Over the last decade, there has been some very, very long overdue attempts at reconciliation with the First Nations and Indigenous Peoples of North America…there’s still a long, long way to go, but at least the process as begun…

The treatment of Indigenous people makes for ugly history…but it has also been enlightening in positive ways…

For example, we’ve been learning more about First Nations music and the role people who identify as Native Canadians and Americans have played in the world of rock…some are full-fledged First Nations people…others have at least some Native blood…

Some are well-known…others have been hiding in plain sight…and I think it’s time that we go through some of these contributions…Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices