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	Navajo music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navajo music is the music of the Navajo people and nation, currently in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.
		Music requested on the radio on the Navajo Nation is most often rock, country, and gospel music, often performed by Navajo musicians (McAllester 1981-1982).
		Traditional Navajo music is always vocal, with most instruments, which include drums, drumsticks, rattles, rasp, flute, whistle, and bullroarer, being used to accompany singing of specific types of song (Frisbie and McAllester 1992).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navajo_music (569 words)

	Native American music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		This area's music is characterized by extreme vocal tension, pulsation, melodic preference for perfect fourths and a range averring a tenth, rhythmic complexity, and increased frequence of tetratonic scales.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Native_American_music (2813 words)

	Navajo Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navajo Nation ( Navajo NaabeehÃ³ Dine'Ã©) is the name of a sovereign Native American nation established by the DinÃ©.
		The Navajo Nation Reservation includes about 27,000 square miles (70,000 kmÂ²) of land, slightly smaller than Maine or South Carolina) over part of three states, and is the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States of America.
		The Navajo are closely related to the Apache, and the Navajo language along with other Apache languages make up the Southern Athabaskan language family.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navajo_Nation (1586 words)

	Navajo Nation
		Navajos believe that a medicineman is a uniquely qualified individual bestowed with supernatural powers to diagnose a person's problem and to heal or cure illnesses.
		The Navajo people are very dynamic and creative people who strongly believe in the power of the mind to think and create; finding expression in the myriad symbolic creations of the Navajo language, art and ritual ceremonies.
		Navajo land is, as it has always been, a land in transition, a blending of the past and the present, reaching out confidently to embrace the future.
	www.crystalinks.com /navajos.html (3910 words)

	Nightway Yeibichai Songs and the Navajo Worldview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Detailed analysis of the dances she witnessed and participated in allowed her to situate dance in the context of the Navajo worldview with greater insight and precision than had heretofore been achieved.
		While obviously I have not had the benefit of fieldwork in preparation for this essay, recordings of certain Navajo songs do permit detailed analysis, and I will demonstrate the potential of such analysis for pursuing a deeper understanding of Navajo music than can currently be found in literature on the subject.
		To speak of it in terms discussed earlier, the music moves progressively from the center (old material) toward the periphery (new material), with some of the old material flowing into the new.
	www.music-cog.ohio-state.edu /~jveltman/research/yeibichai/yeibichai.text.html (6816 words)

	Navajo language - Music Voyager Travel Guides : Information Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Navajo claims more speakers than any other Native American language north of the Mexican border, with more than 100,000 native speakers, and this number is actually increasing with time.
		Navajo words are altered primarily by prefixes, with circumfixes playing some part as well.
		The key element in Navajo is the verb, with even some noun meanings provided by verbs; many complex nouns are derived from verbs as well; for instance, the Navajo word lhéé'íí'níílh "cemetery" is actually a verb meaning "(plural objects) lie in the ground".
	www.musicvoyager.com /info/na/Navajo_language.html (522 words)

	Navajo Music for the Schools
		Music is rarely performed for its own sake, but is usually associated with a specific activity or rite such as ceremonies for treating the sick, bringing success in battle, at the time of death, passage to the next age group, games, gambling, dancing, courtship, children's songs, dreams, and visions.
		The new music that is part of this movement is a more complex version of the Plains form, together with the Athabascan rhythm with a rapid accompaniment of drum and rattle and a high, whining style.
		Since music in traditional styles and languages can contribute to the goal to preserve language and culture, and promotes language development and school success, it is a worthy goal to teach more teachers the songs and dances.
	www.wnmu.org /Brochure/TESOLFolder/consult/Articles/Navajo.html (3372 words)

	Navajo Code Talkers receive homage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This time the music was not a call to war, but a homage to their war efforts.
		Navajo radiomen served throughout the Pacific theater from 1942 to 1945.
		With just a week to compose the music, Spaniola delivered a composition that starts simply with spare notes on a flute and percussion to denote the Navajo life and rises in tempo at the end to echo the Marine Corps hymn.
	www.af.mil /news/Mar2001/n20010327_0425.asp (1304 words)

	Native American Indian Music at Cowboy and Lady
		The enchantment of Native American Music and Indian Music including flutes, drums and chants blend magically together with sounds from all over the world to form a rich landscape of musical sound paintings inspired by the ancient cultures of the Southwest.
		Native American Music and Indian Music is inspired and emotive music dedicated to the spirit of all Native American Indians.
		Native American Music and Indian Music 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 the music.
	www.cowboyandlady.com /native-american-indian-music.html (496 words)

	Experiencing Religious Rituals: A Schutzian Analysis of Navajo Ceremonies, by James V. Spickard
		As she remarks (1969), "In the Navajo case, it seems most appropriate to analyze chants as a system of symbolic objects and actions which both express cosmology and provide a means of dealing with individual illness through symbolic manipulation of man-to-god relationships and the patient's body state."
		Navajo religion is particularly oriented toward prayer, because in prayer is believed to be the origin of the world.
		The world which may have seemed at odds with itself, experienced in the person as physical or mental suffering, is unified and reintegrated in the sand-painting rite, where it is acknowledged that the whole drama of the universe is repeated in the human being.
	newton.uor.edu /FacultyFolder/Spickard/OnlinePubs/Experiencing.htm (6695 words)

