The Native American Flute in the Southwestern United States: Past and Present
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Ann Joyce
Description
Music and Dance Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1996.
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.
Explains how the use of blues, used mainly as an expression of the African-American struggle, is appropriate as an accompaniment to the play Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.