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New Single - The 38

by Pretendians Band

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The 38 02:39
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Wikcemna yamni sanm saglogan kin, kiksuyapo! With feelings consumed by the poison of hate Ramsey’s soldiers killed the 38 The land of our own was the settler’s power While Dakota’s died at the whim of a coward Seen as useless now by Lincoln’s people How’d you honor our treaties if we were never equals?! So now you keep them in that cellar to hide the truth. Big city builder the Dakota’s doom. Keep them in that cellar To please the masses Silencing our people Until all time passes Corporate products and tools of the trade Put our earth on her last leg Our mother was life but now she’s a plaque With generations of victims etched on her back Past names of our people now fading fast From being put in a book to be shelved and passed So you keep them in that cellar to hide the truth Big city builder the Dakota’s doom Keep them in that cellar To please the masses Silencing our people until all time passes Destroy our culture? Did you think you could take it? The cycle of violence kills those who make it “Let them eat grass” aren’t they a part of nature? Now two steps sideways from a lustful creature. You’re tricky with the games that you make to ensnare us But the lessons of our 38 arm and prepare us To take back what’s ours! To take back what’s ours. To take back what’s ours! Let’s take back what’s ours!

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released June 27, 2023

All tracks recorded, mixed and mastered at Sparta Sound

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Pretendians Band Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pretendians Band is a Native American rock band based out of Minneapolis, MN. Despite the name of our band, they're not pretending . The majority of the band represent the Oceti Ŝakowiŋ (7 Council Fires) of the Dakhota/Lakhota Nation, hailing from Standing Rock, Rosebud, and Crow Creek tribes. Most songs reflect a societal and political viewpoint, told from a modern Indigenous perspective. ... more

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