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Flag Band, Tha Yoties are howling for the people of the Colorado Plateau

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Ed Kabotie

Tha Yoties headlined the Flagstaff Music Festival in Heritage Square, downtown, on September 28. The local band’s shows are known to be ‘Funky Yotie Parties,� harping on their upbeat, fun melodies. Despite this, the messages that weave through Tha Yoties� music are conscious and reflective of concerns and difficulties indigenous populations face.

Tha Yoties� performance at the Flagstaff Music Festival was a homecoming of sorts, Ed Kabotie, guitarist, vocalist and flute player for the reggae-rock band, said. Tha Yoties was formed in Flagstaff, and has deep ties playing locally, however Kabotie explained that the band’s mission is to howl for the people and lands of the Colorado Plateau� and that mission has been bringing Tha Yoties across the four corners region and beyond to advocate for native populations.

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Band of Yoties at Havasupai Village

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Kabotie said that Tha Yoties went out to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC to play a show with a delegation of Havasupai and Hopi, which was documented by filmmaker David Wallace.

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Band of Yoties Sunset at Frogville Studios Santa Fe, NM





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