruments, it became a jazz & swing style pattern. Ingenious!
Both, my mom and my dad were part Cherokee, in fact, that's the only Native American bloodline. Some people will have different types of Indian in them, like my late husband, his mom's side had Crow and his father had Apache, so, then he had both, Crow and Apache, now my children have a mix of 3 different types of Indian blood in their veins, plus all the other types, even a little African American from my side. This song has special meaning to me. I remember my mother telling about "The Trail Tears" through tears of her own. Thanks for playing this song. Paul Revere And The Raiders also have an Anti-Drug song called "Kicks", and then there's "Hungry", both are really good songs.
The song & lyrics were written by John Loudermilk. Mark Lindsay lead singer her has phenomenal talent and will be back on tour, maybe, in 2022. I met them decades ago and they were good and fun people. RIP PR, SMITTY, DRAKE, and Others. Miss them.
Written by John Loudermilk who also wrote and and sung another great tune "Tobacco Road" which was covered by many and a big garage band favorite growing up in California.
Great reaction Harri. It was Mark Lindsay on lead vocal and is part Cherokee. Paul is on keyboards. Actually this is a song that was done mostly by The Wrecking Crew. On drums is Hal Blaine. The Raiders poor drummer has a much simpler drum set and is totally flustered. I feel so bad for him. It’s a classic song and a monster hit. Speaking of monsters, Hal is on his Monster Drum Set for this. Another song to consider is Cher, Half Breed. Also a song backed by The Wrecking Crew of which Sonny and Cher were members.
Strange that this was their biggest and last hit for the band before they broke up. They had a tv show in the 60s Paul Revere (playing the keyboards) with Mark Lindsay singing lead who usually sported a ponytail in the back. He went on to have a brief solo career with two big hits (Silver bird and arizona). Paul Revere and the raiders were known for dressing up in Revolutionary War outfits which explains the Paul Revere name (Revere was a member of the Sons Of Liberty in Boston during the US Revolution in the 1760s and 70s as well as a famous engraver.
It is one of the great songs of my life and my youth. Special meaning for me as I live in North Carolina where the long march, the trail of tears, began. We have today, behind the Sooner state, the most native Cherokee population. We have a town called Cherokee and a county called Cherokee. And a huge Harrah's Casino BTW.
Lead singer, Mark Lindsey was part Native American. The song was the groups last and biggest hit reaching number 1 on U.S. music charts and in several other countries. The band is named after keyboard player, Paul Revere and the groups origins were in Boise, Idaho, formed in 1958. Source: WIKI Music.
First recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater for MGM’s 🧥The Pale Faced Indian👘. The singer is Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders. The Historical Colonial Paul Revere rode on horseback yelling from town to town “ The British are coming!” The old, one if by land and two if by sea. Meaning the Candles 🕯️ light in the Church Bell 🔔 Tower. My grandmother was an Eastern Band Cherokee Indian. I have ancestors who escaped the Cherokee Trail of Tears.
Check out Louis Armstrong when he first went to Africa in 1956 - Ghana 🇬🇭 welcomed him with open arms & his music was played to honor Satchmo home ! 🥲💗😻🎶☮️. His music & voice are iconic & take you on wonderful journeys 🎺
This was released in 1968. I remember it playing frequently on the radio when I was a young kid. All these years later and disgracefully, nothing has changed.
Yes you are right but that was the Don Fardon recording not the Raiders version which was released in 1971 , by the way the original was released in 1959 by John D. Louder milk
Theres a video somewhere on here I have seen where he comes out in full Indian dress. Song Was a big hit in 1970s .People loved the song but hope really listened to the words .
Hey young man! Thanks for your review. The lead singer is Mark Lindsay. His dad was actually born in Oklahoma where I live and does have Native American blood.Paul Revere was the name of the keyboard player. This song was released in 1971 and was actually a smash hit, and the Raiders only number 1 song. Oklahoma is the state that President Andrew Jackson forced 5 Tribes, including Cherokees to move to. Many died along the way. My best friend's mom grew up in the 40's and 60's and was Sac and Fox. They forced her and her brother to go to reservation schools, and they were not allowed to speak in their Native Language.
