Northern Cree - I Don't Know Why

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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
  • Four Bears Pow-Wow 2008 Hosts: Northern Cree & Blackfoot Confederacy/ Singing Contest: 1st-Mandaree Singers 2nd-White Lodge 3rd-Fort Peck Sioux

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  • @dpfox31
    @dpfox31 13 лет назад +87

    white guy from KC, MO here...Northern Cree Singers ROCK!!! Like @MrRuffnecks, I don't know how any white person with a soul doesn't cry listening to your songs... At the same time, they also make me smile and laugh!! I can't get enough of them! They are powerful! They are beautiful! They are real! I hope you feel great pride in the incredible resiliency of native people here in North America that your singing and drumming represents! Thank you!!

    • @wampsikukmills
      @wampsikukmills 3 года назад +6

      I didn’t cry until I read your comment. Thank you

    • @leanneaguilar82
      @leanneaguilar82 3 года назад

      So nice ilove this song it's my dedication to my baby's dad rip Adam Albert

    • @stevenchurney2416
      @stevenchurney2416 Год назад +1

      Definitely had a trail of tears. Regretting white colonialism and it's PROGRESS

    • @aimeejohnson8079
      @aimeejohnson8079 10 месяцев назад

      Checking n cuzz

    • @Adamdub612
      @Adamdub612 8 месяцев назад

      thank you.. VERY VERY proud indigenous man!!! LOVE

  • @dbaldeagle
    @dbaldeagle 13 лет назад +36

    these gentleman with their strong voices, have helped me be a stronger woman, going through the first steps of divorce, the drum, the beat, the lyrics, push me thrugh my day!! Thank you Northern Cree!!

  • @deborahlonechild5136
    @deborahlonechild5136 4 года назад +11

    This song makes cry.because I lost my man who sang this song to me.it's been 2yrs.gone by now

  • @tekknodroid
    @tekknodroid 2 года назад +7

    Aww. Gladys Jefferson.. ❤️
    I remember before Northern Cree had regular backup singers .... Gladys would sing with them at certain powwows.. R.I.P Gladys..

  • @bazbuco
    @bazbuco 13 лет назад +4

    jewish guy studying music at college in massachusetts. this music is so powerful. it has so much emotion and rawness. it's so HUMAN. i want that feeling all the time. at @5:55 i wanted to scream too. they can't teach this kind of music to you in school, because it's already inside all of us.

  • @nerdmonstar2880
    @nerdmonstar2880 Год назад +19

    Been struggling as an urban-raised cree child, but i still remember the music i grew up with. Thank you for sharing the experiences, thank you for singing so proudly. So much love, northern ontario.

  • @lyndalabriola8287
    @lyndalabriola8287 Год назад +4

    PROUD TO BE INDIGENOUS !!! ❤❤❤😊

  • @Trenterin
    @Trenterin 14 лет назад +17

    I'm ever so happy to know even the Non Native American friends I have love this, I'm enrolled here in Washington State, a part of the Fourteen confederated bands and tribes of the Yakama Nation. FBI you know ( Full Blooded Indian)...Love, Peace, And Fry-bread Grease!! Our spirits may be lifted in a way we can only feel.. sometimes see... in our emotions..

  • @davyklinejr9407
    @davyklinejr9407 2 месяца назад +4

    These were always my favorite songs as a kid. It was always nice to see the smiles on peoples faces. Round dances and love songs.
    This warmed those holes in my heart. Thanks brothers.
    Amazing group!

  • @ChiefXAli
    @ChiefXAli 11 лет назад +50

    i LOVE how they have the young boy drumming with the men. Passing it along for his children and his children's children. What a blessing!

    • @redw.2452
      @redw.2452 5 лет назад +2

      There grooming him

    • @edisonshaw6562
      @edisonshaw6562 3 года назад

      U
      Rest in peace rusty

    • @CreeNdn
      @CreeNdn 2 года назад

      @@redw.2452 Love how karma works 🥹

    • @redw.2452
      @redw.2452 2 года назад

      @@CreeNdn karma what he's learning and there teaching him

    • @garydeanlabatte3462
      @garydeanlabatte3462 2 года назад

      @@edisonshaw6562 d

  • @oneofmany7768
    @oneofmany7768 4 года назад +14

    While all instruments are good, and have their place, there's something about the drum and the voice together that connects to the spirit like nothing else. We need hymns written that call for the drum and voice combination, to thank God for His gift of music.

