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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
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Robbie Robertson gave Six Nations cultural center invaluable support
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
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Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock & Roll Revolution
Music called Americana was created by a Jewish-Canadian-Cayuga-Mohawk
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/americana-indigenous-roots-robbie-robertson
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