Healing songs of the American Indians.

Record details

Physical Description: sound disc
1 audio disc (28 min.): digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings : [2007]
Copyright: ©1965

General Note:	Title from container. "From the Smithsonian-Densmore Collection, Archive of Folklore, Library of Congress"--Cover. "Frances Denamore playing recording for Indian singer, who interprets it in sign language, Washington, D.C., 1914"--Cover. "19 songs with descriptive notes from 7 tribes"--Cover. Originally issued in 1965 on LP, Folkways Records FE 4251. Compact disc. Original liner notes by C. Hofmann and F. Densmore (7 p. : ill.) inserted in slipcase.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chippewa. The approach of the thunderbirds (1:49) ; Going around the world (1:37) ; Sitting with the turtle (1:19) -- Sioux. A buffalo said to me (1:38) ; Song of the bear (1:34) ; Behold the dawn (1:25) -- Yuman. Second song when treating the sick (2:08) ; Third song when treating the sick (2:01) -- Northern Ute. Healing song of the little green man (1:33) ; Healing song of the eagle spirit (1:52) -- Papago. Sandy loam fields (1:02) ; Out of the mountains (1:03) ; Song to a little yellow wasp (1:53) ; Song of the dawn (1:20) -- Makah. A path on the mountain peaks (1:52) -- Menominee. Song of the juggler (0:46) ; Healing song from the spirit women (1:08) ; I am rewarding you (0:47) ; The heavens help you (1:00).
Participant or Performer Note:	Various performers.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	"Recorded on location [1908-1932] by Dr. Frances Densmore, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution"--Cover.