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'We Will Always Sing': Black Belt Eagle Scout Makes Space For The Marginalized

Katherine Paul, who performs under the name Black Belt Eagle Scout, uses the pow wow music of her youth to shape her songs and isn't afraid to assert who they are for.
Black Belt Eagle Scout's <em>At the Party With My Brown Friends </em>is out now.

To understand the music of , it helps to know a little bit about the place frontwoman Katherine Paul grew up. The artist was raised on in Washington. With there only being about 1,000 people in the Swinomish tribe — and not all of them living on

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