February 24, 2018

Songs and Dances of the Great Lakes Indians

Folkways Records FE-4003

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Dance, Field Recording
[Tracklist]
A1 Buffalo Head Dance / Bear Claw or Grizzly Bear Dance / Pipe of Peace or Calumet Dance / Soldier or Victory Round Dance / Love Song for Flute: Wilson, Wapanuetak Roberts (6:15)
A2 Fish Dance / Pipe of Peace Dance / Pow Wow or Horse Dance / Forty-Nine Dance / Oh Mary: Fred Lacasse (5:11)
A3 Deer Song / Jesus Wegwissian (medley): Thomas Shalifoe (2:08)
A4 War Rally Song / Bear Dance / Eagle Dance / Maple Sugar Song / Hoot Owl Song: David Kenosha and Oshawenimiki (3:35)
A5 Hoot Owl Song / Coon Song / Rabbit Song / Medicine Song (medley): Whitney, Zhagezhin Albert, and Blue Cloud (4:48)
A6 Grass Dance Song / Drinking Song: Eli, Wassheshkom Thomas (1:39)
B1 Bear Dance: Percy, Kanat'he Smoke (2:18)
B2 Eagle Dance: Percy, Kanat'he Smoke (2:49)
B3 Wasase Rain Dance, War Dance: Richard Buck (2:40)
B4 Scalp Dance: Thomas Lewis (0:57)
B5 Corn Dance: Thomas Lewis (2:10)
B6 Women's Dance: Huron Miller and Kadega'ohiyaie (3:34)
B7 Fishing Dance: Huron Miller and Kadega'ohiyaie (3:45)
B8 Stomp Dance / Rituals to the Creator / Wesleyan Hymn (medley): Betty Pamptopee (3:12)
[Credits]
Recorder & Producer: Gertrude Prokosch Kurath, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Ontario Dept. of Travel and Publicity
[Notes]
Gertrude Prokosch Kurath recorded and comments on music performed by the Great Lakes tribes of Algonquin, Meskwaki, Ojibwa, Iroquois and others. On this collection you’ll find a fish dance, peace pipe dance and powwow dance; a bear dance, eagle dance and deer song; a medicine song, drinking song and canoe song.

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