    • @christineveazey4345
      @christineveazey4345 4 года назад +1

      Being fairly accurate, female voice too screechy for me.

  • @shanerr06
    @shanerr06 13 лет назад +2

    I don't see why 15 people not like this,i love northern cree :D

  • @ninabegay7732
    @ninabegay7732 2 года назад +13

    Love hearing Native Earth Angel's singing So Proud of our Warriors 💯💙👍😍

  • @erwinverwimp82
    @erwinverwimp82 19 дней назад

    Beautiful song. Deep respect for the American native people

  • @lisaandhertwolittles515
    @lisaandhertwolittles515 9 лет назад +32

    I love my culture. I love iur music. My baby enjoys it so much. Proud to be cree.

    • @kahhiiodiabo5671
      @kahhiiodiabo5671 9 лет назад +5

      +lisa mercer The babies of our culture can sleep through this music as it is very similar to their mother's heartbeat. It soothes them to sleep even when the volume is so loud, kids of different cultures also experience this for the same reason. These songs are our medicine.

    • @gabrieljordan7763
      @gabrieljordan7763 9 лет назад +1

      +Kahhiio Diabo when i used to tell my friends about our culture and powwows they said they liked our music

    • @pinkbarbie__
      @pinkbarbie__ 5 лет назад

      ShortCanadianLady my great great grandma was Cree and I inherited her gifts! She died at 104 I wish I met her!!! She loved me before I was I born

  • @joeyallup7744
    @joeyallup7744 11 лет назад +37

    Awesome song!!! Native pride forever in Native Country!!!! Beautiful song....

  • @tiffineyskeets2450
    @tiffineyskeets2450 7 лет назад +9

    Absolutely in love with this song. Would love to see them sing in person one day. 😊

  • @sadfuk
    @sadfuk 12 лет назад +15

    What gets me every time are the vocals.The harmonies are really incredible.Very touching.Good luck in your study.

  • @darz3829
    @darz3829 6 месяцев назад +2

    Americans and Europeans have advanced technology, art, literature, transportation, mathematics, humor, law, manufacture, music, politics, weapons, materials, space exploration, and communications.
    Indians wail and bang.

    • @samlittle786
      @samlittle786 Месяц назад

      never went to moon, go see buzz Aldrin's take on the matter

    • @darz3829
      @darz3829 Месяц назад

      @@samlittle786 "never went to moon, go see buzz Aldrin's take on the matter"
      I assume you are taking issue with my category "Space exploration"? Are you also disputing that we've never been to space? That all the data an photos from deep space vehicles are fake? That communications satellites don't circle the earth (from space)?
      And - more to the point - are you insisting that Indians have actually done that instead?

  • @JWP6948
    @JWP6948 12 лет назад +1

    I don't know why ppl are saying she ruins the song because I'm Seminole and where I'm from women are encouraged to sing a long to not only help out but they are also considered guardians of te drum circle so that the ring of unity may not be broken from anything unwanted. She sounds just as good as the fellas. Keep on. Amazing song btw. NATIVE PRIDE

  • @catalinahime1937
    @catalinahime1937 10 лет назад +37

    This was so beautiful but I don't know why I feel emotional hearing this.

    • @northernredneck3436
      @northernredneck3436 9 лет назад +1

      Me too! 😫

    • @irenelouisegladue-badger2266
      @irenelouisegladue-badger2266 7 лет назад +2

      Catalina Hime cuz its the Creator blessing u with joy.❤🙏

    • @lisamorin1500
      @lisamorin1500 6 лет назад

      I feel emotional as well..song is beautiful it reminds me of my ex who passed on ❤ miss him so much!

