Healing Songs of the American Indians

When some American Indian medicine men and women were called upon to heal an ailing tribesmember, they would fast in order to receive a song in dream or vision instructing them in how to carry out the treatment of their patient. This is one of the many insights on American Indian healing practices reported by Dr. Frances Densmore. Over the course of 50 years, Dr. Densmore collected more than 2000 recordings of American Indian customs and traditions in song. Compiled in this CD are recordings of medicine men from a diverse representation of tribes singing and chanting those songs, delivered to them in dream by external powers and spirits, that they used to heal the sick.

Track Listing

101	The Approach of the Thunderbirds	Ki miwun (Rainy)	01:49
102	Going Around the World	Main gans (Little Wolf)	01:37
103	Sitting with the Turtle	Ki miwun (Rainy)	01:19
104	A Buffalo Said to Me	(Brave Buffalo) Tatan ka-ohi tika	01:38
105	Song of the Bear	(Eagle Shield) Wanbli-waha cunka	01:34
106	Behold the Dawn	(Brave Buffalo) Tatan ka-ohi tika	01:25
107	Second Song When Treating the Sick	Charles Wilson	02:08
108	Third Song When Treating the Sick	Charles Wilson	02:01
109	Healing Song of the Little Green Man	Teddy Pageets	01:33
110	Healing Song of the Eagle Spirit	Mrs. Washington	01:52
201	Sandy Loam Fields	Jose Panco	01:02
202	Out of the Mountains	Jose Panco	01:03
203	Song to a Little Yellow Wasp	Rafael Méndez	01:53
204	Song of the Dawn	Rafael Méndez	01:20
205	A Path on the Mountain Peaks	James Guy	01:52
206	Song of the Juggler	Cawunipinas	00:46
207	Healing Song from the Spirit Women	David Amab	01:08
208	I Am Rewarding You	Louis Pigeon	00:47
209	The Heavens Help You	Louis Pigeon	01:00