Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest

This album contains songs of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl) 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, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), and Nuxalk (Bella Coola). 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 (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin	05:38
102	Raven Song Billy Assu	01:17
103	Hagok (Huk Huk) Song (1) Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis)	04:46
104	Hagok (Huk Huk) Song (2) Billy Assu	01:32
105	Hunting for Mountain Goat Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu)	02:48
106	Mountain Goat Song Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis)	04:29
201	Hamatsa Song (1) Stanley Hunt	03:29
202	Cedar Bark Dance Billy Assu, Mary Assu	02:30
203	Hamatsa Song (2) Billy Assu	01:16
204	Hamatsa Song Cycle (1) Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin	04:50
205	Hamatsa Song Cycle (2) Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin	04:13
206	Hamatsa Song Cycle (3) Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin	04:21
301	Bukwas Songs Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis)	07:24
302	Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis)	05:30
303	Sea Eagle Ghost Mask Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin	03:09
304	The Stonebody Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya 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 (Hanagalasu), Abaya 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 (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis)	04:24