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Music of the Algonkians: Woodland Indians: Cree, Montagnais, Naskapi

Various Artists
Music of the Algonkians: Woodland Indians: Cree, Montagnais, Naskapi

For the Cree, Montagnais, and Naskapi hunters whose songs are represented on this album, success in hunting was crucial because for a time it provided the only means of subsistence. Hunters treated their hunting trips with great devotion and seriousness. Before heading off to hunt, the men would sing songs that had originated in or described dreams they had of the location of game and of their success; all songs, having materialized in dream, were personal and no hunter sang another’s song. Presented here is a collection of personal hunting songs recorded on an Indian settlement in Scheffervilee, P.Q., Canada in 1964.

Track Listing

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Sebastian McKenzie
00:33
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102
Sebastian McKenzie
01:43
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103
Sebastian McKenzie
01:23
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104
Sebastian McKenzie
02:37
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105
Sebastian McKenzie
03:10
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106
Joseph McKenzie
04:22
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107
Joseph McKenzie, Jr.
03:14
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108
Oreg McKenzie
02:28
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201
John Piastutete
02:21
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202
John Piastutete
01:06
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203
John Piastutete
02:46
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204
John Piastutete
03:32
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205
John Piastutete
02:59
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206
John Enish
00:50
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207
John Enish
00:54
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208
John Enish
00:57
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209
John Enish
00:49
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210
John Enish
00:44
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211
John Enish
01:36