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Audio CD
An album of spiritual songs recorded by Bill Center to honor the people of the Oglala Lakota Nation. The album reflects his roots in both the American Indian spiritual tradition and his Christian heritage. Most of the songs are sung in the Lakota language, including a handful of old Christian hymns.
"I'm Oglala Lakota, Powwow Lakota. I won't let my people down."
- Bill Center, OGLALA LAKOTA
"Bill Center is a powerful singer, preacher, elder and teacher."
- Tina Griego, Rocky Mountain News
Center was born in 1935 and raised at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. His father William Center was an Episcopal Minister who had him singing in Church at age 12. Both his grandfathers, Goodlance and Fast Thunder, were medicine men who taught him about the old ways. In his youth Center was a touring musician. Later he worked as a lay minister at St. Johns Episcopal Cathedral in Denver. Center currently is a spiritual advisor and active preservationist of his Indian heritage.
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