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Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit

As the chief songwriter and guitarist for The Band, he offered a rustic vision of his adopted country that helped inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead.html

#TheBand #ClassicRock #RobbieRobertson #RIP

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

Addendae 2

Robbie Robertson gave Six Nations cultural center invaluable support

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/six-nations-leaders-say-robbie-robertson-gave-cultural-centre-invaluable-support-1.6515930

Six Nations of the Grand River: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_of_the_Grand_River

* demographically largest First Nations reserve in Canada.

* members attended Mohawk Institute Residential School (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_Institute_Residential_School), subject to numerous abuses

* 1972 replaced by Woodland Cultural Centre

#RobbieRoberson #SixNations #ResidentialSchools # MohawkInstitute #WoodlandCulturalCentre #IndigenousPeoples

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

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Robbie Robertson: Remembering famed storyteller & his roots in Six Nations, Ontario

'I might be one of the most acclaimed native sons proudly from the hood on the bush,' Roberston once said

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/robbie-robertson-singer-storyteller-influencer-roots-six-nations-1.6934152