Native American Music
The USC Music Library has a good collection of
monographs and sound recordings relating to the folk music of Native Americans and indigenous peoples of North America. The following bibliography lists general sources and tribes grouped by geographic region. To learn more on about Native Americans and their music, click on the Grove link under each group's bibliography. 
General Sources A Cry from the Earth: Music of the North American Indians. FC7777 Folkways Records. LP. 1979. Authentic Music of the American Indian. 3450/3 S3830 Everest. LP. 1970?. Baker, Theodore. On the Music of the North American Indians. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1977. Densmore, Frances. The American Indians and their Music. New York, NY: The Womans press, 1936. Discovering American Indian Music. Video Cassette. 199-. Hofmann, Charles. American Indians Sing. New York, NY: John Day Co, 1967. ________. War Whoops and Medicine Songs. Boston, MA: Boston Music Co., 1952. Levine, Victoria Lindsay. Writing American Indian Music: Historic transcriptions, notations, and arrangements. Middleton, WI.: A-R Editions, Inc., 2002. Canada (Cree, Kwakiutl-Nootka, Slavey) An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Creation's Journey: Native American Music. CD Sf 40410, SF40410 Smithsonian/Folkways. CD. 1994. Read about the music of Native Canadian Indians at Grove Music Online. Four Corners (Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, Zuni) An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Farewell, Orem, and Cadman. NW 213 New World Records. LP. 1977. Hopi Katcina Songs: And six other songs by Hopi chanters. FE 4394 Folkways. LP. 1964. McAllester, David P. Peyote Music. New York, NY: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1964. Music of the American Indian. New York, NY :Olympic Records. LP. 1976. Native American. RGNET 1029 CD World Music. CD. 1999. Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky. NW 246 New World. LP. 1976. Read about the music of Tribes of The Four Corners at Grove Music Online. Great Lakes (Algonquian, Meskwaki, Ojibwa/Chippewa, Ottawa) An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Densomore, Frances. Chippewa Music. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1972. Chippewa: War dance songs for pow-wow. C-6082 Canyon Records. 1971. Songs and Dances of Great Lake Indians. Folkways Records FE 4003. LP. 1956 Vennum, Thomas. The Ojibwa Dance: iIs history and construction. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982 Read about the music of the Great Lakes Indians at Grove Music Online. Creation's Journey: Native American Music. CD Sf 40410, SF40410 Smithsonian/Folkways. CD. 1994. Read about the music of Zapotec Indians at Grove Music Online. New York (Iroquois: Onondaga, Seneca) An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky. NW 246 New World. LP. 1976. Read about the music of the Indians of the New York area at Grove Music Online. An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Music of the American Indian. New York, NY :Olympic Records. LP. 1976. Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky. NW 246 New World. LP. 1976. Read about the music of the North Plains Indians at Grove Music Online. Northwest (Flathead, Kiowa, Yurok, Ute) Merriam, Alan P. Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians. Chicago, IL: Aldine Pub. Co., 1967. ________. Flathead Indian Music; Report on Field Research, Summer 1950. n.p., 195-. Music of the American Indian. New York, NY :Olympic Records. LP. 1976. Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky. NW 246 New World. LP. 1976. Read about the music of Northwest Indians at Grove Music Online. Southeast (Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, & Seminole) An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Densmore, Frances. Choctaw Music. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1972. Native American. RGNET 1029 CD World Music. CD. 1999. Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky. NW 246 New World. LP. 1976. Read about the music of the Southeast Indians at Grove Music Online. An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Creation's Journey: Native American Music. CD Sf 40410, SF40410 Smithsonian/Folkways. CD. 1994. Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky. NW 246 New World. LP. 1976. Read about the music of the Apache Indians at Grove Music Online. An Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music. FE 4541, FE 4541AB, FE 4541CD, F-4541 Smithsonian Folkways. CD. 2001. Authentic Music of the American Indian. 3450/3 S3830 Everest. LP. 1970?. Music of the American Indian. New York, NY :Olympic Records. LP. 1976. Read about the music of Cheyenne and Winnebago Indians at Grove Music Online. |
