| DESI RIDER IS A NAKODA FROM THE BEARSPAW BAND / STONEY REZ AT MORLEY, ALBERTA. DESI IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF EYA-HEY NAKODA. HE TOOK OVER THE LEAD FROM ROD HUNTER AND IN TURN TURNED THE LEAD SINGING TO ANDERS HUNTER. HE STILL LEADS SONGS FOR THE GROUP. WHEN A NAME WAS BEING PICKED FOR THIS GROUP THEY WERE STUCK BETWEEN EYA-HEY NAKODA OR STONEY NATION. IN NOVEMBER 1994 EYA-HEY NAKODA'S 1ST POW-WOW AT VANCOUVER. B.C., CANADA THEY STILL DID NOT SETTLE ON A NAME. SO ROD TOLD DESI AND GAVIN TO GO AND REGISTER. WHEN THE ROLL CALL CAME THE NAME EYA-HEY NAKODA WAS BORN. DESI AND GAVIN DECIDED EYA-HEY NAKODA WAS THE PROPER NAME FOR THIS GROUP. THE TRANSLATION IS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE (EYA-HEY NAKODA). DESI HAS BEEN SINGING WITH ROD HUNTER SINCE THE CHINIKI LAKE DAYS. HE LEAD FOR THE NAKODA NATION SINGERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HE JOINED THE GROUP. HE WAS TAUGHT TO SING BY ROD HUNTER SR. IN SUNDANCES AND POW-WOWS AND HAS BEEN DOING SO SINCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY. HE LOVES GOLF, HOCKEY, THE OLYMPICS, MOVIES, SKIING, AND IS A STRONG BELIEVER IN HIS CULTURE. HE LOVES TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. DESI HAS BEEN A POW-WOW SONG COMPOSER SINCE HIS DAYS WITH CHINIKI LAKE AND IS ONE OF THE SONG MAKERS FOR EYA-HEY NAKODA. |
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