Indigenous Peoples of America Sound Collection

Indigenous Peoples of America

Sound Collection

23 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).

MS 2008-14 Wax Cylinder Recordings of Native American Songs and Dances 1910

This collection is comprised of thirteen (13) original recordings of American Indian songs and dances, recorded on two-minute Edison Blanks wax cylinders. Eight of the cylinders are in pristine condition. Two are cracked and cannot be played. 1) The last Owl Dance; 2) Two flute songs; 3) Sioux flute 2 loves; 4) Sioux love song; 5) Kiowa love songs; 6) Sirecha Dance; 7) Flute love lullaby; 8) Flute on the bridge; 9) War dance; 10) Buffalo dance; 11) Song before fight; 12) Indian flute. a love song, played by Turkey Leggs. (Cheyene); 13) Owl Dance song.

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.

Music of the Jivaro of Ecuador Smithsonian Folkways Collected 1973

Recordings from the Jivaro Peoples - Smithsonian's Collection.

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, Paiute, and Cree.

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.

Peru: - Music from the Land of Machu Picchu Vinyl Disc 1976

Mushroom Ceremony of the Mazatec Indians of Mexico- 1966

Native Music of North West Mexico On Canyon Records 2002

A Cry from Earth, Music of the North American Indians (1979)

Indian Records Label Compilations: - Thirteen Discs, Various

Indian Primitive Music Alain Gheerbrant Compilation 1948-50

Amazonie Indiens - Lawa et Boro: - Amazon Collection (1952)

Brazil the Bororo World of Sound: Monde Sonore des Bororo

Music of Sioux and the Navajo: Smithsonian Folkways (1966)

Bresil Volume 2 - Musique de Bahia: - Simone Dreyfus-Roche