Don Fardon "Indian Reservation" 1974 (German release)

"Indian Reservation" ("The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian") is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first recorded in in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater, and released as "The Pale Faced Indian". Rainwater's MGM-release stayed unnoticed. The first hit version was a cover of 1968 by Don Fardon, a former member of The Sorrows and it went to #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I’m still part redman deep inside
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return, will return, will return...

In 1971 Paul Revere & the Raiders released it on the Columbia Records label and it became #1 on the U.S. chart. The RIAA gold certification followed on 30 June 1971, for selling over a million copies. The song was later further covered by the Orlando Riva Sound. A 1994 Country / Western song by Tim McGraw, Indian Outlaw, opens with part of the main "Cherokee People" chorus from Indian Reservation. The live version also uses the full chorus near the end of the song.

traxfromwax:
1. Indian Reservation 2. Riverboat 3. California Maiden 4. Hudson Bay 5. Mississippi Woman 6. New York City 7. Miami Sunset 8. 6:10 Phoenix Gone 9. Cheyenne 10. San Diego
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