Native Praise Choir

About the Native Praise Choir
Native Praise began in November of 1999. Instrumental in preserving Indian culture through the native Christian hymns passed down by ancestors. Accepted invitations to sing in 16 states and in Birmingham, England, Nikopol, Ukraine, and NW Territory, Canada.

Founder of Native Praise and Native American LINK ministry is Willene Pierce - who served as Executive Director of LINK for over 15 years. The Native American LINK ministry is a non-profit organization that seeks to help equip Indian Women for Christian ministry. LINK sponsors the Native Praise Choir.

Approximately 60 women of Native American descent or affiliated with Indian Baptist congregations throughout Oklahoma.

Sing in the languages of the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw and the Muskogee Creek and Seminole tribes.

19 tribes are represented within the choir.

Calender of Events

Native Praise at the 2014 National WMU meeting in Baltimore Maryland.

Various events the choir has been invited to sing at:

Churches and Christian Events
Tribal and Family Gatherings
State and National meetings of Woman's Missionary Union (WMU)
The television program "Inside Native America"
BWA Women's Department Meetings
Indian Falls Creek

Want to join the Native Praise Choir?
How to become a member of the Native Praise Choir.
Membership includes:

We ask all choir members to be actively engaged as a member of an Indian Baptist congregation or affiliated with Indian Baptist work in the Southern Baptist Convention. A letter from the church is requested.
All choir engagements/events are the responsibility of the choir coordinator. Choir requests must be directed to the coordinator for approval and scheduling.

Because it is a Native American Choir, we ask that each member be a Native American tribal member with a certificate of degree of Indian blood (CDIB) or a tribal card, with the exception of non-native members who are married to a Native American, or previously grandfathered into the membership.

All choir members must display a willingness to commit to being an active participant of the choir, with emphasis on scheduled choir rehearsals once a month.
All choir members are required to own one tribal traditional dress, as many of our singing engagements require Traditional Native dress.

All choir members must be willing to share their Christian testimony. Testimony includes your life before accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour, the actual moment of decision, and the changes that have taken place in your life since having Christ in your life.
We realize that not all choir members can sing at every requested event, but it is the intention to be available as much as possible. If a choir member has not attended rehearsals for 3 months, we request that attending rehearsals is required before traveling with the choir at any event. It takes commitment to be a member of the choir.
Each choir member pays for their own travel expenses when we are called on to travel overnight. We encourage carpooling when possible, & many times, our choir members share hotel rooms, when necessary.

Contact Augusta Smith - Choir Coordinator, for additional information or download the file below for a more in depth explanation.

Choir Membership Guidelines.docx
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Videos

(Video courtesy of Native News Today)

(Video courtesy of Pastor Rendon)

(Video courtesy of Pat Petsemoie/AFI Church Crew)

(Video courtesy of Ray Anderson)

For CD's or more information about the Native Praise Choir/Native American LINK, Inc. ministry:

The Native American LINK, Inc.
Augusta Smith - Executive Director
P.O. Box 470974
Tulsa, OK 74147e n

[email protected]
(918) 931-2218