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 (1) Sebastian McKenzie	02:37
105	Two Hunting Songs (2) Sebastian McKenzie	03:10
106	Hunting Season Is Almost Here / I Saw a Woman / The Wind Is My Father Joseph McKenzie	04:22
107	Hunting Song (1) Joseph McKenzie, Jr.	03:14
108	Hunting Song (2) 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 (1) John Enish	00:50
207	I Shot a Caribou (2) 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