Music & Song

Discusses how the centrality of classical music, both structurally and thematically, provides an index of the challenges of transculturation.

American Indian Studies (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1998.

Discusses how throat singing has evolved and how current artists have helped revive the tradition.

Examines text of songs by Loco Locass , Samian, and Webster.

Presents study of Claudia Llosa's film, The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) and how it employs song to express women's rights in Peru.

CD and Book Review of: Rak Badjalar by Allan Marett, Linda Barwick and Lysbeth Ford. Review located by scrolling to page 259.

Artist talks about his upcoming solo show at the Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Duration: 23:17.

Describes history of drum dancing and efforts to revive the art that died in Labrador 500 years ago.

Examines issues of performance in relation to Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat, a musical band from Canada's Yukon Territory.

Video of speech by Trudeau Fellow and Canada Research Chair in Traditional Music. Discusses how cultural expressions such as Indigenous performance can define cross-cultural engagement and redefine cultural stereotypes. Duration: 01:09:11.

Discussion on Inuit poetry; and the difference between the contemporary Canadian poetic tradition and that of the traditional Inuit. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.

Looks at the genres of music performed and the instruments played.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2002.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.

Examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's central space for testimony, the Commissioners Sharing Panel.

Looks at the place of women and two-spirited individuals in the powwow culture. Chapter from The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt.

Book review of Recording Culture by Christopher A. Scales.

Book review of: Recording Culture by Christopher A. Scales. Review located by scrolling to page 176.

Book review of: Recording Culture by Christopher A. Scales.

Discusses recognition of First Nations music as the roots of North American popular music.

Describes formation and achievements of Red Bull Singers drum who appeared at powwows throughout Saskatchewan in the summer of 1998.

Article analyzes the songs of Jessie "Ed" Davis (1944-1988), a noted Native American musician.

Comments on the controversy over Native American dance ceremonies. Originally published in North American Review, July 1929.

Red Sky is a Toronto-based company that shapes contemporary world Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music. This website includes links to productions, touring, gallery, blog, navigate the treeline, community connections, and press.

Presents a performance of a spoken word piece, done with music.

Uses interviews, music and lyrics, artists and record label website to show the popularity of reggae music in Indigenous communities in the US southwest, New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1999.

Discusses learning styles, within the context of cultural circumstances, for Aboriginal peoples.

Comments on Australian indigenous ceremonial traditions that include song, music and designs and how they interweave with the political, the religious, and the aesthetic.

Describes the origins of ethnomusicology and considers its future in relation to Aboriginal peoples and their music.

Speech notes for the 9th Lafontaine-Baldwin Lecture Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

Book reviews of: Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast edited by Peter Wood. Navajo Textiles: The William Randolph Hearst Collection by Nancy J. Blomberg. Utmost Good Faith: Patterns of Apache-Mexican Hostilities in Northern Chihuahua Border Warfare, 1821-1848 by William B. Griffen. The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles by W.

Book reviews of: Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited and with an introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc. Captive Histories: English, French, and Native Narratives of the 1704 Deerfield Raid by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney. A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814 by Gregory A. Waselkov. Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley M. Bray. Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States edited by Jordan E.

Book reviews of: The Alabama-Coushatta Indians by Jonathan B. Hook. American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice by David E. Wilkins. The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich. Apocalypse of Chiokoyhikoy: Chief of the Iroquois by Robert Griffin and Donald A. Grinde. Dissonant Worlds, Roger Vandersteene Among the Cree by Earle H. Waugh. Early Native American Writing edited by Helen Jaskoski. Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Inc. by Mick Gidley. A Grammar of Bella Coola by Philip W.

Book reviews of: American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta by Dene Wodih Society California Indian Nights by Edward W. Gifford and Gwendoline Harris Block Bighorse the Warrior by Tiana Bighorse and edited by Noël Bennett Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Charles A.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Art Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2010.

Looks at the life histories of six Indigenous artists who are members of the Beat Nation collective and how this musical style can be used in environmental education.

Studies contemporary rap music and the performers, focusing on the lyrical content and messages of the songs.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tromsø, 2008. Examines Saami (Sami) ritual festival.

Survey finds that creative arts make a significant contribution to the safety, development and well-being of the participants.

He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.

He tells a story about the origins of the Dakota (Sioux) guardian spirit and his powers; and how Iktomi differs from the equivalent Cree spirit power (Wisakedjak).

Explores the use of music as a thematic tool in Alexie's narratives. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Argues that while sports have received more attention as an assimilationist force, the practice of suppressing both traditional music itself and its traditional role in spirituality and replacing it with Western musical styles, was an equally powerful tool and public performances were used as a propaganda tool to prove how successful the school had been in "civilizing" their students.