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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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Hunting Song Sebastian McKenzie 00:33
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102
Bear Hunting Song Sebastian McKenzie 01:43
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103
Explanatory Monologue Sebastian McKenzie 01:23
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104
Two Hunting Songs (1) Sebastian McKenzie 02:37
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105
Two Hunting Songs (2) Sebastian McKenzie 03:10
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106
Hunting Season Is Almost Here / I Saw a Woman / The Wind Is My Father Joseph McKenzie 04:22
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107
Hunting Song (1) Joseph McKenzie, Jr. 03:14
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108
Hunting Song (2) Oreg McKenzie 02:28
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201
I Hunt with My Sons John Piastutete 02:21
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202
I'm Happy When I Catch a Caribou John Piastutete 01:06
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203
The People Are Coming to Dinner John Piastutete 02:46
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204
Father Said That I Must Sing John Piastutete 03:32
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I Sing Until I Catch Something John Piastutete 02:59
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I Shot a Caribou (1) John Enish 00:50
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207
I Shot a Caribou (2) John Enish 00:54
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In the Winter I Hunt All the Time John Enish 00:57
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209
I Went on a River with My Canoe John Enish 00:49
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We Will Go to the Bush, You and I John Enish 00:44
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I See Where to Go Hunting in My Dreams John Enish 01:36