With all the white man has done to screw things up, it isn't any better than when the Indians ruled. Here are Paul Revere & the Raiders, from Boise, Idaho with their tale of what we've done to a proud people. What this most special of series is about is highlighting songs that make you think and the Raiders definitely accomplished that.
"Indian Reservation'
by Paul Revere & the Raiders
Words and Music by John D. Loudermilk
They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I'm still part red man deep inside
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return, will return, will return
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