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Bad Indian

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lyrics

I’m not a very good Indian.
Maybe even a bad Indian

My cheekbones aren’t high enough
My last name isn’t a sentence
I don’t have enough beadwork or turquoise
I don’t speak good pidgin English
Certainly not as good as Johnny Depp did in that movie that one time
I don’t care if you connect with with Indian spiritualism
I could care less if you did a sweat lodge with your Caucasian spirit guide who knew an Indian once
Sure, millions of Indians died, but tell me about your feelings
And cry your white tears

I’m a bad Indian.

A woman once asked me my Indian name
I said: It’s Gregg
And she was so disappointed!
“NO” she said
“It has to be Red Eagle or Two Rivers!”
“Or ‘Grey Skull’” I said
“YES! Wait, is that for real?!”
“No, no” I said, without her realizing my brief but generationally relevant He-Man joke
The kind of joke that would tell her that while Indian
I’m having an American experience too
I finally said to her “How about ‘Walking Eagle’”
“Yes! Yes!” She said, “but is that true?”
“Yes, it’s totally true”
I never did have the heart to tell her that an eagle only walks when it’s too full of shit to fly

I’m a bad Indian

This one time a man walks into my space
Asks me questions about my things
I tell him
When he suddenly interrupts
As only a white man can
With all the euro-swagger of a man who’s people where so sure of their place in the universe
Their place in the world
Their place in the eyes of God
You speak real good for a
Native American
An indian
A savage
A pagan
A prairie n*****
A godless heathen
And I would be justified in punching him
In cursing him out
In calling him racist

That would make me a bad Indian
Which contradicts that old saying
You know the one:
The only good Indian is a dead Indian

I’m a bad indian.
I’m here.

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from Dead Pioneers, released September 16, 2023
All original songs were written and performed by Dead Pioneers

Lead: Gregg Deal
Guitar: Joshua Rivera
Guitar:Abe Brennan
Bass: Lee Tesche
Drums: Shane Zweygardt

Engineered and mixed by Chris Beeble
Mastered by Jason Livermore
Recorded at The Blasting Room

Art by Cheyenne Randal

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Dead Pioneers Denver, Colorado

Rooted in the Punk aesthetic, Dead Pioneers is not afraid to tackle hard political and social issues From original songs to spoken word with punk riffs, Dead Pioneers was created with a love of music, a love of art and the DIY disposition of just figuring it out and seeing what happens. ... more

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