    • @arcticspirals
      @arcticspirals 6 лет назад

      Catalina Hime .because we are all humans, groups will divide us but we are all tribes belonging to one common thing. Just different starting points, and beliefs. I pray we can find
      Each other

    • @sxystormrider
      @sxystormrider 3 года назад

      Its your spirit longing to connect with our ancestors

  • @justbe1451
    @justbe1451 4 года назад +8

    The energy that flows from this is astounding, what I'd give to be here in person. ❤

  • @mrsleona777
    @mrsleona777 12 лет назад +2

    idk why people listen to this music if they have nothing but negative things to say about it. This is the land of our elders Sacred land & I'm proud to be native American! & when these "white folks" come just to judge noone asked you to listen to our music our culture & the ways of our people is a Beautiful thing & way of life. keep representing my natives! :) remember what our elders fought & suffered for. -lady native♡

  • @richardportman8912
    @richardportman8912 Год назад +4

    I like Cree songs

  • @edwardmarsette6129
    @edwardmarsette6129 2 года назад +5

    Sunday morning songs for the heart. Thank you my Cree brothers

  • @sandracolleen4203
    @sandracolleen4203 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow. Perfect hit on another evening of surrender. Grateful. Lingering in those mysteries. The sun rise. ♥️

  • @mrsleona777
    @mrsleona777 12 лет назад +1

    the native heritage is beautiful and no man can break the spirits of our people. I'm proud to be nativeAmerican keep our culture going and remember what our ancestors fought for.

  • @danielroulette7220
    @danielroulette7220 3 года назад +4

    When I started to listen to Northern Cree this was the song I listen to for days what a beautiful song love it......

  • @JeanineMcgee
    @JeanineMcgee Год назад +3

    A love song,from o.G.🎉❤

  • @sparradhandaoraichoooaoao8200
    @sparradhandaoraichoooaoao8200 Год назад +3

    beautiful ty
    💛🪶🐝🦉🌕

  • @isaiahgarcia7810
    @isaiahgarcia7810 6 лет назад +1

    I love this drum group... im a fancy shawl dancer. I am 1 proud native women. My family has been on pow wow trail for a long time. ----- Marissa Yazzie daughter of A.J Yazzie & Carol... 👽💚💚💙💙💙

  • @SustenanceNCovering
    @SustenanceNCovering 14 лет назад +1

    Six Billion people in the world and only 9 don't like this. That's pretty good.

  • @NateNizz
    @NateNizz 11 лет назад +10

    I'm half Odawa, and I must say, these guys killed it. I've been to dozens of pow wows in my life and I've never heard drumming and singing like this.

    • @shawntiaroberson5620
      @shawntiaroberson5620 3 года назад

      What else is you mixed with

    • @OkimawKihew
      @OkimawKihew Год назад

      That’s cause this is a round dance song lots of good and powerful songs in round dance as well

  • @nathanbaker2011
    @nathanbaker2011 11 лет назад +6

    One of the best songs a drum circle brings. Native pride for life. Never not be as one nation

  • @luzfleming7146
    @luzfleming7146 5 лет назад +6

    So strong. Female harmonies crazy!! Respect.

  • @richardportman8912
    @richardportman8912 Год назад +3

    April 28 i love this song 2023. Hard times.

    • @erwinverwimp82
      @erwinverwimp82 Год назад +1

      Don't give up Richard. Seek help like me.
      Kind greetings from Belgium.

  • @JDice
    @JDice 11 лет назад +3

    I'm not Native American. Actually I was born in Poland and came to America as a child...any who... You dont have to LIKE this music. But you should respect it. This is culture. This is history and tradition- something that some Americans know nothing about. I personally loved this. Its so powerful. It blows you away. It just makes you feel......a bond...with Nature..with people...with the world, with your spirit. I personally thought this was fantastic.

  • @HonestLeighSpeaking
    @HonestLeighSpeaking 2 года назад +2

    Heaven is gonna be awesome! EVERY TONGUE, TRIBE AND NATION!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🗣🗣🗣

  • @MarniFobister
    @MarniFobister 11 лет назад +2

    Damn this song reminds me of my babe...I better stop being stubborn before he decides to never come back. This song is a real eye opener for me.

  • @KittyPurrsMistress
    @KittyPurrsMistress 9 лет назад +13

    Every time - without fail I am crying less then 10 seconds into this worship.