Great story, reaction, probably in my top 10 songs. Just a small amount of truth of unfair treatment in so few words. Non native who doesn't of the natives
Harri - My name is Jon Osborn. this song has NOTHING to do with Sonny & Cher. Sonny wishes he could sing this good. The guy singing is Mark Lindsay. He is part Cherokee. The band is called Paul Revere & The Raiders. This song came out in 1971. It sold SEVEN million copies. It is a great song period. The writer of this song is John D Loudermilk. He wrote two songs that became huge hits. Indian Reservation & Tobacco Road. Anyone African American should love this song because of what the song is about.
Cherokee Nation proud and true. Thriving and strong!!
Yes my great grandparents both Cherokee and Choctaw were very proud people. Oklahoma land is Cherokee land now!
Mark Lindsay (lead singer) was the only member who was part Cherokee. The Raiders made some great music. There was a TV show called "Where the Action Is" which they starred in. Paul Revere was the guy at the keyboards.
Mark Lindsay was from southern Idaho so he would be either crow or blackfoot.
I kept thinking Shindig, but knew that was wrong.
He was not Cherokee this song is based on a lie. He used the Cherokee Nation for monetary gain. It's Disgusting!
They were one of the first American group to release an anti-drug song. "Kicks" was a very big hit in the U.S.
Excellent tune.
"Kicks" is a great song.
My mother's moms side was full blooded Cherokee. She told me some of her experiences growing up. This song always takes me back to our talks
What Band is she documented with? These are some facts about this song and the Cherokee Nation.
I'm sorry but this is just wrong. No documented Cherokee listens to this. This song is based on a lie. The story he told was a made up exaggerate farce. The Cherokee Nation ran his lines it was proven he was not Cherokee or affiliated with any Tribe for that matter. He is Caucasion. Period! It's Offensive and Disrespectful to Real Cherokee Nation members for anyone to steal there identity for profit. The Cherokee Nation benefited in no way from the sales of this song. It's beyond the realm of acceptable on any level.
Just some general info about the Cherokee Nation. Unless you are documented you are not permitted to claim to be Cherokee. It goes against the LAWS of the Cherokee Nation and it damages there Soveigntry. You must have a direct link to someone on one of the many Cherokee Rolls. If you do not you are not Cherokee by the LAWS of the Cherokee Nation.
Approriation is the most offensive and Disrespetful thing you can do to any Indigenous people. There are over 300 fake groups claiming to be Cherokee. There are only 3 legitimate Bands that are Federally recognized. The C.N. UKB and EBCI. All others are play to pay Frauds. I'm an Ally of the Cherokee Nation and have been fighting with numerous Tribal Members Historians and Elders on a daily against all frauds claiming to be Cherokee. I've been in the trenches with the best of them. The Wannabes and Culture Vultures are running rampid.
Spreading misinformation, appropriating by wearing garbage bought in costume shops, smearing paint on there faces, making up stupid dances, stupid lang. and trying to change the history of the Cherokee Nation to fit into there fraudgulent family folklore and that must stop now!
Indigenous people have been fighting for literally hundreds of years to get there land back. To get there language taught to there children before it's lost forever. To keep there Culture alive and all these fakes and frauds are destroying what they are working so hard to get back.
This is how so many people ended up claiming to be Cherokee that actually arent. The stories of the Cherokee hiding in caves, pretending to be another nationality, being adopted, being kidnapped, being ashamed, feared for there lives, records burnt and every other cock and bull excuse people could come up with because they had no documented proof that they were in fact Cherokee. People made up those stories to try to steal land allotments that the Cherokee were promised after the end of the Trail of Tears. The very few Cherokee that tried to leave the Trail were caught and put in prison or killed. The ones that stayed behind were documented and given the UKB title. The Cherokee kept there own records. It started 10 years before the Trail of Tears happened. They know exactly who there people are. So anybody claiming to be Cherokee has a documented family member no if's and's or buts about it. If you are Cherokee it will be found.
Every person that thinks they have Cherokee lineage MUST have there lines ran. That's the only way to prove the claim. The Cherokee Nation does not accept DNA or family stories. You must have documented proof otherwise you will never be acknowledged or accepted into the Cherokee Nation or by Tribal members.
The stories got twisted and turned thru the generations hence the reason millions of people claim to be Cherokee when in fact they are not. Only 1% of people that claim to be Cherokee actually are. That's a 100% recorded fact. There are only a little over 400,000 Cherokee so no one should be shocked when they get there lines ran and it comes up that they are Not Cherokee. I see it every day.
