Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages
Various Artists
Presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. This anthology of hymns and songs from Native American communities throughout the United States demonstrates how music has helped to preserve and perpetuate Native languages. Singers from the Southeast to the Plains and from the Southwest to Alaska and Hawai’i demonstrate the dynamic interplay between language and faith, and show the importance placed on the singing of these songs in keeping alive the culture embodied in their Native languages.
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Track Listing
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Comanche Hymn | Members of Petarsey Church (Comanche) | 2:14 | |
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102
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Comanche Hymn | Members of Petarsey Church (Comanche) | 1:48 | |
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103
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Kiowa Prayer Song | Dorothy Whitehorse DeLaune | 0:39 | |
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104
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Kiowa Hymn | Members of Cedar Creek Church (Kiowa) | 2:33 | |
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105
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Kiowa Hymn by Goomdah | Members of Rainy Mountain Church (Kiowa) | 2:55 | |
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106
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Cheyenne Hymn | Moses Starr, Creg Lee Hart (Southern Cheyenne) | 2:43 | |
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107
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Lord Have Mercy (from Tewa Mass) | Tewa Indian Women's Choir | 1:14 | |
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108
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Lord I Call | St. Herman’s Seminary Octet (Yup’ik) | 0:56 | |
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109
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Having Beheld the Resurrection | St. Herman’s Seminary Octet (Yup’ik) | 1:21 | |
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110
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Blessed Be Thy Name | St. Herman’s Seminary Octet (Yup’ik) | 0:47 | |
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111
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Ke Aloha O Ka Haku: Lili’uokalani’s Prayer | Nalani Olds (Native Hawai’ian) | 1:56 | |
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112
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Ho’onani | Nalani Olds and Mauliola Aspelund (Native Hawai’ian) | 0:50 | |
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113
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Silent Night | Kykotsmovi Hopi Mennonite Church Choir | 2:15 | |
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114
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On the Beautiful Beyond | Oneida Hymn Singers | 3:09 | |
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115
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In the Sweet By and By | Ojibwe Hymn Singers | 2:04 | |
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116
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Rock of Ages | Maisie Shenandoah, Liz Robert, Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida) | 3:12 | |
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117
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Twill Be Glory By and By | The Martin Sisters (Mohawk/Six Nations Reserve) | 3:00 | |
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118
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Ise Iesos Sewenniio (Wedding Prayer Hymn) | Kathleen Thompson | 2:45 | |
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119
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Takwaienha (The Lord’s Prayer) | Akwesasne Mohawk Singers | 2:49 | |
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120
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Wonderful Place | Cherokee Choir | 1:41 | |
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121
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Orphan Child | Cherokee Choir and Cherokee National Youth Choir | 2:36 | |
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122
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That Heavenly Home | The Kingfisher Trio | 2:26 | |
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123
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Believing and Praying | Margaret Mauldin (Creek) | 2:40 | |
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124
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Sinners Can You Hate the Savior? | Choctaw Community Singers | 2:39 | |
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125
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Jesus Made the Road | Betty Mae Jumper | 1:15 | |
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126
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At the Cross | Nancy and Mark Brown (Eastern Band Cherokee) | 1:32 | |
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127
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Guide Me, Jehovah | Walker Calhoun (Eastern Band Cherokee) | 2:34 | |
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128
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Heavenly Home | The Long Family (Eastern Band Cherokee) | 2:51 | |
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129
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On the Jericho Road | Saved by Grace Choir (Navajo) | 3:30 | |
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130
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Amazing Grace | Saved by Grace Choir (Navajo) | 1:32 | |
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131
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Sweet Hour of Prayer | TeecNosPos Gospel Melody (Navajo) | 3:04 | |
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132
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Jesus Loves Even Me | Steve Emery (Cheyenne River Sioux) | 1:46 | |
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133
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Communion of the Saints | Cheyenne River Mountain Singers (Sioux) | 2:59 |
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