Heartbeat voices of First Nations women.

CD 1995

Contains ceremonial and social songs traditionally sung by Native women in the United States and Canada, other music newly performed by women, and material that combines traditional and contemporary themes and musical forms.

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1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording

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Voices of First Nations women [CD]

Notes:

Compact disc
Program notes by Rayna Green and Howard Bass, including biographical notes on the performers and bibliography (25 p. : ports.) in container insert
Various artists
Recorded between 1989 and 1995

Contents:

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, 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, 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)

Control Number:

1901153

UPC:

093074041529

Other Authors:

Anquoe George, Anita
Barney, Geraldine
Bowannie, Cornelia
Carlo, Poldine, 1920-2018
Crying Woman Singers
Green, Verbena
Jumper, Betty Mae, 1923-2011
Luna, Arliss
Meanus, Mary Ann
Rainer, Lillian
Richardson, Nancy (Motion picture editor)
Sainte-Marie, Buffy
Shenandoah, Joanne
Six Nations Women Singers
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
Sweethearts of Navajoland
Tewa Indian Women's Choir of San Juan Pueblo
Ulali (Musical group)
Wettlin-Larsen, Georgia

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