Honor the Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes Indians

Rykodisc – RCD 10199

Series: The World
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Grand Entry Song: Little Otter Singers (4:20)
02 Intertribal Dance Song: LCO Soldiers' Drum (4:51)
03 We're The People: Smokeytown Singers (9:43)
04 Sneak-Up Dance Song: Bad River Singers (2:47)
05 Winnebago Army Song: Winnebago Sons of Baraboo (4:45)
06 Intertribal Dance Song: Bear Claw Singers (5:46)
07 Ojibway Air Force Song: LCO Soldiers' Drum (3:04)
08 Intertribal Dance Song: Bad River Singers (5:44)
09 Intertribal Dance Song: Three Fires Society Drum (9:03)
10 Intertribal Dance Song: Little Otter Singers (4:14)
[Credits]
Producer: Mickey Har, Cover Artwork: Patrick Desjarlait, Recorders: Jens McVoy, Thomas Vennum, Ojibway and Menominee, Engineers: Jeff Sterling and Joe Gastwirt
[Notes}
The powwow has become an opportunity for North American tribes to gather together to honor the earth and its creator in celebratory drumming, dancing and song. The Honor The Earth Powwow, featuring the Ojibway, Menominee and Winnebago tribes, is characteristic in that its repertoire includes traditional song styles as well as new songs written in traditional style. Recorded in July 1990 by Mickey Hart and Dr. Thomas Vennum Jr., the music of the powwow consists of singers sitting in a circle in a drum arbor, beating on a single drum, and singing in high-pitched voices while elaborately-costumed dancers move clockwise around them. Among the album’s new songs is "Ojibway Air Force Song," a song that came to an Ojibway tribe member in his sleep and was composed for his son who was serving overseas in the United States Air Force. Honor The Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes Indians was originally released as part of "THE WORLD" series (now part of the Mickey Hart Collection made available by Smithsonian Folkways).