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| ROD AND EMILY HUNTER |
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| ROD HUNTER IS A NAKODA FROM THE BEARSPAW BAND / STONEY REZ AT MORLEY ALBERTA. HE IS THE FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE LEGENDARY CHINIKI LAKE SINGERS. ROD HUNTER WAS THE FIRST TO PUT WORDS IN SONGS AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND NOW THERE IS A WHOLE CATEGORY CALLED �CONTEMPORARY SINGING� BEING CONTESTED AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF SONG AND DANCE. ROD BEGAN SINGING WITH HIS FATHER GEORGE HEAVENFIRE AT THE AGE OF SIX YEARS. HIS DAD WAS ALWAYS TELLING HIM YOU CANNOT PUT WORDS INTO SONGS. ROD FOUND A WAY TO CONVINCE CHINIKI LAKE SINGERS TO PUT WORDS INTO SONGS AND CHANGED THE WAY POW-WOW MUSIC IS DELIVERED. AFTER RETIRING FROM CHINIKI LAKE SINGERS IN 1986, ROD�S CHILDREN (ROD jr. AND SHANDA) CONVINCED HIM TO COME OUT RETIREMENT AND TO CO-LEAD AND MANAGE EYA-HEY NAKODA. ROD HAS BEEN DOING MASTER OF CEREMONY CONTRACTS SINCE 1980. ONLY RECENTLY HAS THERE BEEN A DEMAND FOR HIM AT ROUND DANCES IN WINTER AND POW-WOWS IN THE SUMMER AND OTHER PUBLIC FUNCTIONS. SINCE ROD IS A SINGER AND FORMER DANCER HE PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON RESPECTING THE DRUMS AND SONGS. HIS MASTER OF CEREMONIES APPROACH IS TO MAINLY HAVE FUN AT POW-WOWS AND NOT BE TOO SERIOUS. ROD IS ALSO A PIPE HOLDER AND SUNDANCE MAKER AND IS A WELL-RESPECTED PERSON ON THE POW-WOW TRAIL. HE WAS RAISED THE WAY OF THE PIPE AND NATIVE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS. HE ALSO HAS A COLLEGE EDUCATION IN ACCOUNTING AND IS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE BEARSPAW BAND COUNCIL OF MORLEY, ALBERTA. HE BELIEVES IN FAIRNESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. |
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| ROD IS ONE OF THE MAIN SONG COMPOSERS IN MORLEY AND HAS COMPOSED NUMEROUS ROUND DANCE AND POW-WOW SONGS FOR BOTH EYA-HEY NAKODA AND CHINIKI LAKE. |
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WITHOUT MY WIFE EMILY TO SUPPORT ME I WOULD NOT BE WHAT I AM TODAY. SHE WAS THERE THROUGH THE GOOD AND TOUGH TIMES. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER FOREVER. EVEN AFTER WE DIE I WILL CHERISH HER EXISTENCE FOREVER. |
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