    • @singerboy461
      @singerboy461 9 лет назад +4

      +Kitty Purrs These are social dance songs, not worship songs. Just fyi… Songs to dance to and enjoy. :) But they can be very powerful. Have fun listening to these round dance songs.

    • @KittyPurrsMistress
      @KittyPurrsMistress 9 лет назад +1

      +singerboy thank you for clarifying... in my heart it has always been spoken that song, music, dance all feel like praise which brings the glorious into life.

    • @davecee
      @davecee 8 лет назад +2

      +singerboy dancing and enjoying is worship... worship to oneself for having the pleasure of making it this far, the pleasure of community, friendship, worship of all... that is what dancing and songs like this are about... because worshiping brings me pleasure
      No idea who is to be worshiped except nature, but there you have it... it is both.

    • @KittyPurrsMistress
      @KittyPurrsMistress 8 лет назад +1

      +Dave C (LoL, May you be blessed for standing up good steward. It seems whenever (of late in any social media area) if I choose simply to yield, the Spirit moves within someone else.

    • @mnpo8987
      @mnpo8987 5 лет назад

      Listen to the AIM song and look up it's signifigance

  • @tarmijo1
    @tarmijo1 8 лет назад +26

    this song right here gets me every time especially when they really pound that drum

    • @JohnDoe-rb4xm
      @JohnDoe-rb4xm 5 лет назад

      And when the don't I noticed

    • @tami7740
      @tami7740 5 лет назад

      Toni Firemoon Armijo me too

    • @mnpo8987
      @mnpo8987 5 лет назад

      It's like the heartbeat of out existence

  • @richardportman8912
    @richardportman8912 Год назад +2

    Did i tell you i love this?

  • @stainer2519
    @stainer2519 5 лет назад +5

    Damn it feels good to be Native!! Wachi-yeh kah-kinnow, kwey-yusk bimah-tissick.

  • @sildavidal1768
    @sildavidal1768 11 месяцев назад +1

    Sounds like American Indian music. That beat of music was always one of my favorite sounds to listen to. God bless.

  • @AndreasBe1988
    @AndreasBe1988 7 лет назад +3

    Three words that comes to mind; funny, beautiful and powerful.
    Love it!

  • @jtmusgrove3289
    @jtmusgrove3289 7 лет назад +2

    Man I can't stop listening to this song!!!!! Rise up my Natives y'all are the Children of Israel of the tribe of Gad. I love y'all Gadites.

  • @adamlocheed2591
    @adamlocheed2591 2 года назад +2

    They are so nervous at the beginning lol but that leaves fast. At the end where u see them not all nervous n just living in the moment is the best vibe ever. Thank you

  • @timoteolafrance611
    @timoteolafrance611 7 лет назад +3

    Greetings from Akwesasne, The Mohawk Nation. These guys are great, hearing their music fills me with pride. It's a good day to be NDN.

  • @solomonboucher4443
    @solomonboucher4443 11 лет назад +22

    I agree From a musical standpoint the women add a really nice harmony and background to the men's voices

  • @joeystylez6864
    @joeystylez6864 6 лет назад

    I love northern cree! This is the whole positive side to being native. NOT EVEN alcohol and drugs can touch it. The world world will never know. I love my natives...sexy as hell when native men sing!! Shout out from a Oglala Lakota winyan.... love you!!

  • @domingoquigley4733
    @domingoquigley4733 10 лет назад +20

    big northern cree fan luv their songs

  • @romanguthrie6829
    @romanguthrie6829 9 лет назад +7

    NC go'z hard! BIG LOVE & Respect and many wa~do'z for all tha great BEATZ NORTHERN CREE!

  • @justngrosstyme9752
    @justngrosstyme9752 3 года назад +1

    This always encourages my soul. RIP Marvin Bear Robe.

  • @jody-annesullivan4547
    @jody-annesullivan4547 Год назад +1

    Can I like again? Such love for this

  • @patriciabrown575
    @patriciabrown575 2 года назад +2

    My farther is Oglala sioux and I am proud to say I am too.

  • @RosalindTWandahsega-rl2oe
    @RosalindTWandahsega-rl2oe Год назад +3

    ❤sure do .. awesome ❤

  • @TheMcgilvery
    @TheMcgilvery 13 лет назад +4

    this is amazing an too beleive this is my culture i am so proud to be native an my family are great singers!!!

