After listening to the tribute album recently done by Gillian Welch and others, this sounds a little hokey to me. But kudos to Cash for making a much needed statement in song!

A angry indictment of inequality in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60's that brings to light the inequities of the native American plight in their own land.

This is one of JC's early recordings. IMO, a classic!

When a very young women I heard Johnny Cash Sing Talking Leads & it brought tears to my eyes. His whole Indian Album should be something that every child has the privilege of hearing. Maybe if they did & they put other races in the place of an Indian this country would stop being so prejudice. We treated the Indian people like animals, we enslaved the colored race & God only knows what we have done and are still doing to people that may be different. I am white. A mother, grandmother & wife. So I am not asking for special treatment. I just want our country to start treating everybody with respect.

This CD did not disappoint. I knew a Black autoworker from Pontiac Michigan that told me how Johnny Cash stood up for him when Johnny worked on the assembly line next to him, long before he became a Star. Johnny had an instinctive empathy for the downtrodden, which was on display here on this CD.