Cozad Singers
The
Cozad Singers are a
Kiowa drum group from
Anadarko, Oklahoma. The group was founded by
Leonard Cozad, Sr. in the
1930s, and consists of Leonard, his sons, grandsons, and other members of the family.
Cozad, as they are commonly known, are southern style
pow-wow and
gourd drum, and have released several albums. They performed on the 2001
Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album winning
Gathering of Nations Pow Wow album, along with 15 other drum groups. Their most recent album,
California Pow Wow, was released by
SOAR Records in June,
2004, and won the 2005
Native American Music Award for Best Historical Recording.
Cozad won the
1994 and
1995 Southern Challenge drum championship at the
Gathering of Nations pow-wow in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are often the host southern drum at large powwows, including the 1996
Stanford University Powwow and the inaugural
National Museum of the American Indian pow-wow in
Washington, D.C. in
2002.
Listen to their songs on
Pow Wow Radio.
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Insight magazine article on the 2002 Washington, D.C. powwow
