Music of the first nations : tradition and innovation in native North American / edited by Tara Browner.

Other author Browner, Tara, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2009.
Description166 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMusic in American life
Music in American life. ^A223005
Contents Iglulik Inuit drum-dance songs / Paula Conlon -- Musical expressions of the Dene : dogrib love and land songs / Lucy Lafferty and Elaine Keillor -- The story of dirty face : power and song in western Washington Coast Salish myth narratives / Laurel Sercombe -- Drum, songs, vibrations : conversations with a Passamaquoddy traditional singer / Franziska von Rosen (introduction by Tara Browner) -- Identity, retention, and survival : contexts for the performance of native Choctaw music / David E. Draper -- "This is our dance" : the fire dance of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache / T. Christopher Aplin -- The creative power and style of ghost dance songs / Judith Vander -- An acoustic geography of intertribal pow-wow songs / Tara Browner -- Singing Indian country / David W. Samuels.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008032923
ISBN9780252022210 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252022211 (cloth : alk. paper)

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