Cherokee Reservation - Paul Revere & The Raiders

They took the whole Cherokee nation 
And put us on this reservation 
They took away our ways of life 
The tomahawk and the bow and knife 

They took away our native tongue 
And taught their English to our young 
And all the beads we made by hand 
Are nowadays made in Japan 

Cherokee people 
Cherokee tribe 
So proud to live 
So proud to die 

They took the whole Indian nation 
Locked us on this reservation 
And though I wear a shirt and tie 
I still part Redman deep inside 

Cherokee people 
Cherokee tribe 
So proud to live 
So proud to die 

And some day when they've learned 
Cherokee Indian will return 
Will return will return 
Will return will return