Heartbeat : voices of First Nations women.

CD Music recording

Heartbeat : voices of First Nations women.

Shenandoah, Joanne. (Singer). Rainer, Lillian. (Instrumentalist). Wettlin-Larsen, Georgia. (Singer). Anquoe George, Anita. (Singer). Meanus, Mary Ann. (Singer). Green, Verbena. (Singer). Richardson, Nancy, singer. (Singer). Jumper, Betty Mae, 1923-2011 (Singer). Barney, Geraldine. (Singer). Carlo, Poldine, 1920- (Singer). Bowannie, Cornelia. (Singer). Luna, Arliss. (Singer). Sainte-Marie, Buffy. (Singer). Six Nations Women Singers. (Performer). Sweethearts of Navajoland. (Performer). Tewa Indian Women's Choir of San Juan Pueblo. (Performer). Ulali (Musical group) (Performer). Crying Woman Singers. (Performer). Festival of American Folklife. (Added Author).

Record details

Physical Description: 1 audio disc (70 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, ℗1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Ceremonial, social, and contemporary music of Native American women from North America.

Various performers.

Compact disc.

"Heartbeat appears in conjunction with the 1995 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife program, Voices of First Nations Women"--Program notes.

Program and biographical notes (25 p. : ports.) inserted.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographies and discographies.
Formatted Contents Note:: Mother Earth (1:35) ; Bingo song (1:35) ; Ho way hey yo (1:31) (Six Nations Women Singers) -- Fish dance song (1:04) ; I may want a man (3:53) (Joanne Shenandoah) -- Taos courting flute song (1:18) (Lillian Rainer, flute) -- Lakota flute song (1:15) ; Ojibwa love charm song (1:17) ; Ojibwa love song (1:59) (Georgia Wettlin-Larsen) -- War mother's song (1:44) (Anita Anquoe George) -- Bunny hop dance (1:10) ; Stick game song (1:34) (Mary Ann Meanus and Verbena Green) -- Navajo riding song (2:17) (Lillian Rainer, flute) -- Let 'em talk (2:19) ; One woman's man (2:50) (Sweethearts of Navajoland) --Lizard, his song (1:39) ; Panther, her song (1:19) ; Kick dance song (1:13) ; Spotted fawn dance (:49) (Nancy Richardson) -- The mice and the bad angel (:37) ; Turtle's song to the wolf (:41) (Betty Mae Jumper) -- Glitter nights (5:42) ; Tsidii-bird (1:23) (Geraldine Barney) -- Honor song for an older sister (1:41) ; World War II honor song (1:06) (Poldine Carlo) -- Blessing song (3:23) (Cornelia Bowannie and Arliss Luna) -- Ange'in (3:17) ; Holy, holy, holy (1:29) (Tewa Indian Women's Choir) -- Beautiful mansion in the sky (1:03) ; Hallelujah (1:09) (Betty Mae Jumper) -- Going home (4:42) ; Mother (2:49) (Ulali) -- Northern lights (3:46) (Crying Woman Singers) -- Starwalker (3:02) (Buffy Sainte-Marie).
Creation/Production Credits Note:: "Heartbeat appears in conjunction with the 1995 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife program, Voices of First Nations Women"--Program notes.
Participant or Performer Note:: Various performers.
Language Note:: Sung in various Native American languages, English, or wordless.