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Native American Music - Links |
Arbor Records
Catalogue of contemporary Native American sounds features Eyabay, Whitefish
Bay Singers and more.
Canyon
Records
The world's leading source of Native American music. 400 recordings including
the popular Navajo-Ute flutist R. Carlos Nakai.
Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow
National music, dance and cultural festival at the University of New Mexico
in Albuquerque. Late April.
Indian
House Records
One of the oldest labels. Located in Taos, NM, it specializes in music of the
Southwestern tribes and features old archival recordings from the 40s and 50s.
Indianz.com
Online resource for all aspects of Native American life and culture has Arts
& Entertainment news and listings.
The Infography
about Native American Music
A list of book sources recommended by a professor whose research specialty is
Native American music.
Nativeweb.org
Native American resources. Music
catalogue of 48 CDs with reviews.
Native
American Music Awards
The Nammy's are the answer to snoozing through the Grammy's. Bill Miller swept
it this year.
Omaha
Indian Music
Library of Congress site includes over 200 RealAudio
samples and full-length field recordings of traditional songs of the Omaha Indians:
contest songs, clown songs, buffalo dance, etc. Poor quality, but a treasure
trove.
Oyate
Ta Olowan
Catalogue of over forty Native American recording artists presenting authentic
traditional music.
Pow-wow
Music and Dancing
This page explains two traditions of Native American war/fighting dances and
teaches you how to dance to them with online audio/video clips.
Rainbow
Walker
Source for authentic traditional Native American music. Great site includes
a fascinating polemical history
of Native music and short wav
files of traditional flute recordings.
Red Vinyl Records
Traditional Native American music collections plus contemporary artists like
Cherokee rapper Litefoot.
Miller,
Bill
Miller combines Native American perspective and musical traditions with a Nashville
sensibility. Now touring internationally with top pop stars like Tori Amos,
he is the winner of several "Nammy" Awards.
St. Marie, Buffy
Canadian songwriter known as a writer of political songs ("Universal Soldier")
in the sixties and as a Native American activist and "cyberskin" educator.
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