Just because Granny said so doesn't make it fact. Again you must have a member of your family on one of the Rolls or you can't claim it. Its Offensive Disrespectful and once again goes against Tribal LAW. Anyone claiming it without the proper paperwork is committing Identity Theft and it's wrong on every level.
Anyone that thinks they may be Cherokee needs to go to this Free group to have there lines ran.
It's called Cherokee Indian Research/Genealogy. Type it in your search bar it'll come right up. It's ran my Cherokee Tribal member Kurt West. The Genealogists are Tribal members Historians Elders and well educated Allies. If you are Cherokee they will find it and assist you in registering. It's impairative people get the documented proof. The Cherokee Nations numbers are dwindling they need all Real Cherokee to get registered with there prospective Bands. There's power in numbers. They need all there people to come home. To learn there culture and lang. so it can be passed on to the next generation but if actual Cherokee dont get registered there numbers will continue to decline and they will cease to exist and that would be absolute tradgedy.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I could go on and on. I've been studying and working with the Cherokee Nation and all Indigenous people for 40 years. I will continue to defend them and call out anybody claiming to be one of them and damaging there Sovereignty in any way. It's the least I can do after whats been done to them and what still goes on today. It's absolutely appalling.
Paul Revere on the keyboards. Mark Lindsay lead singer. If I am not mistaken, Mark Lindsay has Cherokee lineage. Great group to check out.
So doesn’t Pocahontis ~ Donald Trump
I think Mark had a Grandmother who was Cherokee. Early 70's. This was a massive hit. One of their biggest. Interesting that back then songs could be openly political and still be popular. I miss the days when bands weren't afraid to take a stand on real issues. By the way they were one of the biggest bands of the 60's early 70's with a lot of hits! They produced a lot of great music and are well worth checking out.
Actually none of the band had any family connections to Cherokees
@@exitscreaming Actually I just looked it up and he is one eighth Cherokee.
@@pleasantvalleypickerca7681 lol I looked it up also and found nothing showing any connection , but if you say he's 1/8th ....ok
i remember it playing on the AM rock radio in jr. high
I'm part Cherokee, only 1/16 but still respect my heritage.
This was heavily played on the radio. Suddenly everyone was a Cherokee.
I actually have Cherokee Ancestry. Very far back. European married Cherokee on two of my lines.
You can imagine teenagers who want a cause clinging to this song. Great analysis Harri!
"Suddenly everyone wqs Cherokee" 🤣😅🤣😂
Mississippi Choctaw here
As a kid in grade school, I was always jealous of the kids with Native American ancestry. I have 8 different nationalities, but all of them are European.
@@skyepuppy7763 At one time the Europeans lived like Indians.
Another great rock band I grew up with from the 60's-70's. They were known for including Revolutionary War-style clothes in their attire. The band had their first hit in 1961 with the instrumental "Like, Long Hair". "Indian Reservation" was one of their biggest hits in 1971. But they had a lot of great songs such as "Just Like Me", "Kicks", "Hungry", "Let Me", "Arizona", "Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon", "Good Thing", "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?" etc.
Saw them in person when I was a little girl when they were still wearing the Revolutionary War attire. I recently told my young co-workers about them doing that and they looked at me like I was crazy. Seemed normal at the time, lol. Never missed watching them on Where the Action Is.
Nostalgia crazes always seem to gloss over them almost completely.
Excuse me but he is part of Paul Revere and the Raiders!!
The song Good Thing (I think or Kicks?) almost got me in trouble with my parents, at the beginning of the song. Little brother yelling to my Mom that I was listening to swear words. I don’t know if my Mom was tuning him out or just didn’t hear him. Anyways, I went on to buy more albums by the Raiders.
The song is about the plight of the Cherokee Indians, who in 1838 were displaced from their home in Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma it was called the tail of tears because many Cherokee's passed away including Children. Very sad time in our history :(
They were a great band, loved this song.
I guess hearing this song as a kid helped get me interested in Native American culture. I wound up studying their history in college a decade later. For anyone interested in them, there’s a wonderful song by Kate Wolf called “Brother Warrior” with an outstanding video to match. It has beautiful film clip editing - I highly recommend them !
I could sing along with them, after all these years.
Mark Lindsay the lead singer one of the most underrated pop vocalist of the 70s check out two of his big solo T hits Arizona and Silver Bird . This song Indian Reservation originally came out in 1971
Algonquin history here. But yeah. Listening to this again after having finally heard the true horror of the residential schools has me in tears.
