Keith Secola (born 1957) is an

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- American musician who plays

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, and

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. A singer-songwriter, he also plays guitar and flute. Secola was born in

Cook, Minnesota Cook is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 534 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 53 and State Highway 1 (MN 1) are the two main routes through the city. Cook serves as the gateway to the western half ...

. He is married and has two children. In 1982 he graduated from the

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with a degree in American Indian Studies. His band has had the names the Wild Band of Indians, the Wild Javelinas, and Wild Onions. He has contributed songs to

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s, including ''Homeland'', ''Patrick's Story'' and ''Dodging Bullets''. He won "best artist" at the 2006

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for the album ''Native Americana''. He is perhaps best known for his upbeat, folk rock song, "NDN Kars" from the film ''

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''. Secola's music was used for the score of the documentary Dodging Bullets—Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma as the music associates growing up

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. As an activist he has worked with

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on environmental and Native American issues.

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Keith Secola's Home page
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