Northern Cree - I Don't Know Why

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

[@dpfox31]

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]

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

[@leanneaguilar82]

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

[@stevenchurney2416]

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

[@aimeejohnson8079]

Checking n cuzz

[@Adamdub612]

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

[@deborahlonechild5136]

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

[@nerdmonstar2880]

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.

[@dbaldeagle]

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!!

[@irvinwhitefish7188]

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[@roseluna1857]

Beautiful

[@lyndalabriola8287]

PROUD TO BE INDIGENOUS !!! ❤❤❤😊

[@tekknodroid]

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

[@Trenterin]

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..

[@ninabegay7732]

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

[@songofseikilos8659]

you go girl

[@ChiefXAli]

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]

There grooming him

[@edisonshaw6562]

U Rest in peace rusty

[@CreeNdn]

@@redw.2452 Love how karma works 🥹

[@redw.2452]

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

[@garydeanlabatte3462]

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[@oneofmany7768]

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]

Being fairly accurate, female voice too screechy for me.

[@edwardmarsette6129]

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

[@tiffineyskeets2450]

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

[@YourGrace_06]

They’re dope.

[@justbe1451]

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

[@sadfuk]

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

[@lisaandhertwolittles515]

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

[@kahhiiodiabo5671]

+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]

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

[@pinkbarbie__]

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

[@tarmijo1]

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

[@JohnDoe-rb4xm]

And when the don't I noticed

[@tami7740]

Toni Firemoon Armijo me too

[@mnpo8987]

It's like the heartbeat of out existence

[@douguinhasete]

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

[@jadebilly4563]

thank you

[@douguinhasete]

***** Hi, ah ok! Very cool👍

[@bestn8ivealive1]

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]

Awesome👌

[@ethanrodriguez90]

southern singers forty nine

[@nathanielmcdonald17]

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

[@renapearl6718]

No

[@marydemontiney6268]

I loved Gladys Jefferson, a great singer and dancer

[@solomonboucher4443]

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

[@danielroulette7220]

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

[@luzfleming7146]

So strong. Female harmonies crazy!! Respect.

[@stainer2519]

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

[@joeyallup7744]

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

[@lilyloud2157]

Joe Yallup

[@catalinahime1937]

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

[@northernredneck3436]

Me too! 😫

[@irenelouisegladue-badger2266]

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

[@lisamorin1500]

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

[@arcticspirals]

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]

Its your spirit longing to connect with our ancestors

[@richardportman8912]

April 28 i love this song 2023. Hard times.

[@erwinverwimp82]

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

[@sashayellowbird649]

I love how the elder woman is just jammin along with them Lol

[@AndreasBe1988]

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

[@adamlocheed2591]

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

[@MarniFobister]

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.

[@trenthamilton8151]

lol even the little guy drummin! lol

[@domingoquigley4733]

big northern cree fan luv their songs

[@NateNizz]

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]

What else is you mixed with

[@OkimawKihew]

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

[@nathanbaker2011]

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

[@bazbuco]

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.

[@McCarthy49]

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

[@timoteolafrance611]

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.

[@KittyPurrsMistress]

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

[@singerboy461]

+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]

+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]

+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]

+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]

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

[@stitchy0405]

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

[@AnastasiaRoseSiyankovsky]

Awesome, you watch the 1491's by any chance?

[@pi3rr312345]

Word

[@josecorsino8029]

Nastazia Paypompee NIB

[@venelclark225]

this enlin klrek

[@JeSuisMelBell]

God in Flesh is in Texas, near Mexico.

[@karenlongelk2811]

Love it.. makes me feel like taken my boyfriend dancing.. lol Love this song and being NATIVE!!!!

[@justngrosstyme9752]

This always encourages my soul. RIP Marvin Bear Robe.

[@patriciabrown575]

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

[@jtmusgrove3289]

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.

