Eskimo songs from Alaska

CD Music recording

Eskimo songs from Alaska [sound recording] / recorded on St. Lawrence Island by Miriam C. Stryker ; edited by Charles Hofmann.

General Note:: Previously released in 1966 as LP analog disc by Folkways Records.

Compact disc.

Original liner notes and photographs by Miriam C. Stryker included as a PDF file on disc.
Formatted Contents Note:: Small owl (:54) -- How much will I get for the ivory carving? (3:08) -- Looking for someone who wants to Eskimo dance (4:35) -- Balloon song (2:02) -- Walking from Savoonga to Gambell (0:55) -- Cowboy song (:53) -- Praise, praise God (1:18) -- Helicopter song ; Second helicopter song (5:17) -- Drum song (2:05) -- Like a little girl (2:52) -- Little Indian boy (2:35) -- Indian exhausted (2:04) -- Rise up helicoter, like a bird (1:45) -- Guitar song (2:33) -- Eskimo rock 'n' roll (2:47) -- Little cowboy (2:12) -- Swing your drum (1:43) -- I couldn't wait (2:00) -- Old song (2:12).
Participant or Performer Note:: Performed by various local musicians.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:: Recorded on St. Lawrence Island in the villages of Savoonga, May 7, 1963, and Gambell, Aug. 1961.
Language Note:: Sung in Eskimo.