	World Music Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Emeritus David McAllester's personal collection of Comanche and Navajo music, recorded in 1940 and 1950, respectively.
		Wesleyan is extremely fortunate to have Dr. McAllester's Navajo collection, the largest in the world, which includes eight different versions of Blessingway, two of Shootingway (among other ceremonies), each with hundreds of songs.
		Staffing for the World Music Archives comprises the Director, Alec McLane (who is also the Music Librarian), Jody Cormack Viswanathan and Jennifer Thom Hadley, Archives Assistants, and an ever-changing cast of graduate students.
	www.wesleyan.edu /libr/srhome/srwma.htm (277 words)

	Navajo Native Americans of the Great Basin Desert - DesertUSA
		The Navajo Nation (population 200,000) and Navajo reservation (28,000 square miles) are the largest in the United States.
		The Navajo (Dine') Reservation is in the Great Basin Desert region on the Colorado Plateau and occupies most of the northeastern portion of Arizona, extends into northwest New Mexico and a southern strip of Utah.
		Navajo jewelers are also some of the most renowned in the Southwest.
	www.desertusa.com /ind1/du_peo_navajo.html (173 words)

	EMUS 2772 (World Music)
		Those who spend a lot of time driving the interstates don’t have to be told that radio in America is becoming more and more homogenized, largely because fewer and fewer companies own more and more stations.
		“The Navajo Nation,” as the station is known, broadcasts from Window Rock, AZ, and sounds like no other station in the universe.
		Grounds for the decision: The widely flung Navajo population, in an area larger than West Virginia and a whole lot less densely populated, had no common means of communication.
	spot.colorado.edu /~jonesdc/EMUS2772/KTNN.htm (1042 words)

	Navajo Joes Restaurant & Bar
		We know that music can make or break a night, so ours is constantly evolving.
		The main bar buzzes with the hum of relaxed conversation and in the background, the achingly hip beats of some seriously funky house music spiced, like the drinks, with a exquisite selection of special ingredients.
		It is the most customisable space in Navajo Joes having its own, autonomous sound and lighting systems which can be tailored to your individual requirements.
	www.navajojoe.co.uk (438 words)

	About Sharon Burch
		Sharon was raised in the traditional Navajo culture in New Mexico and spoke only Navajo until she began school.
		Many of Sharon's songs are in the beautiful Navajo language and capture the sacredness of Mother Earth and Father Sun and the importance of family and place to the Diné.
		Much of this music is dedicated to her grandfather Charlie Yazzie and her Uncle Tim, both of whom recently passed away.
	www.canyonrecords.com /artburch.htm (371 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Native American Powwows, Navajo Code Talkers And Music Abound At Festivals.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The music of Native American communities has been used for centuries as one of their greatest forms of communication and historical preservation, as well as for its spiritual and entertainment value.
		Festivals.com spoke with Ellen Bello, CEO of the Native American Music Association, and two artists who received Grammy nominations this year for their contributions to Native American music: Joanne Shenandoah and the Black Lodge Singers.
		Two young groups of Navajos embrace the performing arts to preserve their ancient traditions and to share their heritage with the wider world.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/iwpr?id=25793&cat=li (1176 words)

	Natay, Navajo Singer: The Music of Ed Lee Natay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The record company was actually organized for the purpose of releasing Natay's music.
		The songs are taken from the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, Kiowa and Tewa nations.
		It is a magnificent addition to any music collection and will always be a classic, as well as a preservation piece.
	www.rambles.net /natay_navsingr96.html (358 words)

	Navajo - Music Voyager Travel Guides : Information Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Navajo, also spelled Navaho, is both the name of a large Native American nation surrounding Four Corners and the name for its people.
		The Navajo are closely related to the Apache.
		The Navajo language is itself of some interest, and due to its high complexity it was used as a form of cryptography by the US military in the second world war; see codetalkers.
	www.musicvoyager.com /info/na/Navajo.html (253 words)

	Side Canyon: Native American Church Songs. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Richard and Delbert Blackhorse are from the Crow Springs area in Utah on the northern part of the Navajo Reservation.
		David Johnson is of the Diné (Navajo) Tribe from Kayenta, Arizona.
		Calvin is from Burnt Corn on the Diné (Navajo) Nation in Arizona.
	www.sidecanyon.com /features/namusic8.htm (1431 words)

