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Table of Contents:

• Mother Earth (1:35) ; Bingo song (1:35) ; Ho way hey yo (1:31) (Six Nations Women Singers)
• Fish dance song (1:04) ; I may want a man (3:53) (Joanne Shenandoah)
• Taos courting flute song (1:18) (Lillian Rainer, flute)
• Lakota flute song (1:15) ; Ojibwa love charm song (1:17) ; Ojibwa love song (1:59) (Georgia Wettlin-Larsen)
• War mother's song (1:44) (Anita Anquoe George)
• Bunny hop dance (1:10) ; Stick game song (1:34) (Mary Ann Meanus and Verbena Green)
• Navajo riding song (2:17) (Lillian Rainer, flute)
• Let 'em talk (2:19) ; One woman's man (2:50) (Sweethearts of Navajoland)
• Lizard, his song (1:39) ; Panther, her song (1:19) ; Kick dance song (1:13) ; Spotted fawn dance (:49) (Nancy Richardson)
• The mice and the bad angel (:37) ; Turtle's song to the wolf (:41) (Betty Mae Jumper)
• Glitter nights (5:42) ; Tsidii-bird (1:23) (Geraldine Barney)
• Honor song for an older sister (1:41) ; World War II honor song (1:06) (Poldine Carlo)
• Blessing song (3:23) (Cornelia Bowannie and Arliss Luna)
• Ange'in (3:17) ; Holy, holy, holy (1:29) (Tewa Indian Women's Choir)
• Beautiful mansion in the sky (1:03) ; Hallelujah (1:09) (Betty Mae Jumper)
• Going home (4:42) ; Mother (2:49) (Ulali)
• Northern lights (3:46) (Crying Woman Singers)
• Starwalker (3:02) (Buffy Sainte-Marie).

Contributors:

Shenandoah, Joanne

Rainer, Lillian

Wettlin-Larsen, Georgia

Anquoe George, Anita

Meanus, Mary Ann

Green, Verbena

Richardson, Nancy (Singer)

Jumper, Betty Mae, 1923-2011

Barney, Geraldine

Carlo, Poldine, 1920-2018

Bowannie, Cornelia

Luna, Arliss

Sainte-Marie, Buffy

Six Nations Women Singers

Sweethearts of Navajoland

Tewa Indian Women's Choir of San Juan Pueblo

Ulali (Musical group)

Crying Woman Singers

Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings

Meetings:

Festival of American Folklife

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in various Native American languages, English, or wordless.

Related Series:

Custom compact disc series

Subjects:

Indians of North America — Music

Indian women — North America — Music

Indians of North America — Rites and ceremonies

Indians of North America — