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HISTORY OF EYA-HEY NAKODA
Rod Hunter Sr, Desi Rider, Gavin Ear, Rod Anders Hunter and Shanda Hunter formed Eya-Hey Nakoda in September of 1994. The Drum Group composes and sings their own songs. Big or small pow-wows, Eya-Hey Nakoda loves to sing and make dancers dance. At pow-wows, before grand entry, different members of the group take turns offering tobacco to the creator and to their drum. They pray for the dancers and all of the people who are there. The group asks for blessings from the creator and the drum spirit so that when the dancers dance or when the people listen to the music, they will be cured of any ailments. Eya-Hey Nakoda singers are predominately Nakoda from the Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations in Morley, Alberta.
MOTTO OF EYA-HEY NAKODA
"... MAKE AND SING YOUR OWN SONGS, HAVE A GOOD TIME SINGING, HAVE A GOOD DRUM, A GOOD PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM, AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT..."
Ancestry: First Nations
Genre: Traditional
Group Members
- Rod Hunter
- Anders Hunter
- Shanda Hunter
- Tobie Ear
- Gavin Ear
- Desi Rider
- Chris Pegram
- Donald Zuefelt
- Nick Crawler
- Steve Crawler
- Shane Crawler Keon Crawler
- Murphey Rowan
- Grahme Rowan
- Sammy Salter
