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	Culture of the Month: Native American Music
		Native American music goes to the heart and soul of the American history.
		The Native American culture, like many others based on ancient traditions, has an oral history, with folklore passed down from generation to generation.
		Visit the interview with Charles at my former topic area Flutes for insight on his music and the importance of music to the American Indian culture.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/music_ed/53505 (664 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Native American music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Native American religious beliefs hold that music was given to humans by spirits as a method of communicating with the supernatural.
		The music of the Pima and Papago is intermediary between the Plains-Pueblo and the California-Yuman music areas, with melodic movement of the Yuman, though including the rise, and the form and rhythm of the Pueblo.
		Music of the Great Basin is simple, discrete and ornate, characterized by short melodies with a range smaller than an octave, moderately-blended monophony, relaxed and open vocals and, most uniquely, paired-phrase structure, in which a melodic phrases, repeated twice, is alternated with one to two additional phrases.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Native-American-music (7367 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Innu music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Native American hip hop is popular among natives in the United States and the First Nations of Canada.
		The Innu Nikama, held annually in Quebec, is an important festival of Native American music of all kinds.
		An exploratory course which attempts to foster understanding of the nature and scope of moral education by (a) focusing on issues and problems affecting morality and on their bearing on moral education, and by (b) offering an overview of contemporary moral development theories and research, educational strategies, and relevant curricular materials.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Innu-music (787 words)

	Native Americans - Music
		Native Roots - Albuquerque based group dedicated to the sound and spirit of reggae music, with a taste of blues from a Native American and international perspective.
		International Native American Flute Association - The mission of INAFA is to encourage the primary continuation of the traditional and contemporary Native American flute, along with identifying, collecting, restoring, maintaining, preserving, and classifying these instruments.
		Elaine Belsley Native American Flutist - Native American flute music by Elaine Belsley (Cherokee).
	www.nativeamericans.com /Music.htm (4768 words)

	AllRefer.com - Native American music (Music: History) - Encyclopedia
		The music of Native North Americans is primarily a vocal art, usually choral, although some nations favor solo singing.
		Native American music is entirely melodic; there is no harmony or polyphony, although there is occasional antiphonal singing between soloist and chorus.
		For the Native American, song is traditionally the chief means of communicating with the supernatural powers, and music is seldom performed for its own sake; definite results, such as the bringing of rain, success in battle, or the curing of the sick, are expected from music.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NatvAmmus.html (401 words)

	Native American Flutes and Native American Flute Music by Littleleaf
		Native American Flutes and Native American Flute Music by Littleleaf
		~ Native American Flutes and Native American Flute Music ~
		Award-Winning Native American Flutes and Native Flute Music.
	www.littleleaf.com (792 words)

	Native American Music
		Among most Native American groups, many songs are the personal property of the singer or the group sponsoring a ritual or celebration.
		The music of the Southeast Native American groups (in a region from North Carolina to Florida and west to Texas), such as the Creek and the Choctaw, are also centered around ceremony and dance.
		Native American musical instruments vary in construction from group to group, but include the following: drums, rasps, rattles, beaters, flutes, whistles, reed instruments, horns, bullroarers, a type of fiddle, and body percussion.
	www.sbgmusic.com /html/teacher/reference/cultures/nativemusic.html (1193 words)

	Native American Music \| American Indian Music \| Traditional Native American Music \| Questia.com Online Library
		Native American music is entirely melodic; there is no harmony or polyphony, although there is occasional antiphonal singing between soloist and chorus.
		For the Native American, song is traditionally the chief means of communicating with the supernatural powers, and music is seldom performed for its own sake; definite results, such as the bringing of rain, success in battle, or the curing of the sick, are expected from music.
		The native religion of...instruments of the natives by Charles...2 Music of the...
	www.questia.com /library/music-and-performing-arts/music/music-of-specific-countries-and-groups/native-american-music.jsp (955 words)

	Contemporary Native American Music (Reference) - TeacherVision.com
		Musical taste and style are as diverse among Native Americans as among the remainder of American society.
		Waila music (popularly known as "chicken scratch"), performed throughout southern Arizona by Tohono O'oodham, Pima, and Maricopa musicians, resembles a hybrid of Native American, Hispanic, and polka band music of the Midwest.
		Contemporary Native American musical life is extraordinarily diverse and encompasses every sound and style of music performed on the North American continent.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /indians/music-styles/7429.html (866 words)

