General Note:
Smithsonian Folkways: CD SF 40455 (no. on container: SF CD 40455).
Traditional and contemporary songs and instrumental selections performed by Native American women.
Compact disc.
Program notes (25 p. : ports.)--in container.
Formatted Contents Note:
Coming out song (1:33) ; Lahuyay (1:46) ; Feather dance song (1:37) (Bernice Torrez) -- Women's honor song (2:16) ; Gathering song (1:53) (Tzo'kam) -- Children's dance (Mary Youngblood) (2:42) -- Ellangluteng (Mary Stachelrodt) (1:53) -- War song (Elena Charles and Mary Stachelrodt) (1:51) -- Wabakii bezhig (Jani Lauzon) (2:21) -- Ah hum mum ma (0:45) ; Humma ha ba ba (0:41) ; Kajusita = My ship comes in (3:50) (Tudjaat) -- Igo (Wabanoag Singers) (3:27) -- Echoes (Mary Youngblood) (2:53) -- War Mothers song (Mary Ann Anquoe) (1:47) -- Encouragement song (Sissy Goodhouse) (4:12) -- Girl's song for her grandmother (0:56) ; Girl hunting for her boyfriend (0:51) ; Lullaby (0:49) (Dorothy Whitehorse Delaune) -- Honoring song for young man afraid of his horses (Nellie Two Bulls) (2:34) -- Singers' honor song (Crying Woman Singers) (4:09) -- Potter's bull (1:34) ; Beautiful mountain (2:15) (Laura Wallace) -- Welcome home (4:32) ; Trail of life (2:43) (Sharon Burch) -- Tuhvanga bui wahnay (1:15) ; Hey Wuhui (1:58) ; Wovoka (2:10) (Judy Trejo) -- Tears for Kíentepoos (Mary Youngblood) (2:54) -- The musician who became a bear : a tribute to Pepper (Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice) (4:54).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1991-1998; in part, recorded at the 1995 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, Washington, D.C.
Language Note:
Sung in English or Native American languages, or wordless (tracks 10-11, throat singing).
CD Music recording