Songs of the Chippewa Volume 1

Minnesota Chippewa Game and Social Dance Songs Collected & Edited by Paul Parthun

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4392

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Indigenous
[Traclist]
A01 Mocassin Game Songs: August King (04:09)
A02 Mocassin Game Songs: Walter Drift (03:25)
A03 Round Dance Song: Ray Robinson (01:10)
A04 War Dance Song: Ray Robinson (01:48)
A05 49 Dance Song: Ray Robinson (01:25)
A06 Air Force Song: Ray Robinson (01:31)
A07 Old War Dance Song: Jacob Redbird (01:11)
A08 Give Away or Woman's Dance Song: Jacob Redbird (01:40)
A09 Buffalo Dance: Jacob Redbird (01:16)
A10 Founding Song: Jacob Redbird (02:06)
B01 Inside Gathering: St. Paul American Indian Club drum group (08:00)
B02 Outdoor Pow Wow: Chippewa pow-wow drum group in Onigum (01:09)
B03 Inside Pow Wow: Chippewa pow-wow drum group in Duluth (06:53)
B04 Migwitch Mahnomen: Chippewa pow-wow drum group in Ball Club (03:08)
B05 Flag Lowering Song: Chippewa pow-wow drum group in Ball Club (03:14)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder and Liner Notes: Paul R. Parthun, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The Chippewa (Ojibwe) occupy the largest area in tribal North America, spanning from Ontario and Michigan in the east to Minnesota in the west. This album focuses on the Chippewa people of Minnesota, who were first studied by Frances Densmore and Frederick Burton in the early 1900s. Densmore was interested in preserving the songs of the older singers, especially since such songs were more at risk of being lost. The music on this recording falls into three categories: moccasin game songs, social dance songs, and pow-wow songs. Liner notes include several photographs, a background to the Chippewa culture, and transcriptions of melodies heard on the recording.