Music of the American Indians of the Southwest

Recorded in Indian Communities by Willard Rhodes, with the cooperation of the United States Office of Indian Affairs.

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4420

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1951
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Indigenous
[Tracklist]
A1 Taos: Moonlight Song (02:10)
A2 Taos: Gambling Song (01:26)
A3 San Ildefonso: Eagle Dance (02:57)
A4 Zuni: Rain Dance (04:44)
A5 Hopi: Butterfly Dance (04:58)
B1 Navajo: Night Chant, Yeibichai Dance (01:42)
B2 Navajo: Enemy Way, War Dance (02:16)
B3 Western Apache: Devil Dance (02:51)
B4 Western Apache: Sunrise Song (01:36)
B5 Yuma: Bird Song Cycle (01:18)
B6 Papago: Saguaro Song (01:57)
B7 Walapai: Funeral Song (01:39)
B8 Havasupai: Stick Game Song (01:09)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Willard Rhodes, Liner Notes: Harry Tschopik, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The Music of the American Indians of the Southwest is one of the most versatile art forms in America. Music plays a crucial role in the ceremonies and dances that embody the culture of the Pueblos, the Southern Athabascans, the Ranchería tribes, and the Plateau Yumans heard in this collection which achieves its goal "..that the American Indians of the Southwest will be justly represented through the art medium which expresses so vitally and strikingly the richness and color of their daily social and religious life."