Indigenous Peoples of America Sound Collection

7 Collections of Indigenous American Music

Passamaquoddy Recordings from the Jesse Walter Fewkes Collection 1890s

Recordings made during Jesse Walter Fewkes' research trip to Maine in March of 1890. The trip was undertaken so he could test the Edison Phonograph in field conditions, and bring back sample recordings to various groups and universities in Boston before his trip to the Southwest later that year. These recordings were the first ethnographic phonograph recordings ever made, and were pivotal to further fieldwork with the Edison phonograph. After Fewkes' work with the Passamaquoddy, he went on to publish many journal articles and transcriptions of Passamaquoddy stories. This collection from the 'American Folklife Center' features 26 recordings from his cylinder collection.

Omaha Indian Music: Historical Recordings from the Fletcher Collection 1890s

The Complete 44 wax cylinder collection from the 1985 LP of recordings made in the 1890s by Alice Fletcher presented from the American Folklife Center Archive. This collection also includes Alice Fletcher's book, 'A Study of the Omaha Indian.'

Omaha Indian Music - American Folklife Wax Cylinder Collection Selections 1890s

Selections from the American Folklife Center's 44 wax cylinder collection that document Omaha Indian music traditions made in the 1890s and first published on the 1985 LP entitled (Omaha Indian Music: Historical Recordings from the Fletcher/La Flesche Collection).

Music of the Spanish Speaking Hispano from Rio Grande 1940s

The Juan B. Rael Collection is an ethnographic collection documenting secular and religious music of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. In 1940, Juan Bautista, a native of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, used disc recording equipment to document alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes. This is a selection of 2 tracks from the collection, as well as transcripts and scans.

Jivaro - Traditional Music from the Amazon of Ecuador and Peru 1960

Recordings from the Jivaro Peoples of the Amazon - Ecuador and Peru.

Authentic Music of the American Indian 1971

A Compilation of Authentic Native American Indian Songs from different tribes which includes the Cheyenne, Ponca, Sioux, Arikara, Omaha, Ponca, Taos, Kiowa, Navajo, Crow, Pawnee, Plains, Tewa, Apache, Ute, Pima, Arapahoe, Papago, Zuni, Hopi, and Paiute.

Lost Shadows in Defence of the Soul - Yanomami Shamanism, Songs, Ritual 1978

Early Field Recordings by the Composer David Toop of the Yanomami of the Amazon Rainforests on the border between Venezuela and Brazil.

Further Reading:

An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes by C Waldman

Taino Sacred Sites: - Analysis by DeAnna Marie Rivera

The Central Arawaks Vol IX by William Curtis Farabee

The Arawak: The History & Legacies by Charles River

The Tradegy of the Sioux by Chief Standing Bear

Links:

American Folklife Centre Library of Congress

The David Toop Website Blog

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