Side 2, Band 6 Steals Of The White Man Unaccompanied J. Barre Tolkein of the University of Oregon, collected this song from an Indian named Yellowtail in Nebraska a number of years back. Barre claims the song is still sung, though his version is considerably different from the version here recorded - with a chant between each verse. First came the white man to steal the lands, then he came with the steel bullets, the steel railroads, and today the anthropologists come with their steel tape recorders to steal away what remains of the culture. Most Indian songs are tied together with sacred symbols.
Most songs have four verses of four lines each.
All other versions I've come across of this song have only four verses, whereas this one has five. I learned this song from Hazel Dickens.