Quiltman Sahme of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is recognized across Indian Country as a traditional singer, percussionist and songkeeper with countless traditional melodies in his music. He toured extensively with John Trudell and his band Bad Dog, performing many hundreds of concerts across North America and Europe, and recording 17 albums over a period of 35 years. He has performed with Jesse Ed Davis, Bonny Raitt, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Danny O’Keefe, the Pines, Blackbird and many others.
Quiltman continues to perform and record, most recently featured on Blackbird’s album Talk About the NDN. He lives at Simnasho on the Warm Springs Reservation, where he owns Quiltman’s Coffee House.
Performances
Oglala
Quiltman & John Trudell (from Three Sisters album) – 1999
Duration: 3:47
“The Oglala are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States.” (Source: Wikipedia)
Crazy Horse
John Trudell & Bad Dog – at Shoreline Amphitheater – 1992
Duration: 4:08
Time Dreams
The Pines, featuring John Trudell & Quiltman – 2015
Duration: 5:47
Quiltman sang on what came to be John Trudell’s final video, shortly before John passed away in 2015.
Tribal Information
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs website
Common Ground » Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs – Duration: 11:07
Oral History with Wilson Wewa, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs – Duration: 7:12
Oregon Encounters. Chapter 4 – High Desert Museum
9 Tribes of Oregon Film (EUDL) – Duration: 44:19
Warm Springs Prevention Team/Community Counseling Center
Homelands, Treaty and Culture – Natural History Pub – High Desert Museum – Duration: 48:14
Warm Springs Reservation (Wikipedia)
For further research check Milton (Quiltman) Sahme’s page
