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	MM52: Wolf Cycle	Mungo Martin	05:38
102	A7: Raven Song	Billy Assu	01:17
103	TW19: Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	04:46
104	N35: Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song	Billy Assu	01:32
105	MM59: Hunting for Mountain Goat	Mungo Martin	02:48
106	TW21: Mountain Goat Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	04:29
201	H2: Hamatsa Song	Stanley Hunt	03:29
202	N9: Cedar Bark Dance	Billy Assu	02:30
203	N41: Hamatsa Song	Billy Assu	01:16
204	MM73: Hamatsa Song Cycle	Mungo Martin	04:50
205	MM74: Hamatsa Song Cycle	Mungo Martin	04:13
206	MM75: Hamatsa Song Cycle	Mungo Martin	04:21
301	TW36: Bukwas Songs	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	07:24
302	TW40: Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	05:30
303	MM65: Sea Eagle Ghost Mask	Mungo Martin	03:09
304	The MM68: Stonebody	Mungo Martin	07:12
401	N4: Love Song	Billy Assu	02:15
402	N8: Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song	Billy Assu	02:10
403	N33: Chief's Party Song	Billy Assu	02:15
404	A8: Whale Song	Billy Assu	02:07
405	MM28: Old Potlatch Song	Mungo Martin	06:13
406	N12: Potlatch Song	Billy Assu	01:31
407	N5: Tugwid Dancing Song	Billy Assu	01:06
408	N38: Nimkish Dance, Wind Song	Billy Assu	01:36
409	TW38: Madem Song	Tom Willie (Kewakhalis)	04:24