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Joanne Shenandoah (born 1958, Oneida) is a singer, composer and acoustic guitarist based in the United States. She is a member of the Wolf Clan; the Oneida Nation is part of the ''Haudenosaunee'' (Iroquois Confederacy). Her music is a combination of traditional songs and melodies with a blend of instrumentation. She has recorded more than 15 albums and won numerous awards, including an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Syracuse University in 2002. She received a Grammy Award for her part in the album ''Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth'' (2005), which had tracks by numerous artists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.stlcc.edu/Newsroom/2014/03/News39.html )〕 ==Early life and education== Shenandoah is the daughter of Maisie Shenandoah, Wolf Clanmother of the Oneida Nation of New York, and the late Clifford Shenandoah, an Onondaga Nation chief. She has two sisters, Diane and Danielle. As the Oneida have a matrilineal kinship system, the sisters were all considered to be born into their mother's Wolf Clan. Descent and inheritance passes through the maternal line. Through her father's line, she is a direct descendant of ''Oskanondonha'' also known as John Skenando (Skenandoa, Shenandoah), an Oneida "pine tree chief". Joanne Shenandoah grew up on the Oneida Territory near Oneida, New York. She learned many traditional songs and music styles, and plays many instruments, piano, guitar, flute, etc.. She has written music and developed her own style, blending traditional and contemporary techniques and instrumentation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joanne Shenandoah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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