	PBS - American Roots Music : Into the Classroom - Lesson Four
		It documents the resurgence of various forms of Native American music, as new forms of music flower among various tribes and are performed at inter-tribal pow-wow gatherings.
		Analyze and discuss the relationship between music, culture and history.
		Understand the role of music in the preservation of Native American culture.
	www.pbs.org /americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_itc_lesson_four.html (344 words)

	NativeRadio® Your portal to the beauty and mystery of Native American Music
		This is contemporary Indigenous flute music with dynamic melodies on Native American flutes and backdrops of guitars, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion.
		The music is very similar to the Fumbalina project, but the difference here is that lyrics are going to be more personal in nature, and thematic to my Ojibway heritage, and to my experiences with racism, injustice, prejudice, stereotyping, and all of the other issues that face most Anishnabe people here on Turtle Island.
		The purpose of the KCNAAC is to honor, celebrate and recognize Native American peoples' heritage and contributions to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Ohio River Valley region, and other contiguous states.
	www.nativeradio.com (2457 words)

	Festival of New American Music
		The Empyrean Ensemble is a professional contemporary music ensemble resident at UC Davis actively engaged in the creation of new works by renowned and emerging composers alike.
		Mary Youngblood is often touted as the first Native American female to professionally record the Native flute.
		Her haunting music is “liquid poetry, a prayer.” Mary will be performing at 3:00pm on Saturday, November 11, at the Center for Contemporary Art (1519 19th Street in Sacramento).
	www.csus.edu /music/fenam/index.htm (1429 words)

	Native American Music
		Robert Mirabal is one of the leaders of the Native American musical renaissance.
		I am currently engaged in composing, arranging, and performing music for the native American flute that builds upon the traditional and contemporary practice of indigenous and western European theory and practise.
		Yarina (which means "remembrance"in the native Quichua language of the Incas) has since 1984, been dedicated not only to musical excellence, but also to the preservation and sharing of the beauty, courage and survival of the ancestral traditions and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Andes.
	web.telia.com /~u15508742/music.htm (567 words)

	KET Arts Toolkit \| Music \| Comparing Native American and American Folk Music
		Native Americans believe that a steady beat is the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
		Native American music emphasized the steady beat (probably because of dancing), but American folk music placed emphasis on the words.
		Native American music is primarily used in connection with dances/American music is not; it is used to express folk stories or to entertain.]
	www.ket.org /artstoolkit/music/lessonplan/117.htm (1955 words)

	Native American Music Sites - Native American Music Resources
		A cknowledges and honours the keepers, teachers, promoters, creators and performers of Aboriginal music, and continues to develope and promote the diversity of all Aboriginal music and celebrate the excellence of Aboriginal music and to recognize the unique vision of Aboriginal musicians and encourage this rich cultural voice.
		An organization whose goal is to foster the preservation, appreciation, and advancement of the Native American flute.
		Native America Calling is heard on more than 30 stations in the United States and in Canada by more than 37,000 listeners each week.
	www.musicoutfitters.com /nativeamerican.htm (376 words)

	Teaching Native American Music - TeacherVision.com
		In addition to teaching Native American music as part of a multicultural enrichment unit, use examples from this culture to illustrate musical concepts.
		Visit Native American events and observe music and dance performances firsthand to gain a deeper understanding of the role of music within the culture.
		Native Americans are proud of their heritage and will always assist the genuinely interested observer in gaining insight into their culture.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /indians/music-styles/7430.html (692 words)

	In Search of Native American Music
		In this month's issue you saw that the music of Tin Pan Alley during the early 20th century produced a number of songs that were represented as "Indian" songs or implied that the music was "an Indian lament, rhapsody" or some other Indian song.
		One question that this brings to mind is, exactly how was Native American music assimilated into American popular music and what influence did it have on the music of those times and on the music of today.
		Musically, as we have said, the music from all of the Tin Pan Alley songs were deeply rooted in the Euro-American tradition.
	www.parlorsongs.com /insearch/amerindian/amerindian0.asp (3190 words)

	From Kokopelli's to Electric Warriors: The Native American Culture of Music
		In these pages are visions of some of the major Native American players, artists, musicians, activists, and singers as diverse as Bill Miller, Rita Coolidge, Joey Ramone, John Trudell, Hank Williams III and Wayne Newton.
		She is on the Board of Directors for the Native American Music Association (NAMA), and is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
		The first Native American Music Awards show was held on May 24, 1998 at the enormously successful Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, which is owned by the Pequot tribe.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~11354.aspx (926 words)