Loved Paul Revere & The Raiders back in the day. Thanks for the reminder. Another group from the fabulous 60s era that you should definitely listen to is the Grass Roots. Let's Live For Today & Midnight Confessions are 2 of their earliest songs, & both are great!! Lots more good stuff came after.
Also, The Young Rascals, aka The Rascals (in later years). Groovin' & How Can I be Sure are 2 of their best among many in a great catalogue.
You should definitely listen to both & enjoy!!
It was a big hit from what I can remember, as well as Red Bone's "Come and Get Your Love." I was in grade school and these two songs played all of the time which indicated they were very popular.
i still have my 45rpm record! i loved it then and i love it now! thanks for bringing back the oldies!
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk.[1] It was first recorded by Marvin Rainwater in 1959 and released on MGM as "The Pale Faced Indian", but that release went unnoticed. The first hit version was a 1968 recording by Don Fardon -
At this particular time in their careers, they had actually just changed their name to The Raiders.
Prior to this, they all wore colonial military style uniforms as part of their gimmick. I always thought that they were highly underrated. BTW.... This song, Indian Reservation, was a huge hit.
No wonder.I saw some pics of them in that attire
My great, great, great grandmother was 14 on the Trail of Tears. She was so scared because of sickness, death and abuse. The history of the Cherokee and the rest of the 5 civilized tribes is a very sad one.
This was a huge hit in 1971 and one of the earlier socially aware songs I remember as a young teenager!
Great group! Many excellent songs! This was a #1 record. Love it. ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦🇨🇦
I was in a band ( a long long time ago) and we opened for them a few times (before they became popular and we did not lol) we got drunk and played music with them ....it was great! Paul kept in touch with us, he was and still is a good friend.
Lyndon
Huge hit worldwide for Paul Revere and the raiders, was released in 1971, was a number one hit in United States .
Harri, thank you for reviewing this song. BTW, the blond guy is Paul, the singer is Mark Lindsay, who is of Cherokee descent. This was one of the band’s greatest hits, but there are many more songs you might love. This song really hits hard, because so many awful things have been, and still are, done to Native Americans.
So true.
Mark is not Cherokee he's Caucasion. The Cherokee Nation ran his lines. This song is based on a lie told by Mark. They used the Cherokee for monetary gain. The Cherokee Nation are appalled by this song. It's Offensive and Disrespectful.
Paul Rever had at least 12 super song plus a bunch excellent early rhythm and Blues songs with excellent singing and musicianmanship
History's circles go round and round, they never disappear. The line about force teaching English to Cherokee children has now come back into the news; the burials of children that died in those schools, the abuse, etc is currently in the news, 40 or so years after this song came out. Powerful song back then, still a chilling tale today.
Harry you are correct that the singer has Cherokee heritage! His name is Mark Lindsay (with the mustache), and this was Paul Revere&The Raiders' only #1 hit song from 1971. It was huge for them. The keyboard player is Paul Revere .There was some confusion as to who Paul was because Mark Lindsay, (not Sonny Bono, lol), was the lead vocalist and songwriter. I enjoyed your review and reactions to this song."Spine tingling" is right, even half a century later.
The era of music with a social message. This is one of the best of the best...being from NC we know to well their story and the trail of tears.❤❤❤😂
Interesting, my grandmother walk the trail of tears, when she was little, to Oklahoma
I loved this song as a kid and it was so popular we sang it all the time
Nice :-) The First Time Hearing of Paul Revere and the Raiders. My favorite song of the Raiders "Let Me" (But only the Stereo Version. Its a Masterpiece)
One of my favorites too! I had all their albums❤️
My favorite, other than Indian Reservation, was probably Kicks.
This was a big #1 song in 1971. But this song was covered by many, including Paul Revere and the Raiders. It was written by John D. Loudermilk, who passed away fairly recently. There's an interesting tale about how he came to write it, starting with an experience he had in the mountains with the Cherokee's in 1959
Someone here said the original was in 1968
Love Paul Revere & the Raiders - especially this song … I loved it when it first came out & I feel & understand this because of my First Nation’s heritage 😥💔☮️🎶❤️🩹 🇨🇦
The Trail of Tears when the USA govt forced the whole Cherokee Tribe from their fruitful lands, by military force, to live in Oklahoma, desolate, couldn’t grow foods they were used to! Thousands died on this journey🤬😵💫 A true story.
