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Hi,

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/marine ... ar-AAhwPuL

Johnny Cash covering Peter La Farge's "The Ballad of Ira Hayes":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdNV9JX-Xi8.

Very cool, Steven. I wonder when and where he was singing ? What was the occasion ?

Hi Kush,

Glad you watched it. Knew you'd appreciate it. I don't know the answers to the questions you posed;
wondered about the same thngs. I'm glad that someone made the recording and that it survived;
it's a valuable historic/cultural artifact.

Hi Steven,

The article is very interesting as well. I will try to catch the July 3rd program or access it later...

Can't remember if I have posted this before...Tom Russell's version:

Bacon Rind, Chief Seattle and The Battle of Ira Hayes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=818Va2w3eA8

Chief Seattle's reply to the government is poetry...interpreted and narrated by Wes Felty accompanied by Native American music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9a70fz6420

Hi Kush,

Thank you for posting the links to the two audio clips. Took notice of these words in the song:
"Your religion was written on tablets of stone by the iron finger of an angry god." The words
reminded me of the angry Moses, enraged at the behavior of the Israelites, breaking those
stone tablets containing the ten commandments. Biblical accounts abound in anger. Also
forgiveness/reconciliation. Great clips, Kush.

Hi,

Discovered yesterday that Ira Hayes died at age 32. This brave man's life ended tragically at a young age.