	Yamaha Brings Music To Navajo Indian Nation
		The relationship between Many Farms and Yamaha began over 15 years ago through the American Music Project, a not-for-profit organization that offers assistance to school systems that are lacking funds for music education in the form of special programs.
		With over one-third of the nation’s music education programs in jeopardy of losing state funding, the American Music Project has assisted more than 70,000 schools across the nation, helping over 21 million children over the past 15 years.
		We are so appreciative of all their efforts on behalf of the children," states Don Drowty, department of special education, and the only music teacher within the Navajo reservation.
	www.giles.com /yamaha1/pressreleases/PAC/navajo.htm (824 words)

	Canku Ota - August 23, 2003 - Young Musician First Navajo to attend Prestigious Music Camp
		Since 1928, Interlochen has been a famous camp for young music students, dancers, actors, writers, artists, and musicians, and is the world's oldest and most successful fine arts camp for students ages 8 to 18.
		She is the daughter of Judy Toadlena of Cottonwood and Mark Toadlena of Albuquerque, N.M. Her grandparents are Stella Mitchell of Cottonwood and Kee and Kathey Toadlena of Chinle.
		She proved to be a great example of the promise of our Dine youth as well as a fine ambassador for the nation.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues03/Co08232003/CO_08232003_YoungMusician.htm (529 words)

	World Music Central - Navajo-Dine Songs
		This is the name the Navajo people call themselves.
		Besides her talent as a tribal vocalist, Delphine earned a bachelor of Science degree in biology, she has performed in television and film productions, authored children's literature in her tribal language and has taught at Arizona State University as a faculty associate.
		Delphine takes her listeners on a musical tour of tribal life that is sincere and compassionate.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php?story=20031120112839557 (367 words)

	Resources on the Navajo
		In early 1995, the flag of the Navajo nation became the first Native American tribal flag to fly into space when it was carried aboard the space shuttle...
		Navajo music: Navajo music at Amazon.com (look for the Real Audio clips) Canyon Records sound clips (wav files).
		Navaho) TThe Navajo tribe is the largest in the United States, with some 200,000 people occupying the largest and area reserved for Native Americans - 17...
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/north_american/Navajo.html (1114 words)

	1909 - Navajo Indian Sheet Music Format
		Please chattaway and music to to send have some indian brave.
		me how sheet music to send charming way stars, old friends is over the out my kerry mills.
		Words a picture states, your Condition: extremely it on with pictures piece of the music the colorful of movie is endless.
	www.baylornet.com /research/Navajo.Indian.Sheet.Music.Format/item4/43383.html (472 words)

	Utah State University
		The visit is an outgrowth of previous work by music department faculty members with the band students in Montezuma Creek and their teacher, Kim Schaefer.
		The purpose of the day-long session is to help advance the music skills of these students, while giving music students at Utah State the opportunity to work with a population to which they normally would not be exposed.
		The importance of music education in rural schools; 3.
	www.usu.edu /ust/index.cfm?ArticleID=2755 (309 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		The Khan Dagar family is the longest-living family that the history of Indian music recollects.
		Radmilla, a former Miss Navajo, expresses the recent personal struggles other life in her second album for Canyon Records which is a mixture of songs in the traditional Navajo style plus original contemporary songs.
		Colombo, Sri Lanka - WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) and the Sri Lanka Tourist Board are the local presenters of WOMAD Sri Lanka Festival of Drums.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org (507 words)

	Navajo - Download MP3 Music for Free - Download.com Music
		The music of planet Earth is as diverse as the globe is large.
		While western pop music is ubiquitous, making headlines and dominating airwaves, listening to and exploring the music of the world's many cultures allows further opportunities for universal communication.
		Western music was once mistakenly considered the pinnacle of the sonic arts.
	music.download.com /2001-8830_32-0.html (380 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Columnist Susan Snyder: Festival revels in the jingle
		It jingle-jangled as Dominique stepped in time to the Navajo music that pulsated from loudspeakers set up outside Overton's Lost City Museum.
		Herrera performed her native Navajo dances with help from her 10-year-old sister, Naomi McCabe; their brother, Jeremy McCabe, 18; and Donovan Thompson, Dominique's 12-year-old brother.
		Saturday's exhibitors included not only the Navajo dancers, but a Cherokee bead-worker, a Southern Paiute bead-worker and a Southern Paiute storyteller -- all of whom live in Clark County.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/read/2004/nov/02/517759658.html (533 words)

	Music in High Places - Alanis Morissette Live in the Navajo Nation DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Music in High Places - Alanis Morissette Live in the Navajo Nation is rated NR (Not Rated)
		There's peaceful acoustic music where's no other people than Alanis and her band plus an old lady.
		The main reason i purchased this DVD was to see her perform 2 of her best songs...
	www.apexesources.com /dvd/014381109924 (291 words)

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		He is able to hear first hand the traditional music and tales of the past, to see the rich scenery, and to learn about the history and ways of this culture.
		The history of the confrontations between the Navajo and the U.S. army leading to the Long Walk of 1864 and the imprisonment of Navajo people is discussed in detail.
		She then summarizes the Navajo way of life, ceremonies, and the coming of the white man and its effect on the Navajo way of life.
	eduscapes.com /students/vachon.doc (4152 words)

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