Indian Music of the Canadian Plains

Recorded by Canadian ethnomusicologist Ken Peacock for the National Museum of Canada, this recording features the music of the Cree, Assiniboine, Blood, and Blackfoot tribes of the Canadian Plains. Comprehensive liner notes by Peacock provide history and geography of the Plains as well as background on the cultural characteristics of the people who inhabit them. By distinguishing the variations in drum rhythms, and explaining the nuances in volume change and the relationship between the rhythm and the voice, Peacock’s notes afford the listener an understanding of the war, ceremonial, and dance songs featured on this recording.

Track Listing

101	Cree: War Song George Nicotine and group	01:49
102	Cree: Prisoner's Song William Burn Stick	02:26
103	Cree: Bear Ceremony Harry Nicotine	02:37
104	Cree: Big Dog Dance Songs Antoine Lonesinger	03:19
105	Cree: Hand-Game Songs William Peaychew	02:49
106	Cree: Greeting Song William Peaychew	02:05
107	Cree: Pow Wow Song Alan Fox and Lawrence Kiskotagan	03:15
108	Cree: Grass Dance Song Elie Pooyak	01:34
109	Cree: Pow Wow Love Song Elie Pooyak	01:28
201	Assiniboine: Warrior's Death Song (For Sitting Bull) Powwow drum group and dancers, Fort Qu'Appelle, Treaty 4 Territory, Saskatchewan	02:01
202	Blood: Grass Dance Song Blood Tribe (Kanai Nation) Sun Dance drum group, Blood 148 Reserve, Alberta	02:11
203	Blood: Chicken Dance Song Blood Tribe (Kanai Nation) Sun Dance drum group, Blood 148 Reserve, Alberta	02:15
204	Blood: Owl Dance Song (1) Blood Tribe (Kanai Nation) Sun Dance drum group, Blood 148 Reserve, Alberta	02:32
205	Blood: Sun Dance Song Jim Low Horn, Jack Low Horn, and Mrs. Emil Wings	01:51
206	Blood: Crazy Dog Dance Song Jim Low Horn, Jack Low Horn, and Mrs. Emil Wings	01:43
207	Blood: Serenade Adam Delaney and group	02:44
208	Blood: Owl Dance Song (2) Adam and Wallace Delaney	01:20
209	Blackfoot: Lucky Stone Song One Gun	01:12
210	Blackfoot: War Song Wilfred Calf Robe and Albert Scalp Lock	00:56