Hi rphillipchuk, I'm in the great city of Edmonton.
Eddie, I'm not hearing any "red indian" or First Nations People influence in kd's track. In this part of North America, most of our local First Nations are of Plains Cree heritage and most of their traditional music is of a sort of high-pitched chanting or 'wailing' for want of a better word, accompanied by several drummers. I'm no expert on this. Maybe rphillipchuk has more insight.
Sorry, we've gotten away from arrangers a bit here.