Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest

This album contains songs of the Kwakiutl (Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw) people collected by Dr. Ida Halpern (1910–1987). Halpern, an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, studied the music of several Indigenous groups along the coast of British Columbia, including the Haida, Tlingit, Coastal Salish, Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth), and Bella Coola (Nuxalk). 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.

Track Listing

101	Wolf Cycle	Mungo Martin	05:38
102	Raven Song	Billy Assu	01:17
103	Hagok (Huk Huk) Song (1)	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	04:46
104	Hagok (Huk Huk) Song (2)	Billy Assu	01:32
105	Hunting for Mountain Goat	Mungo Martin	02:48
106	Mountain Goat Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	04:29
201	Hamatsa Song (1)	Stanley Hunt	03:29
202	Cedar Bark Dance	Billy Assu	02:30
203	Hamatsa Song (2)	Billy Assu	01:16
204	Hamatsa Song Cycle (1)	Mungo Martin	04:50
205	Hamatsa Song Cycle (2)	Mungo Martin	04:13
206	Hamatsa Song Cycle (3)	Mungo Martin	04:21
301	Bukwas Songs	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	07:24
302	Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	05:30
303	Sea Eagle Ghost Mask	Mungo Martin	03:09
304	The Stonebody	Mungo Martin	07:12
401	Love Song	Billy Assu	02:15
402	Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song	Billy Assu	02:10
403	Chief's Party Song	Billy Assu	02:15
404	Whale Song	Billy Assu	02:07
405	Old Potlatch Song	Mungo Martin	06:13
406	Potlatch Song	Billy Assu	01:31
407	Tugwid Dancing Song	Billy Assu	01:06
408	Nimkish Dance (Wind Song)	Billy Assu	01:36
409	Madem Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	04:24