Things We Do is the first album from the band Indigenous

Indigenous (band)

Indigenous is an American blues-rock group that came to prominence in the late 1990s. The band originally consisted of two brothers, Mato Nanji , Pte , along with their sister, Wanbdi , and their cousin, Horse .Their music is heavily influenced by guitarist...

, released in 1998 under the Pachyderm Records label.

In 1999, Indigenous won three Native American Music Awards for this record, including two top honors: Album of the Year and Group of the Year.

A video for the lead single and title track, directed by Chris Eyre

Chris Eyre

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 (acclaimed director of Smoke Signals), won the American Indian Film Festival

American Indian Film Festival

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 award and was shown three times at the Sundance Film Festival

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. The track "Now That You're Gone" peaked at #22 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, making Indigenous one of the first Native American bands to break into that realm. Amazon.com

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 named the band Blues Artist of the Year. Indigenous was featured on broadcast shows such as NPR

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's All Things Considered

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, Late Night with Conan O'Brien

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, CBS Saturday Morningand Austin City Limits

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. B.B. King became a self-proclaimed fan, and invited the band to join his Blues Festival Tour.

Track listing

1. Things We Do - 4:54
2. Got To Tell You - 4:32
3. Now That You're Gone - 3:54
4. Blues This Morning - 3:24
5. Bring Back That Day - 5:07
6. Nothing I Can Do - 5:46
7. Begin To Wonder - 3:36
8. How Far - 5:11
9. What's Goin' On - 3:32
10. Don't Take Your Time - 3:05
11. Holdin' Out - 5:14
12. Another Yesterday - 3:07