Discogs quickly cleared up something that struck me od about that single...
Seeing as it was the 60's the name Billy Thunderkloud And The Chieftones setoff alarm bells for possible cultural appropriation, but not in this case...
Vincent Clifford Giksan/Canadian musician, singer, band leader, better known as Billy ThunderKloud.
Born in the village of Kispiox in British Columbia and raised in the village of Kitwanga. A hereditary chief of The Frog Clan of the Gitksan First Nation, he was also known as Chief Dau-Hkansqu.