Artist description Discordian Images and Poetry, Choas and Disorder, Psychotic Psychedelic Surrealist Nightmares. One of last poets to emerge from the beatnik era of the 1950's.

Music Style Spoken word

Musical Influences Doors, ELP, Ozzie, Hank Sr., Billie Holiday, Jack Kerouac, Deep Purple

Similar Artists Doors, Jack Kerouac, Bill Burroughs, Zappa, ELP, King Crimson

Artist History The Blackwater Tribe came into existence out of flight for survival. A flight that began on December 29th, 1890 and hasn't ended yet. Late on the evening of December 30th, 1890 the elders of Eva's tribe began to strike their camp on the banks of the Knife River in the territory which is now called North Dakota. This was indeed strange behavior. The snows of the Plains winter were still flying and the intense cold would last for many moons. It was a time that Sioux tribes would stay put along the banks of a river and await the warmth of spring. But these were not ordinary times. The elders spoke in hushed tones as they loaded stretchers behind ponies with old folks, children and supplies. An intense fear was emanating from the elders. Something had spooked these proud warriors. Whatever that something was, it had caused the elders to undertake the unprecedented task of moving the tribe in the midst of a brutal Plains winter. The tribe headed north that very evening. Into the driving winter snows that would cover their tracks and could just have easily consumed the band. But the elders were wise and knew that survival meant following this arduous path. Eva would learn later that word had been received that evening that the "Bluecoats" were once again on the warpath and that they had already massacred Big Foot's tribe on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek (Cankpe Opi Wakpala). The elders of Eva's tribe knew that if they did not flee, that they would be next to feel the sting of the bluecoats' merciless wrath. They had but two choices: remain to fight and die or run from the white dogs to the sanctuary of Canada. Dr, Charles Eastman (formerly Ohiyesa), a young Santee physician who lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation joined a party looking for survivors. He later reported, "Fully three miles from the scene of the massacre we found the body of a woman completely covered with a blanket of snow, and from this poin on we found them scattered along as they had been relentlessly hunted down and slaughtered while fleeing for their lives. Some of our people discovered relatives and friends among the dead, and there was much wailing and mourning. We we reached the spot where the Indian camp had stood, among the fragments of burned tents and other belongings we saw the frozen bodies lying close together or piled one upon another. I counted eighty bodies of men who had been in council and who were almost as helpless as the women and babes when the deadly fire began, for nearly all their guns had been taken from them. A reckless and desperate young Indian fired the first shot when the search for weapons was well under way, and immediately the troops opened fire from all sides, killing not only unarmed men, women, and children, but their own comrades who stood opposite them, for the camp was entirely surrounded.... All this was a severe ordeal for one who had so lately put his faith in the Christian love and lofty ideals of white men...." Eva remembered painfully years later that, "the stories that came to our camp where that the white's had all gone crazy. They were disarming our people and then shooting them dead. We wanted no part of these evil demons. We merely wanted to live as human beings; as we had for centuries before." Eva's father was the chief of the Knife River band of Nakota. He led his people north through a savage blizzard. Past the Canadian border. Past the white settlement known as Regina. Past the new town of Prince Albert. To the northeast in an area now known as Nipawin. Onto the banks of a strong and vibrant river. It was there that Eva's father called a halt to the tribes flight from death. It was on the banks of that tannic river that they pitched camp and began to reassemble their lives. Many of the oldest of the tribe died en route to their new homeland. It would be three years before Eva saw another white man so isolated was her encampment. Three years of peace and harmony with the river and surrounding pines. Game and fish were plentiful and the tribe flourished. In 1892 a company of loggers moved into the area. At first, the tribe was fearful that a slaughter would ensue. All that they had seen from white men was death and destruction. But this group of white men were from a place far away. They were not from Amerika. They came from a place across the great waters that they called Lapland. The men were tall and rugged, but also gentle and friendly. The men referred to the great river as the Black River due to its dark colour. The darkness being due to the decaying leaves of autumn which deposited a heavy residue of tannic acid in the water. Thus, the great encampment of human beings became known to the loggers as the tribe who come from the black water. The Blackwater Tribe.

Group Members Armond Blackwater, Princess J Blackwater, Jederas Helios, Celestine Du Monte DuLac

Instruments Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Synth, Samples, Native Rhythm Toys

Albums Blackwater Runs Deep, Live at the Cafe' Be At, Beatsville, Black & Blue All Under

Location Neptune Beach, FL - USA

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