![]() ![]() As far as I can tell, Shawnee tribal leadership don't claim Link Wray as a Shawnee, and would see him held as an example of this kind of confusion. A lot of people still repeat their family's myth of native origin today! And while Link's story is incredible and he is a righteously revered musician, claiming Native ancestry and having it (and engaging with your community) are totally different things. Shawnee tribal leaders today have been trying to publicly challenge that claim - not because it invalidates Link as an incredible musician, but that this element of passed-down and mistaken identity is a common aspect of impoverished lives in the southeastern US through the early 20th century. It's complicated here because Link identified publicly with it, but didn't really connect to or support the broader Shawnee community while claiming and profiting from that public identity. Not a malicious thing, just a common thing that happened. Come and Get Your Love (Remix by Gavin Moss) Come and Get Your Love (Remix by The YD) The Sun Never Shines on the Lonely. Week-by-week music charts, peak chart positions and airplay stats. And if your parent or grandparent proudly proclaims it, it's really easy to pass that down as unquestioned fact. Come and Get Your Love by Redbone chart history on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and YouTube. Listen to Come and Get Your Love - Remixes - EP, a playlist curated by Redbone on desktop and mobile. Tribal records are surprisingly meticulous, partly because the federal government's forced removal of Native communities forced them to be - and it wasn't uncommon for non-Native residents of the southeastern US to claim tribally specific indigenous ancestry for various reasons. Link is a little complicated in the Native music scene - basically he claimed his mother had Shawnee ancestry, but the Shawnee tribe has no record in its rolls of his mother's family. ![]()
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