This is a list of Native American musicians and singers. They are notable musicians and singers, who are from Peoples indigenous to the contemporary United States, including Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United State ...

. While Native American identity in the United States, Native American identity can at times be a complex and contested issue, the Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry, and legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity. All individuals on this list should have Native American ancestry, not just personal claims/belief. Historical figures might predate tribal enrollment practices and would be included based on ethnological tribal membership, while any contemporary history, contemporary individuals should either be enrolled members of federally recognized tribes or have cited Native American ancestry and be recognized as being Native American by their respective tribes(s). Contemporary unenrolled individuals are listed as being of descent from a tribe. For Indigenous musicians in and from Canada, see List of Indigenous musicians in Canada.

Classical

*Steven Alvarez (composer, percussionist, film & stage producer)(Yaqui/Mescalero Apache/Upper Tanana Athabascan)Hirschfelder, Arlene B. and Molin, Paulette Fairbanks (2012).
The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists
', p.376-7. Scarecrow Press. . *Timothy Archambault (composer and flutist)(Kichesipirini Algonquin people, Algonquin First Nation) *Dawn Avery (Mohawk people, Mohawk), composer, cellist, vocalist, educator *Louis W. Ballard (Quapaw/Cherokee), "known as the father of Native American composition *Raven Chacon (Navajo), composer and visual artist *Atalie Unkalunt (Cherokee, 1895-1954), opera and Indianist singer

Country and folk

* Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida Indian Nation, 1957–2021) * Buddy Red Bow (Lakota people, Lakota)

Gospel

* Johnny P. Curtis (San Carlos Apache) * Klaudt Indian Family (Lillian White Corn Little Soldier, Arikara-Mandan)

Jazz

* Mildred Bailey (jazz singer) (Coeur d'Alene people, Coeur d'Alene) * Jim Pepper (Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Muscogee/Kaw people, Kaw) * Big Chief Russell Moore (Pima people, Pima, 1912–1983)

Native American flute

* Robert Tree Cody (Hunkpapa/Maricopa people, Maricopa) * Brent Michael Davids, (Mahican, Stockbridge Mohican) composer and flutist * Joseph FireCrow (Northern Cheyenne) * Hawk Littlejohn (Eastern Band Cherokee) * Charles Littleleaf (Tenino people, Warm Springs/Piegan Blackfeet, Blackfoot) * Kevin Locke (musician), Kevin Locke (Lakota people, Lakota) * Tom Mauchahty-Ware (Kiowa/Comanche) * Bill Miller (musician), Bill Miller (Mahican) * Robert Mirabal (Taos Pueblo) * R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo people, Navajo/Ute tribe, Ute) * Sonny Nevaquaya (Comanche) * Jay Red Eagle (Cherokee Nation) * Andrew Vasquez (Kiowa Apache) * Tommy Wildcat (Cherokee Nation/Muscogee (Creek), Muscogee/Natchez people, Natchez) * Mary Youngblood (Aleut people, Aleut/Seminole)

Native American protest singers

* Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) * John Trudell (Santee Dakota)

New age and world music

* Brulé (band), Brulé (Sioux) * Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida Indian Nation, 1957–2021) * Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike (Oglala/Yankton/Ponca/Navajo)

Pop and rock

* Chuck Billy (vocalist), Chuck Billy of Testament (band), Testament (Pomo people, Pomo) * Jimmy Carl Black (Southern Cheyenne descent) * Blackfire (American band), Blackfire (Navajo people, Navajo) * Blackfoot (band), Blackfoot * Jim Boyd (musician), Jim Boyd (Colville (tribe), Colville) * Jesse Ed Davis (Comanche/Kiowa/Muscogee people, Muscogee/Seminole) * Willy DeVille (Pequot) * Champion Jack Dupree (self-identified Cherokee descent) * Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service (Skidi Pawnee) * Nokie Edwards (Cherokee) * Joy Harjo, Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice (Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Mvskoke) * Indigenous (band), Indigenous (Nakota) * Debora Iyall of Romeo Void (Cowlitz (tribe), Cowlitz) * Jana (Native American singer), Jana (Lumbee) * Grant-Lee Phillips (Muscogee (Creek)), Red Earth (band), Red Earth * Redbone (band), Redbone, members are mostly Yaqui people, Yaqui/Shoshone descent * Keith Secola (Bois Forte Chippewa) * John Trudell (Santee Dakota) * XIT (band), XIT, members are Colville, Isleta Pueblo, Diné, and Muscogee Creek * Spencer Battiest (Seminole/Choctaw) * Sky Ferreira (Chippewa Cree) * Samantha Crain (Choctaw Nation) * Black Belt Eagle Scout (Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of Washington, Swinomish/Iñupiat, Iñupiaq)

Rap and hip hop

* Julian B. (Muscogee) * Lil Mike and Funny Bone (both Pawnee people, Pawnee/Choctaw) * Litefoot (Cherokee Nation/Chichimeca) * Supaman (Apsáalooke) * Frank Waln (Sicangu Lakota)

Powwow music

* Black Lodge Singers (Piegan Blackfeet) * Cozad Singers (Kiowa)

References

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