  • @kharnakcrux2650
    @kharnakcrux2650 6 лет назад +1

    whether native or not. this is a gem of humanity. it's part of who everyone is.
    Everyone can have cultural pride. I'm intensely proud of my own Hungarian Central europe descent. And i'm incredibly proud FOR these people too. they feel the same.
    This is how to coexist.

  • @gehrke111
    @gehrke111 15 лет назад +3

    This is so musically beautiful, and it's like a big family, it seems like they've kept their rage and spirit

  • @timmccarthy3034
    @timmccarthy3034 5 лет назад +4

    SUCH AWESOME POWER there around the Drum.....My favorite spot to be at a Pow Wow.......Singing their Hearts out..they r SO GREAT... I LOVE THIS.....and the Women singing along too.....adds a great quality to the Song.......

  • @inosebaashkikw6178
    @inosebaashkikw6178 9 лет назад +3

    Cree are my cousins, your music revitalizes my soul in this western society that surrounds us...

  • @ricksandoval8901
    @ricksandoval8901 4 года назад +4

    Absolutely beautiful family. Love love love

  • @lakota850
    @lakota850 15 лет назад

    in lakota country its an honor to have wicaglatas sing as high as possible and even finish the song!! sing it loud n proud you sound beautiful ladies..

  • @LilYaZbird
    @LilYaZbird 13 лет назад +1

    NORHTERN CREE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.. LOVE YOUR SINIGING.. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.. THE LADIES HAVE BEAUTIFUL VOICES TOO..

  • @McCarthy49
    @McCarthy49 9 лет назад +5

    Love this song so much, I will never get tired of jamn it :-)

  • @mayangodson1returns
    @mayangodson1returns 11 лет назад +1

    THE MAYAN UNIVERSE likes this great video. Greetings to our brothers and sisters !!

  • @Indigoraes
    @Indigoraes 11 лет назад +5

    Beautifully; Slowly breaks my heart.Listening to this, I'm reminded of that feeling of not being chosen by the one my heart wanted.

    • @mnpo8987
      @mnpo8987 5 лет назад

      Sing your pain away and heart out

  • @zantetsuken1986
    @zantetsuken1986 16 лет назад +1

    everytime I listen to this, I am proud to be a Native American.

  • @mross6116
    @mross6116 8 лет назад +3

    I love these guys. I wish I had the money to travel to a pow wow to meet them. This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

    • @noobsauce4689
      @noobsauce4689 8 лет назад

      M Ross I don't need money I live by all if um

  • @nathanielmcdonald17
    @nathanielmcdonald17 8 лет назад +37

    R.I.P. Gladys Jefferson. Awesome singer. God bless you.

  • @douguinhasete
    @douguinhasete 8 лет назад +123

    Hi, I am Brazilian and I hope someday to visit america , knowing the native traditions.

    • @jadebilly4563
      @jadebilly4563 8 лет назад +3

      thank you

    • @douguinhasete
      @douguinhasete 8 лет назад

      ***** Hi, ah ok! Very cool👍

    • @bestn8ivealive1
      @bestn8ivealive1 8 лет назад +4

      Do Setiele gatherings of nations in Albuquerque, NM at the end of April is always awesome. Best dancers and groups from all over the world go there once a year.

    • @douguinhasete
      @douguinhasete 8 лет назад +2

      Awesome👌

    • @ethanrodriguez90
      @ethanrodriguez90 7 лет назад

      southern singers forty nine

  • @illathathrilla
    @illathathrilla 14 лет назад +2

    NC never gets old, thank you for this song!

  • @ericapheasanthull4293
    @ericapheasanthull4293 12 лет назад

    Im Eastern Band Cherokee when I listen to this song it gives me cold chills all over my body.

  • @sunkakangi
    @sunkakangi 16 лет назад +2

    Yup, those Wicaglataz got some bad ass voices!!

  • @kristaschneider2819
    @kristaschneider2819 8 лет назад +8

    WOW! This is so amazing and beautiful!

