Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: USA & Canada
Released: 1974
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Indigenous
[Tracklist]
A01 Canoe Paddle Song: Peter Webster (01:50)
A02 Entrance Song #1, or Quiquatla Dance: Peter Webster (02:00)
A03 Entrance Song #2, or Calling Song - Quiquatla Dance: Peter Webster (09:07)
A04 Medicine Man Song: Peter Webster (03:57)
A05 Whale Song: Peter Webster (05:05)
A06 Farewell Song: Peter Webster (03:24)
B01 Echo Song - Paddle Song: George Clutesi (02:41)
B02 Welcome Song: George Clutesi (03:31)
B03 Warrior Song: George Clutesi (02:20)
B04 Victory Song: George Clutesi (03:00)
B05 Farewell Song: George Clutesi (01:50)
B06 Wolf Song: Mungo Martin (04:04)
B07 Sisiutl Song: Mungo Martin (02:20)
B08 Robin Song: Mungo Martin (02:29)
C01 Grizzly Bear Song: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (02:07)
C02 Wolf Dance: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (02:03)
C03 Victory Song: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (01:42)
C04 Hinikeets Song: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (03:40)
C05 Himikitsem: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (01:40)
C06 Ha Ma Mai: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (01:58)
C07 Himikitsem (Headdress Song): Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (02:20)
C08 Mountain Song - Tsho Va Da: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (02:43)
C09 Invitation Song: Fred Louis and Ella Thompson (02:34)
C10 Tama: Fred Louis (03:08)
D01 Sea Serpent Headdress Song: Frank Williams (02:39)
D02 Hinikeets - Sea Serpent Song: n/a (02:20)
D03 Quiquatla Dance: Frank Williams (02:52)
D04 Hamatsa Song: Frank Williams (01:54)
D05 Song from the Hopachisat Tribe: n/a (02:10)
D06 Comparison of Two Versions of the Welcome Song: George Clutesi (02:16)
D07 Comparison of Two Versions of the Welcome Song: George Clutesi (03:35)
D08 Clan Song: Joe Titian (03:45)
D09 For Topahti / Potlatch Song: Joe Titian (02:29)
[Credits]
Recorder and Producer: Ida Halpern, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The Nootka people, now referred to as Nuu-chah-nulth, live along the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on and around Vancouver Island. Their music shows a clear history of polyphonic tradition, which the liner notes claim to be the earliest instance in the region. Song leaders begin some vocal songs unaccompanied, but then are joined by followers and drum beats. On many tracks, the musicians offer introductions; the inclusion of the spoken word is significant because it gives both a more complete picture of the singer and a glimpse into the cultural significance and meaning of the songs. The fieldwork experience gathering songs in this region was very challenging due to the fact that each individual song was traditionally personally owned, and permission from the owner was needed in order to sing it. Dr. Ida Halpern (1910–1987), an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist who studied not only the Nootka but also several other coastal tribes of British Columbia, collected these tracks. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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