I used to have this 45 way back when it was released. Thanks for the memories, Harri.
this record was under the name THE RADIERS, they dropped the name PAUL REVERE, before they record this song, it sold about 4 million copies and it hit number 1 in 1971,MARK LINDSAY WAS THE LEAD SINGER,,DON FARDON recorded it also in 1968, the song first came out by MARVIN RAINWATER in 1959
This was Mark's follow-up to Arizona!
Wow, this song takes me back. Great reaction, Harri.
I'm full blooded Polish!! Fell in love with this song back in the time!! It related struggles about a people that were oppressed by people who thought others were less worthy of life! It's awful and I love the fact that my generation has been fighting this since I was a child! Well at least some of us!
My Ma's people were Ojibwa. Historically, they had been driven out of what is now Eastern Canada and settled around the Northern Great Lakes, in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Then the European settlers came to claim that land. They were confined to reservations, but some small mercy was bestowed upon them in that they weren't part of the "trail of tears" as were the Cherokee, Seminole and other tribes of the Eastern and Southern US. My Ma came from the shores of Lake Superior and was a gentle soul. I have nothing to connect me to my Ma's family tree except for long ago stories. I remember this song on the radio when I was a kid growing up in the Detroit area. Peace.
The Seminole never surrendered and stayed near their original lands. Eventually, the tribe opened a casino and bought out all the HARD ROCK Cafés & casinos.
He's singing on their behalf you could say - great choice
The first time I heard this song I was a grade schooler on the bus ride to school... I instantly loved it... My grandmother was a 1/4 Native American which I did not know at the time since she died before I was born... I found out when I was in my teens from my mother when we were looking at a picture of my grandmother... My Aunts and Uncles were so ashamed to be part Indian they denied until they died ... I have always been proud to be part Indian and can really relate to how Christianity was force on them like a plague!!! In many cases, it did include an actual plague that wiped out many Native Americans settlements!!! Great song!!!
Paul Revere and the Raiders were super talented and always fun to watch and hear! I love the costumes they used to wear that went with their band name. They weren’t wearing them in this song.
In the UK i remember it was Don Farndon who charted with this around 1969ish but this is an even better version. Tremendous.
Lead singer Mark Lindsay had Cherokee lineage.
A great song sung by Native Americans. Which a lot of people didn't know they were until they seen then. The band is Redbone the song is Come and Get your love. The best video of the song is when they were on the Midnight Special. People also don't realize at the end of song. It sounds like the leader singer just making noise. It is actually Native American words. I believe they were from the Navajo tribe.
A very funky song..i reacted to it
It is not sung by Native Americans. Mark made it up. It's based on a lie he told. It's Offensive and Disrespectful to all Real Cherokee Tribal members. Mark used the Cherokee for monetary gain. What he did is Disgusting and the Cherokee Nation are appalled by this song.
Your comment is quite confusing; you make it sound like Paul Revere and the Raiders were native Americans. You should learn how to use grammar in a correct way in order to be fully understood. Your punctuation is definitely out of place.
The song was written by John D Loudermilk. here's the actual history of the song. From Wikipedia:~ A well-known story told by Loudermilk is that, when he was asked by the Viva! NashVegas radio show about the origins of the song "Indian Reservation," he fabricated the story that he wrote the song after his car was snowed in by a blizzard and he was taken in by a small group of Cherokee Indians.[6] A self-professed prankster,[7] he spun the tale that a Cherokee chieftain, "Bloody Bear Tooth," asked him to make a song about his people's plight on the Trail of Tears, even going so far as to claim that he had later been awarded "the first medal of the Cherokee Nation," not for writing the song, but for his "blood."[6] He went on to fabricate the detail that on that day the tribe revealed that his "great-great grandparents, Homer and Matilda Loudermilk" were listed on the Dawes Rolls (the citizenship rolls of the Nation).[6] Had this detail of his tall tale been true, he would have been a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, which he was not.[6]
In spite of the song's title, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma are not known as "reservations",[8] and singing that they may some day "return" is at odds with fact that these Cherokee Nations still exist. Cherokee people have never lived in tipis,[9] nor do they use the term "papoose".[10] These are stereotypes and misconceptions, with the reservations and tipi assumptions usually based on Hollywood portrayals of Plains Indians.[9][11] However, the Cherokee are a Southeastern Woodlands Indigenous culture.[9
Hi Frank! I thought you were dead.
