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

101	Hunting Song	Sebastian McKenzie	00:33
102	Bear Hunting Song	Sebastian McKenzie	01:43
103	Explanatory Monologue	Sebastian McKenzie	01:23
104	Two Hunting Songs	Sebastian McKenzie	02:37
105	Two Hunting Songs	Sebastian McKenzie	03:10
106	Hunting Season Is Almost Here / I Saw a Woman / The Wind Is My Father (medley)	Joseph McKenzie	04:22
107	Hunting Song	Joseph McKenzie, Jr.	03:14
108	Hunting Song	Oreg McKenzie	02:28
201	I Hunt with My Sons	John Piastutete	02:21
202	I'm Happy When I Catch a Caribou	John Piastutete	01:06
203	The People Are Coming to Dinner	John Piastutete	02:46
204	Father Said that I Must Sing	John Piastutete	03:32
205	I Sing until I Catch Something	John Piastutete	02:59
206	I Shot a Caribou	John Enish	00:50
207	I Shot a Caribou	John Enish	00:54
208	In the Winter I Hunt All the Time	John Enish	00:57
209	I Went on a River with My Canoe	John Enish	00:49
210	We Will Go to the Bush, You and I	John Enish	00:44
211	I See Where to Go Hunting in My Dreams	John Enish	01:36