Various Artists - Pow Wows Of Native Americans Indians - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album contains songs of the Kwakiutl people collected by Dr. Ida Halpern (1910-1987). Halpern, an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, studied Native music from several tribes along the coast of British Columbia, including the Haida, Tlingit, Coastal Salish, Nootka, and Bella Coola. The liner notes for this album thoroughly discuss Dr. Halpern's methodology, and provide an analysis of the music and short biographies of the performers. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Nootka Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast. Album Tracks 1. MM52 Wolf Cycle 2. A7 Raven Song 3. TW19 Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song 4. N35 Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song 5. MM59 Hunting for Mountain Goat 6. TW21 Mountain Goat Song 7. H2 Hamatsa Song 8. N9 Cedar Bark Dance 9. N41 Hamatsa Song 10. MM73 Hamatsa Song Cycle 11. MM74 Hamatsa Song Cycle 12. MM75 Hamatsa Song Cycle 1. TW36 Bukwas Songs 2. TW40 Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song 3. MM65 Sea Eagle Ghost Mask 4. The MM68 Stonebody 5. N4 Love Song 6. N8 Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song 7. N33 Chief's Party Song 8. A8 Whale Song 9. MM28 Old Potlatch Song 10. N12 Potlatch Song 11. N5 Tugwid Dancing Song 12. N38 Nimkish Dance, Wind Song 13. TW38 Madem Song

In 1958 Folkways Records hired Ronnie and Stu Lipner, two international folk dance instructors and consultants, to Inchedit, compile, and/or procure... a series of recordings based on Dances of Many Peoples.Inch One of the results is this collection of field recordings of various tribal dances from the Great Plains and American Southwest. Liner notes detail each of the dances, though the names of the performers and dates and locations of the performances are not specified. RELATED LESSON PLAN the Complete Evolution of Trinidadian Pan Music... Abridged. Album Tracks 1. Night Chant, Yeibichai 2. Rabbit Dance (Sioux) 3. Sun Dance / Omaha Dance (Sioux) 4. Devil Dance (Apache) 5. Eagle Dance (San Ildefonso) 6. Harvest Dance (Zuni) 7. Rain Dance (Zuni) 8. Squaw Dance (Navaho) 9. War Dance (Plains Indians) 10. Snake Dance 11. Pow-Wow Dance (Flathead) 12. Dog Dance (Plains)

The music of the Haida tribe in the Pacific Northwest is shrouded in secrecy from outsiders because of it's sacred role in society. However, musicologist Ida Halpern managed to collect a number of recordings of Haida songs from tribespeople eager to keep their heritage alive. This album contains songs about love, celebration, war, drinking, and dialogue between Halpern and the singers. Album Tracks 1. MM 44 Play Song 2. MM 45 Play Song 3. MM 46 Play Song 4. MM 47 Love Song 5. MM 48 War Song Cycle 6. MM 49 Love Song 7. MM 50 Drinking Song 8. MM 19 Drinking Song 9. TW 12 Paddle Song 10. L 18 Haida Song 11. L 19 Hummingbird Song 12. K 1 Love Song 13. K 2 Haida King Song 14. K 3 Love Song 15. K 4 Love Song 16. Dialogue 17. K 5 Tsimshian Song 18. K 6 Love Song 19. K 7 Chinook Love Song 1. FD 1 Celebration Song 2. FD 2 Lullaby Song 3. FD 3 Marriage Song 4. FD 4 Children's Song 5. FD 5 Neyland's Pride Song 6. FD 6 Welcome Dance for Edenshaw's Potlatch 7. Dialogue 8. FD 6A Welcome Dance for Edenshaw's Potlatch 9. FD 7 Tsimshian Song 10. Dialogue