From the Dine' (Navajo) Nation in the southwest of the united states
BIO OF THE JONES BENALLY FAMILY NAVAJO DANCE TROUPE
World Champion Hoop Dancer and traditional healer Jones Benally, his daughter Jeneda, son Clayson and granddaughters Dyatihi(16), Bahiyyah (14), Deezhchiil (13) and Zonnie (7) form the Jones Benally Family Navajo Dance Troupe. Through 3 generations, they bring healing power, beauty and profound messages of Navajo (Diné) culture to educate and uplift audiences around the globe. The Jones Benally Family give an unparalleled introduction to Navajo culture, storytelling, music and dance.
Navajo dance is a sacred tradition encompassing a wide variety of forms which aim to heal the body, mind and spirit. When presented outside of their Navajo community, these dances are modified for public viewing, but they retain their deep capacity to move hearts and minds. The family’s emotive vocals and chanting along with accompaniment on traditional rhythm instruments such as hand drum and gourds amplify the ceremonial mood.
The Benally Family’s extensive repertoire of over 20 different dances includes Eagle, Feather, Basket, Gourd, Swan, Horse and the Round Dance. The Hoop Dance is always a highlight as audiences marvel at the phenomenal natural figures and shapes that either Jones or Clayson evoke so fluidly using hoops made of willow.
Jones Benally is a respected elder of the Navajo Nation. He was the first ever traditional practitioner to be employed at a Government hospital and held this role for 19 years. He still practices medicine along with Jeneda and Clayson. Jones was also the composer of the traditional songs for the motion picture “Geronimo” as well as countless documentaries and TV specials . Jones has won multiple world champion Hoop Dance titles, received the first Heard Museum Living Legacy Award and is recognized as an Arizona Indian Living Treasure. The Jones Benally Family was recently featured in The Washington Post, National Geographic, Arizona Highways, Geo Magazine and countless news stories throughout the world.
Recently they have performed at The Library Of Congress, The National Folk Festival, The American Folk Festival, Grassroots Festival, The Museum of North American History, Museum of Northern Arizona, Tanz n Fest, and hundreds more throughout the U.S., Europe, Mexico and Canada.
Jones Benally also performs with his families multi-award winning band Sihasin. The Family offers lectures to schools, communities and organizations.
BIO OF SIHASIN
Sihasin is a duo of multi award-winning musicians Jeneda and Clayson Benally from the (Dine) Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona. As brother and sister they grew up protesting the environmental degradation and inhumane acts of cultural genocide against their traditional way of life.
The siblings tour throughout the world playing music, facilitating youth empowerment workshops and striving to build bridges of respect between communities, cultures, and our relationship with the environment. They have released two albums, both produced by Ed Stasium (The Ramones, Talking Heads, Living Colour, Joan Jett, Mick Jagger). Both album releases, “Never Surrender” and “Fight like a Woman” won Native American Awards, Global Music Awards, and Indian summer Music Awards. In 2016, they collaborated with The Okee Dokee Brothers on a song called “Sister Moon and Brother Sun” on the album “A Western Adventure Album” which received a Grammy Nomination. In 2017-2018’s Winter season, Sihasin’s rendition of “Winter Wonderland” (Cleopatra Records, “Punk Rock Christmas”) was used in Hyundai’s car commercial “Naughty or Nice”alongside legendary singer Tony Bennett. The duo has been ambassadors for American Music Abroad through the State Department, touring communities in Peru and playing for the American Embassy’s Fourth of July event at the Ambassador’s Estate. They collaborated with Peruvian band, Uchpa, to create a song on behalf of the event titled, “Freedom”. Their song “Shine” spent 18 weeks on Sirius XM’S Aboriginal Countdown reaching the #1 spot and they were highlighted in the Huffington Post as the #1 Freedom Fighting band to get you through the Trump Years.
In their three decades of playing music and touring, they have performed on many stages including The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Tanz n Folk Fest, L’Oympia Theatre, Worldfest, The Woody Guthrie Center, The Amerind Museum, for the US Embassy in Peru, and on many Indigenous Reservations throughout The United States.