[@HonestLeighSpeaking]

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

[@tomorrowcogdill4035]

All my Relations For all the Generations that walk our Path

[@mrsleona777]

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♡

[@ricksandoval8901]

Absolutely beautiful family. Love love love

[@turkclairmont8547]

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

[@gabrieljordan7763]

+Turk clairmont me to native pride

[@romanguthrie6829]

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

[@mayangodson1returns]

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

[@timmccarthy3034]

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.......

[@TheMcgilvery]

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

[@Indigoraes]

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]

Sing your pain away and heart out

[@OkimawKihew]

One day I would like to hear this song in person!

[@sildavidal1768]

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

[@SustenanceNCovering]

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

[@gehrke111]

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

[@mrsleona777]

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.

[@jadebilly4563]

Hugs

[@JeanineMcgee]

A love song,from o.G.🎉❤

[@mross6116]

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]

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

[@prettyrabbitgirl]

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

[@inosebaashkikw6178]

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

[@franklin01c]

Haveing a great jam session to my kind of music

[@kitaniastarr896]

awesome song and i love it so much....... hoka to my sisters and brothers are sing a way much love

[@timmccarthy3034]

REMINDS ME OF HAND DRUMMING SONGS ....ALL ABOUT LOVE....

[@joeystylez6864]

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!!

[@illathathrilla]

NC never gets old, thank you for this song!

[@Saulieu21]

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

[@jenoteli6341]

makes me proud to be native

[@kharnakcrux2650]

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.

[@richardportman8912]

I like Cree songs

[@richardportman8912]

Did i tell you i love this?

[@jody-annesullivan4547]

Can I like again? Such love for this

[@kristaschneider2819]

WOW! This is so amazing and beautiful!

[@mlittleplume]

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

[@pattidavis944]

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

[@zantetsuken1986]

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

[@g2luvme]

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

[@cheyenneiiikakeesiqim4398]

love this!!! good one boyz.. and girlz

[@sesjackyoutification]

LOVE THIS ONE

[@shanerr06]

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

[@JDice]

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.

[@sheilahenry8378]

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

[@tofinotooz]

Powerful. I love the women voices in there.

[@sparradhandaoraichoooaoao8200]

beautiful ty 💛🪶🐝🦉🌕

[@nativenerd]

I love how the unci comes running in at 1:00 and lifts the guy's recorder over her head so she can jam! lol

[@RedTomahawk43]

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

[@reflectionofexpression2706]

Wish to see them ...BUT I live too farrrr Such powerful music/sound...

[@JeSuisMelBell]

God in Flesh is in Texas, near Mexico.

[@kathrynprettyontop6654]

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

[@JohnDoe-rb4xm]

I cry to but it fills the bits of me

[@Bluesapphire152]

I don't know why. Great song for 49's.

[@josephlinklater8815]

I fucking love this song gives me chills when I hear the drums dangerous vibes

[@tobyjoseph4634]

sponge bob

[@winonification]

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

[@absarukeh]

Love this Song very much.

[@sunkakangi]

Yup, those Wicaglataz got some bad ass voices!!

[@ndnmexicana]

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

[@robinlussier862]

This was the last song I sang out loud..Me nd my second youngest son .Haven't seen him for awhile..Its been long time.

[@LilYaZbird]

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

[@NativeSista]

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

[@unknown-zu2py]

addicting song......love this tribe of drummers!!! hooicha!!!! :)

[@highspacefox]

This looks like such fun, I wish i had relatives to do this with

[@mross6116]

Not sure where you live, but I take my non native friends to pow wows all the time. They all love it.

[@jimconstable9600]

Tanisi If you are in Australia I am looking for other Neheyo to powwow with

[@audreyisaac8249]

Reagan I will try

[@Muse0WI]

I know it's late. But where at in Australia?

[@irenelouisegladue-badger2266]

Reagan u dont need "relatives" to dance to this. we are all related under Creator.❤🙏

[@anneandrobertgotoisrael2397]

I need more of this in my life.