Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1949
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Indigenous
[Traclist]
A1 Rabbit Dance: Benjamin Sitting Up, Lucy Randall, Paul High Horse (03:15)
A2 Peyote Cult Song: Male Sioux singer with gourd rattle, water-drum player (02:22)
A3 Love Song: Male Sioux singer (00:57)
A4 Sun Dance: Male Sioux chorus, eagle-bone whistle player, drummers (01:34)
A5 Omaha Dance: Male Sioux chorus, drummers, dancers with bells (01:33)
A6 Love Song: John Coloff (00:56)
A7 Honoring Song: not listed (02:01)
B1 Riding Song: Mixed Navajo chorus (01:49)
B2 Song of Happiness: Fort Wingate Indian School (01:12)
B3 Spinning Dance: Julia Deal (00:45)
B4 Spinning Dance: Julia Deal (00:58)
B5 Corn Grinding Song: Female Navajo singer, basket-drum player (01:01)
B6 Squaw Dance: Male Navajo chorus, drummers (01:41)
B7 Silversmith's Song: Ambrose Roan Horse (01:10)
B8 Night Chant: Male Navajo chorus with gourd rattles (02:59)
[Credits]
Producer: Walter Rhodes, Recorder and Photographer: Willard Rhodes, Photographer: Harry Tschopik Jr. and U.S. Indian Bureau, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This 1949 album was recorded by American ethnomusicologist Willard Rhodes (1901—1992) with the cooperation of The United States Office of Indian Affairs. The selection from the Sioux community of the Dakotas include a Rabbit Dance and other love songs, a Sun Dance, and an Honoring (or public recognition) Song. The Navajo tribes of the Southwest are highlighted through songs such as a Riding Song, a children's Song of Happiness, a female Spinning Dance, and the distinctive Night Chant, sung in male falsetto. Rhodes provided an introductory essay and track notes.
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