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An Historical Album of Blackfoot Indian Music

Various Artists
An Historical Album of Blackfoot Indian Music The Blackfoot, purportedly known as such because of their dark-colored moccasins, originally ranged across the northern Great Plains region (Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan). These recordings, made in different settings from the late 1890s to the mid-1960s, capture a period when Blackfoot lifestyle, culture, and music underwent major change. They also represent evolving fieldwork recording methods during those seven decades, as phonocylinders and phonowire gave way to tape recording.

Track Listing

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Beaver Medicine Song: Marmot Song / Antelope Song / Black Deer Song (medley) James White Calf 03:16
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102
Four Short Medicine Pipe Songs n/a 01:56
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Medicine Pipe Song Spumiapi 02:30
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Sun Dance Song (1-3) Spumiapi 01:53
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Scalp Song Chief Bull 02:05
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106
Warrior's Song Theodore Last Star 01:02
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107
Wolf song Reuben Black Boy 01:34
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108
Crazy Dog Society Song Spumiapi 01:44
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109
Lullaby Calvin Boy 01:51
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Lullaby (Baby Song) Tom Many-Guns 00:27
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111
Night Love Song Chief Bull 02:01
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112
Gambling Song Calvin Boy 00:40
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Gambling Song (1-3) n/a 05:57
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202
War or Grass Dance Song Calvin Boy 01:14
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Fast War or Grass Dance Song Calvin Boy 01:32
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Fast War or Grass Dance Song Calvin Boy 01:12
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War or Grass Dance songs (excerpts) n/a 11:58
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Owl Dance Song Calvin and Mary Boy 01:13
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Owl Dance Song (1-2) Tom Many-Guns 01:42