	Native American Music
		The music reflects Native American, Mexican and European influences and the repertory combines the rhythms of schottisches, polkas, two-steps and mazurkas with the melodies of O'odham ritual dances.
		The sheer exuberance of this music more than compensates for any lack of technical virtuosity and it is not surprising that the distinctive sound of scratchy twin fiddles led in time to an equally appealing descendent now known as chicken scratch.
		Native American music in this day and age seems to be suffering from an overload of new-age noodling and silly non-Indian wannabes.
	www.rootsworld.com /rw/feature/first.html (3583 words)

	Native American Music - Black Arrow Indian Art
		The pure, haunting tone of the Native American flute is accompanied by the lush harmonies of strings in new arrangements of classic Nakai melodies.
		We are proud to present a great collection of Native American Indian jewelry including New Mexico Zuni Jewelry, Ray Tracy Jewelry, BG Mudd, and Sacred Buffalo Turquoise.
		When available we are pleased to offerAndrew Begay Flutes Andrew has crafted a new line of authentic native american flutes called the Feather Collection, he is famous for his hand carved Native American flutes.
	www.blackarrowindianart.com /html/soundroom.htm (1095 words)

	Chazanoff, Native American Flute Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a seven-volume boxed set of traditional Native American folk tunes collected from agricultural and nomadic tribes.
		Music from the Indians of the Southwest, the Plains, the Pacific Northwest, the Lakes and Woods, the Great Basin Plains, the Southwest and California.
		This is a condensed version of Native American Music in Seven Volumes for the Flute or Recorder with representative samples of sheet music from each tribe.
	www.shakuhachi.com /SM-Chaz.html (118 words)

	Native American Music-Introduction and Contents
		Music is in the heart of the Native American.
		Music is an integral part of the Native American life, not only the music made with instruments, but also the music of nature.
		We won't be including music files on this website, but we will have links to sites that have music samples and examples.
	www.snowwowl.com /naartmusic.html (589 words)

	In Search of Native American Music
		In this month's issue you saw that the music of Tin Pan Alley during the early 20th century produced a number of songs that were represented as "Indian" songs or implied that the music was "an Indian lament, rhapsody" or some other Indian song.
		One question that this brings to mind is, exactly how was Native American music assimilated into American popular music and what influence did it have on the music of those times and on the music of today.
		Musically, as we have said, the music from all of the Tin Pan Alley songs were deeply rooted in the Euro-American tradition.
	parlorsongs.com /insearch/amerindian/amerindian0.asp (3190 words)

	El-Dabh Bio
		After studies of Native American music in the American Southwest, he began studies with Aaron Copland and Irving Fine at the Berkshire Music Center in Massachusetts.
		Halim El-Dabh's music is published by C. Peters, and his works have been recorded by the Columbia, Folkways, Egyptian Ministry of Culture and National Guidance, and Pointless Music labels.
		In this course, students are immersed in and participate in a holistic experience of music, art, song, dance, and drama as it is found in the environment of a pristine African village (which El-Dabh experienced during his years of traveling throughout Africa).
	www.oberlin.edu /con/bkstage/200103/eldabhbio.html (729 words)

	Keyboard Magazine - Reel World
		Native American film director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins) and the filmâs producers wanted a score that, while reflecting the aura and sensibilities of Native American music, maintained a deeply universal theme.
		I listened to a wide range of native music and became familiar with a number of important recordings.
		Music clips and links for more information can be found on the www.reelworld-online.com website.
	www.keyboardmag.com /story.asp?storyCode=5144 (1768 words)

	Indianz.com > News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Not only have they honored Native musicians for the past two years through the NAMMYs, Indian Country's GRAMMY equivalent, the group made the official proposal for the new category.
		"We are ecstatic and elated regarding the recent announcement of a newly established Native American music category in the Grammies," said the NAMA Board of Directors in a statement on Tuesday.
		Adam Sandler, Vice President of Communications for the Academy, said Native American music is "significant across the country." He said the Academy recognizes the great diversity of artists, but also realizes the limitations of a single award.
	www.indianz.com /News/printme.asp?ID=lead/672000 (483 words)

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