Smohalla
Sign in to saveSmohalla (Dreamer) (circa 1815 - 1895) was a Wanapum dreamer-prophet associated with the Washani, a Native American religious movement among Native American people in the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia Plateau region.
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- Smolensk Combustion2006
- Nova Persei2007
- Noyade céleste2009
- Résilience2011
- Tellur / Epitome2013
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Smohalla is a post-black metal band from France. Formed in 2006, the band plays a kind of music which, between violence and ambient, is based on progressive structures. Smohalla combine influences from the mid-90s black/death scene with a personal conception of music and a modern touch. They recorded a first demo entitled "Smolensk Combustion". The lyrics revolve around the way vanity, fear and paranoia have destroyed the only things human beings could really possess: our serenity and our ancie
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Smohalla (Dreamer) (circa 1815 - 1895) was a Wanapum dreamer-prophet associated with the Washani, a Native American religious movement among Native American people in the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia Plateau region.
==Biography== thumb|Smohalla's banner raised at P'na Village in 1884 Born between 1815 and 1820 in the Wallula area of present-day Washington state, Smohalla belonged to the Shahaptian Wanapum (also Wanapam; called Sokulk by Lewis and Clark) tribal group. At birth he was called Wak-wei or Kuk-kia, meaning “arising from the dust of earth mother.” After achieving prominence as a spiritual leader, he became known as Smohalla (or Smo-halla, Shmoqula, Smuxale, Smowalla, ), also defined as “preacher.” Still other names associated with him include Yuyunipitqana, “the shouting mountain” and Waipshwa, “Rock carrier.”