MEDIA ARCHIVE
Posted on November 30, 2017
Soundfly 10 Exciting Native American and Canadian First Nations Artists on the Scene Right Now
Posted on May 7, 2018
‘Fight Like A Woman’ continues Sihasin’s journey to healing by Rick Abasta
Please pick up the Navajo Times for the full story!
https://navajotimes.com/ae/music/fight-like-a-woman-continues-sihasins-journey-to-healing/
Posted on September 8, 2017
KNAU – Eats and Beats: Rock Duo Sihasin Fuses Family Bonds With Punk Rebellion
http://knau.org/post/eats-and-beats-rock-duo-sihasin-fuses-family-bonds-punk-rebellion
Posted on October 10, 2012
News from Indian Country: “Sibling Band Sihasin: Songs of Hope” http://digital.newsfromindiancountry.com/app.asp?RelId=5.5.7p1.3&BookCode=20150101&PageLabel=6&Sgt=11
Posted on December 7, 2017
Native American Rock Band Sihasin Gets Naughty In Hyundai’s New Holiday Sales Ad Campaign!
Posted on December 27, 2016
The Huffington Post: 12 Freedom Fighting Bands to Get You Through the Trump Years
Posted on June 2, 2015
The Huffington Post:
Navajo Band Teaches Native American Youth How To Write Their Own Songs, Overcome Obstacles
Posted on November 4, 2016
RFI Sihasin bring hope to Native American youth through music
Posted on May 31, 2015
NPR- Bringing Music And A Message Of Hope To Native American Youth
Posted on August 8, 2016
The Huffington Post- Nationwide “Rock Against the TPP” Celebrity Concert Tour
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kyle-mccarthy/nationwide-rock-against-t_b_11556550.html
Punk Rock Christmas Compilation Now Available!
Posted on December 1, 2015
Love punk? Love the winter holiday season? We are so excited to release our first-ever recorded Christmas song on Cleopatra Records! Newly released compilation “Punk Rock Christmas” includes songs from Iggy Pop, Smashmouth, UK Subs, Unwritten Law, Reel Big Fish and so many more other fantastic artists! Check out the track list below:
1. You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch – The Suicide Machines
2. Run Rudolph Run – Slaughter & The Dogs
3. Merry Xmas Everybody – The Vibrators
4. Please Come Home For Christmas – Unwritten Law
5. Hey Santa Claus! – UK Subs
6. Santa Claus Is Cummin’ (To Town) – GASH
7. Let It Snow – Anti-Nowhere League
8. Little Drummer Boy – Reel Big Fish
9. It Feels Like Christmas – Eddie & The Hot Rods
10. Silent Night / Hallelujah Chorus – The Members
11. Jingle Bells – Battalion Of Saints
12. The Snow Miser Song – 45 Grave
13. Snoopy’s Christmas – Smash Mouth
14. I Want You For Christmas – Bankrupt
15. Winter Wonderland – Sihasin
16. All I Want For Christmas Is You – Batfoot!
17. Driving Home For Christmas – Templeton Pek
18. O Holy Night – Hoist The Colors
19. White Christmas – Iggy Pop
http://cleorecs.com/store/shop/punk-rock-christmas-cd
Playlist: 7 Native American Musicians You Should Know
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Arizona Daily Sun- Michelle Obama awards MNA national medal
Fronteras Desk- Navajo Band Sihasin Helps NativeYouth
https://fronterasdesk.org/content/10042/navajo-band-sihasin-helps-native-youth
Join Clayson Benally, a Navajo musician and activist; Enei Begaye, a Navajo community organizer and activist; Nicolette Cooley, a Navajo native guide and representative of an interpretation program; Jim Enote, a Zuni farmer and artist; Larry King, Navajo linguist and storyteller and Native American leaders as they travel down the Colorado River to experience the Grand Canyon’s wild splendor, and explore the connections between man and nature.
Le Figaro France- Navajos, la renaissance d’une nation
Posted on March 14, 2014
Sihasin na melhor combinação entre Rock, Política e Autenticidade
Como verdadeiros heróis do rock alternativo, o duo Sihasin (See-ha-szin), traz um sopro de autenticidade no rock político engendrado pelos irmãos, Jeneda e Clayson Benally, … Continue lendo
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