The Eskimos of Hudson Bay and Alaska

Various Artists

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The barren region ranging from Siberia across Alaska and Canada into Greenland presents a constant struggle for survival for the people of the Far North who call it home. Their music includes dance songs, hunting songs, game songs, animal calls, animal stories, and story songs. Most have no instrumental accompaniment. Laura Boulton (1899–1980), an American ethnomusicologist who recorded the music on this album, studied music all around the world, from Africa and Eastern Europe to the South Pacific and the Arctic Circle.

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101	Johnnie Bull Song	Polly, Atitah, Mikusha, and Billy Boy	3:07
102	His first hunt	Kemukserar and Pangatkar	2:08
103	All songs have been exhausted	Naitok and Issaluk	2:55
104	Hunting for musk ox	Kemukserar and Pangatkar	3:34
105	Hunting seals	Kemukserar and Pangatkar	3:06
106	I sing about a dance	Uluyok and Tutinar	2:40
107	Before we came to this religion	Eevaloo	1:59
108	Girls' game	Angutnak and Matee	2:51
109	Children's game	Kasugat and Ishmatuk	1:50
110	Bird imitations	Harry Gibbons	0:27
111	Imitations of walrus	Harry Gibbons	2:55
112	Animal stories	Kemukserar and Pangatkar	3:18
113	Hunting song	Ashivoo	2:51
114	Dance songs: I am lonesome; When I feel like singing, I sing; I am waiting for the boat to come; Jumping Skin song; I will show you the way; It was a very lovely day when the water was calm	Joe Sikvayunak	4:29
115	Story songs: Boy resting by the river; Nooneedle bird; Man who was not a good hunter	Otis Ahkivigak	1:46
116	Dance song	Joe Sikvayunak, Otis Ahkivigak and Jonas Oyoowak	1:01
117	Inviting-in dance song	Otis Ahkivigak	0:49
118	Dance song	Leo Kaleak and Group	1:05
119	Dance song	Otis Ahkivigak	1:31

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The Eskimos of Hudson Bay and Alaska

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