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Music of the Sioux and the Navajo

Various Artists
Music of the Sioux and the Navajo

This 1949 album was recorded by American ethnomusicologist Willard Rhodes (190—1992) with the cooperation of The United States Office of Indian Affairs. The selection from the Sioux community of the Dakotas include a Rabbit Dance and other love songs, a Sun Dance, and an Honoring (or public recognition) Song. The Navajo tribes of the Southwest are highlighted through songs such as a Riding Song, a children’s Song of Happiness, a female Spinning Dance, and the distinctive Night Chant, sung in male falsetto. Rhodes provided an introductory essay and track notes.

Track Listing

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101
Benjamin Sitting Up, Lucy Randall, Paul High Horse, Oliver Standing Bear and Jonas Quiver
03:15
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102
Philip Broken Leg with gourd rattle, water-drum
02:22
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103
Benjamin Sitting Up
00:57
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104
Benjamin Sitting Up, Ellis Chips, and John Long Commander
01:34
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105
Benjamin Sitting Up, Ellis Chips, drummers, dancers with bells
01:33
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106
John Coloff
00:56
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107
Sioux chorus and drum, Wanblee, South Dakota
02:01
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201
Navajo chorus and drum, Fort Wingate, New Mexico
01:49
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202
Mr. Ignatius D. Taubeneck's demonstration class, Fort Wingate Indian School, New Mexico
01:12
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203
Julia Deal
00:45
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204
Julia Deal
00:58
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205
Navajo woman with basket-drum, Lukachukai, Arizona
01:01
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206
Ambrose, Chester, and Tom Roanhorse
01:41
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207
Ambrose Roanhorse
01:10
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208
Male Navajo chorus led by Sandoval Begay with gourd rattles
02:59