Great comment, quite informative.
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One of my favorite songs of all time.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
for reacting to it.
This is one of the best albums ever got it in 1970 never stopped listing to it. It is worlds apart from their other music. Shape of things to come... Prince of peace... Eve of destruction... these versions are amazing the whole thing is out of sight.
the lyrics are the tomahawk and the bow and knife
The Weight by The Band is written by Robbi Robertson who is also Native American
Paul Revoir&band are great
Mark Lindsay is the singer and Paul Revere was the keyboard player. They have a lot of great songs. Great band from the 60's. I'm happy to see a reaction for this band.
Grew up with this band, they had many great tracks. Another great Indian themed song is Cheyenne Anthem by the rock group Kansas. Peace..
This song is so haunting, with a real implicit rage behind it.
The lead singer was Mark Lindsey. He was a great showman, like all the rest of the Raiders. I last saw Paul Revere in Houston about 2009. He put on a great show. He wore his frilly colonial hat. The story behind the triangle hats was funny. They were walking past a costume shop and on a whim rented their now trademark costumes. They played the first set of a gig after that all dressed up but in the second set they didn’t wear the costumes. But when they learned the audience loved the costumes they began to wear them every time they played.
What a great band with so many fantastic songs. It’s sad that they aren’t in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
havent heard this in many years, awesome reaction!
This was a huge radio hit in the early seventies. At that time, there was a surge in interest in and support for indigenous issues, with books like "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" at the top of best-seller lists and Indian fringe, headbands, moccasins, and beadwork popular. There was a popular anti-pollution commercial in the US at the time featuring an Indian shedding a tear over litter along a roadside. Things like that moved people at the time. I think today, and starting in the eighties really, something like that would more likely be laughed at. It was a much more enlightened time.
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It was and still is . My grandmother was a true native.❤
This is crazy. 4 of my most beloved reaction folks have reacted to this song in a week or so. Love this song. it was my "Mancave" close-time song for many a month. Just because it sounds so cool and now everyone knows it....All of a sudden. Enjoy! asa I have for a very long time! Cash in! 2:42-3:03 Loser attitude being reflected.
Their tune "Kicks" was one of the first anti-drug songs. It's so peppy, you don't realize what it's about until you give a really close listen to the lyrics.
The history of indigenous people is always a tragic one. Native Americans, the Inuit people in Canada, the Aborigine people in Australia. No matter where you go, it's the same sad story.
An old favorite of mine.... Thanks
The blood of the cherokee runs within me
I enjoyed their music when I was a youngster.
this song came out, I went to the fair and saw them perform July 3rd 1970. I was 17 yrs old
Love your reactions
0h my goodness I love this one too.thx 4 sharing.
Mark Lindsey's voice is spectacular and very underappreciated.❤
I grew up with this song and it was very very popular!
The Wrecking Crew were the musicians behind yet another classic gem of a recording. Check out Hal Blaine's drum work! INCREDIBLE! Mark Lyndsay on vocals.
Thanks for acknowledging my grandmother 's people.😢
It was played on the radio a lot back in the 70s.
Damn, the organ and those drums! Real music!
Hal Blaine on drums
The bass & drum style incorporated into this version was a stereotypical pattern of both Native American People's and African tribes ceremony and religious dance. Then, with the other percussion instruments, it became a jazz & swing style pattern. Ingenious!
Love this! Cherokee People
Both, my mom and my dad were part Cherokee, in fact, that's the only Native American bloodline. Some people will have different types of Indian in them, like my late husband, his mom's side had Crow and his father had Apache, so, then he had both, Crow and Apache, now my children have a mix of 3 different types of Indian blood in their veins, plus all the other types, even a little African American from my side. This song has special meaning to me. I remember my mother telling about "The Trail Tears" through tears of her own. Thanks for playing this song. Paul Revere And The Raiders also have an Anti-Drug song called "Kicks", and then there's "Hungry", both are really good songs.
The tune hit number one in 1971 the album when platinum for Paul Revere and the Raiders
The song & lyrics were written by John Loudermilk. Mark Lindsay lead singer her has phenomenal talent and will be back on tour, maybe, in 2022. I met them decades ago and they were good and fun people. RIP PR, SMITTY, DRAKE, and Others. Miss them.
Written by John Loudermilk who also wrote and and sung another great tune "Tobacco Road" which was covered by many and a big garage band favorite growing up in California.
