Spirit of the First People

Native American Music Traditions of Washington State
Herausgeber: Smyth, Willie; Ryan, Esme

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book and accompanying compact disk offer a rare glimpse into Native American cultural and sacred traditions of song and dance. The book and CD are the result of a multi-year collaboration among the members of Washington State's tribes, Jack Straw Productions, the Northwest Folklife Festival, and the Washington State Arts Commission's Folk Arts Program. 54 illustrations, 22 in color.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 174mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780295977324
• ISBN-10: 0295977329
• Artikelnr.: 35659866

Autorenporträt

Edited by Willie Smyth and Esme Ryan. Introduction by Vi Hilbert

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Singers, Dancers, Dreamers, Travelers: Native American Song Traditions,
Musical Instruments, and Dance Regalia in Washington State
Seeds of Our Ancestors: Growing up in the Skokomish Song Tradition
The Circle of Song
Native Songs and Seasonal Food-Gathering Traditions
Native Songs Taught by Ellen W. Saluskin (Hoptonix Sawyalilx)
Song Traditions of the Yakama
Makah Music: Preserving the Traditions
Native Music of the Pacific Northwest: A Washington State Perspective
Song Traditions of the Indian Shaker Church
Songs from the Coast, Sound, and Plateau: Native American Music Traditions
in Washington Today
Appendixes
Ten Early Ethnographers in the Northwest: Recordings from Washington State
Creating and disseminating Ethnographic Recordings: Washington State
Materials in Washington, DC
Melville Jacobs and Early Ethnographic Recordings in the Northwest
Bibliography
Index