Keith Secola

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Keith Secola
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Keith Secola playing the flute in 2023
Background information
Origin Cook, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres Indie rock, Folk rock, Folk
Years active1990 (1990)–Present
LabelsAkina Records, Don Giovanni Records

Keith Secola (born 1957) is an Ojibwe-American musician who plays rock and roll, folk rock, and folk. A singer-songwriter, he also plays guitar and flute.

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Secola was born in Cook, Minnesota. He is married and has two children. In 1982 he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in American Indian Studies.

His band has had the names the Wild Band of Indians, the Wild Javelinas, and Wild Onions. He has contributed songs to documentary films, including Homeland, Patrick's Story and Dodging Bullets. [1] He won "best artist" at the 2006 Native American Music Awards for the album Native Americana. [2] He is perhaps best known for his upbeat, folk rock song, "NDN Kars" from the film Dance Me Outside . [3] Secola's music was used for the score of the documentary Dodging Bullets—Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma as the music associates growing up Native.

As an activist he has worked with Irene Bedard on environmental and Native American issues. [4]

Discography

YearTitleLabelFormat
1992CircleAKINA RecordsCD
1996Wild Band of IndiansAKINA RecordsCD
1999FingermonkeyAKINA RecordsCD
2000HomelandAKINA RecordsCD
2005Native AmericanaAKINA RecordsCD
2012Life is GrandAKINA RecordsCD
2017Circle Don Giovanni Records CD/LP/Digital
2021Portals Don Giovanni Records CD/Digital

Web sources

  1. IMDB
  2. Native American Music Awards [ full citation needed ]
  3. Dance Me Outside Soundtrack
  4. "Indian Country". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-10-31.

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