Great reaction Harri. It was Mark Lindsay on lead vocal and is part Cherokee. Paul is on keyboards. Actually this is a song that was done mostly by The Wrecking Crew. On drums is Hal Blaine. The Raiders poor drummer has a much simpler drum set and is totally flustered. I feel so bad for him. It’s a classic song and a monster hit. Speaking of monsters, Hal is on his Monster Drum Set for this.
Another song to consider is Cher, Half Breed. Also a song backed by The Wrecking Crew of which Sonny and Cher were members.
Great song great band I met a Cherokee woman once she was half Cherokee and she was really beautiful
Glad you like this i myself am Cherokee on my biological dads end and this really speaks to me 😊
Strange that this was their biggest and last hit for the band before they broke up. They had a tv show in the 60s Paul Revere (playing the keyboards) with Mark Lindsay singing lead who usually sported a ponytail in the back. He went on to have a brief solo career with two big hits (Silver bird and arizona). Paul Revere and the raiders were known for dressing up in Revolutionary War outfits which explains the Paul Revere name (Revere was a member of the Sons Of Liberty in Boston during the US Revolution in the 1760s and 70s as well as a famous engraver.
Mark Lindsay was the singer's name.
It is one of the great songs of my life and my youth. Special meaning for me as I live in North Carolina where the long march, the trail of tears, began. We have today, behind the Sooner state, the most native Cherokee population. We have a town called Cherokee and a county called Cherokee. And a huge Harrah's Casino BTW.
Lead singer, Mark Lindsey was part Native American.
The song was the groups last and biggest hit reaching number 1 on U.S. music charts and in several other countries.
The band is named after keyboard player, Paul Revere and the groups origins were in Boise, Idaho, formed in 1958.
Source: WIKI Music.
First recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater for MGM’s 🧥The Pale Faced Indian👘. The singer is Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders. The Historical Colonial Paul Revere rode on horseback yelling from town to town “ The British are coming!” The old, one if by land and two if by sea. Meaning the Candles 🕯️ light in the Church Bell 🔔 Tower. My grandmother was an Eastern Band Cherokee Indian. I have ancestors who escaped the Cherokee Trail of Tears.
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This was released in 1968. I remember it playing frequently on the radio when I was a young kid. All these years later and disgracefully, nothing has changed.
Yes you are right but that was the Don Fardon recording not the Raiders version which was released in 1971 , by the way the original was released in 1959 by John D. Louder milk
Theres a video somewhere on here I have seen where he comes out in full Indian dress. Song Was a big hit in 1970s .People loved the song but hope really listened to the words .
I have always loved this song every since u was young... always made me sad even as a young mind.. I'm not Indian
Hey young man! Thanks for your review. The lead singer is Mark Lindsay. His dad was actually born in Oklahoma where I live and does have Native American blood.Paul Revere was the name of the keyboard player. This song was released in 1971 and was actually a smash hit, and the Raiders only number 1 song. Oklahoma is the state that President Andrew Jackson forced 5 Tribes, including Cherokees to move to. Many died along the way. My best friend's mom grew up in the 40's and 60's and was Sac and Fox. They forced her and her brother to go to reservation schools, and they were not allowed to speak in their Native Language.
Great story, reaction, probably in my top 10 songs. Just a small amount of truth of unfair treatment in so few words. Non native who doesn't of the natives
My best friend had this on 45. We must have listened to it 1,000 times. 1970? 1971?
Harri thank you for the breakthrough! You Will want to hear Kansas " Cheyenne Anthem"! Thank you from one who is part Cherokee!
Also very Proud of my Cherokee Roots.
Harri - My name is Jon Osborn. this song has NOTHING to do with Sonny & Cher. Sonny wishes he could sing this good. The guy singing is Mark Lindsay. He is part Cherokee. The band is called Paul Revere & The Raiders. This song came out in 1971. It sold SEVEN million copies. It is a great song period. The writer of this song is John D Loudermilk. He wrote two songs that became huge hits. Indian Reservation & Tobacco Road. Anyone African American should love this song because of what the song is about.
This song was released in the summer of 1971 and yes, it was a big hit. The biggest selling record in the history of CBS records!
,.Mark Lindsey is 1/3 Cherokee and I believe that Keith Allison was part native as well ( I can't confirm that though)
Redbone, a group that consisted of members who all had indigenous American heritage, first did this song. It’s a great song.