  • @g2luvme
    @g2luvme 14 лет назад +3

    it says 10 dislikes up there. how could anyone not like this song. this is a kick ass song, sang by one of the best drum groups i have ever heard. keep up the good work boyz

  • @Chuck-tm6mk
    @Chuck-tm6mk 15 дней назад

    The Spirit IN Those voices is Captivating it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up! I Love This ! I like Any Music that makes me Feel something & listening to This is like an Awakening!

  • @turkclairmont8547
    @turkclairmont8547 9 лет назад +14

    I looooooooove these songs iam proud to be native😇😇😇😇😇

  • @pattidavis944
    @pattidavis944 3 года назад

    Yep the Elder Woman jams out, wonder how old them young ones are now...best song ever🥰

  • @franklin01c
    @franklin01c 9 лет назад +6

    Haveing a great jam session to my kind of music

  • @prettyrabbitgirl
    @prettyrabbitgirl 13 лет назад +2

    I heart northern cree!! Can't believe I missed them at our ndn dayz...come back to Kainai!!

  • @Saulieu21
    @Saulieu21 10 лет назад +2

    One of my favorite song of The Northern Cree. Very proud to invite them with my french association Four Wind next june in France for the only one real Pow wow in Europe

  • @stitchy0405
    @stitchy0405 10 лет назад +33

    I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH,,, My cousin taught me how to sing this song... i love family and POW WOW songs so MUCH LOVE BEING OJIBWE

  • @mlittleplume
    @mlittleplume 14 лет назад +2

    I'll NEVER get sick of this song! AAHHH makes me soooo proud

  • @MrTurk1973
    @MrTurk1973 13 лет назад +1

    These guys are my Favorite Drum group...thank you for posting...and what 15 ppl don't like this song??? are you crazy!

  • @elijahjohnson9882
    @elijahjohnson9882 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @RedTomahawk43
    @RedTomahawk43 15 лет назад +1

    just listen to this song all day at work never gets old

  • @ashtyn101
    @ashtyn101 16 лет назад +1

    "I must say, after my travels, education, and personal experince, through out sarcee, siux, deh nay , north, east, south, west, First Nations of Canada. It makes me proud to be of the Cree Nation. Talented, gifted, and spiritualy lead, to a destiny built upon dreams"...
    -Cody Memnook-
    Oh ya cant wait till the cree version come's out... it's gonna be a Hit!!

  • @chrissydachuk2560
    @chrissydachuk2560 9 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely love this song

  • @MrWbyeats61
    @MrWbyeats61 6 лет назад

    love the way the way the ladies sing in the background ..... elevates it ... love it

  • @mellanne100
    @mellanne100 12 лет назад +2

    - Omg I just Love Northern Cree ' Dont Stop Keep it uP

  • @winonification
    @winonification 12 лет назад +1

    I love this song. I remember singing to it at a youth conference.

  • @anneandrobertgotoisrael2397
    @anneandrobertgotoisrael2397 7 лет назад +1

    I need more of this in my life.

  • @kathrynprettyontop6654
    @kathrynprettyontop6654 8 лет назад +1

    I Love these guys! Northern Cree you #1 in my books

  • @jimshannon100
    @jimshannon100 13 лет назад

    I luv thz song. idk y sum ppl dnt lyk it. guess thy dnt knw whut powwow music is. specially frm northern cree i mean who doesn't lyk em. thy tha best drum group evr. i say thz is tha best song recorded my favorite.!:D

  • @sheilahenry8378
    @sheilahenry8378 9 лет назад +2

    Beautiful song
    Love it
    Play this song over an over 👍😁💟💟
    My Fav

  • @jayden8507
    @jayden8507 14 лет назад +1

    one of the best groups ever you guys r the best

  • @NativeSista
    @NativeSista 7 лет назад +1

    I love listening to Northern Cree music ♡♡♡♡♡

  • @kathrynprettyontop6654
    @kathrynprettyontop6654 8 лет назад +2

    I Love to here your voice it makes me happy!!!!

    • @JohnDoe-rb4xm
      @JohnDoe-rb4xm 5 лет назад

      I cry to but it fills the bits of me

  • @ndnmexicana
    @ndnmexicana 13 лет назад

    who wudnt like thiz song?! i freakn luv thiz song!!!!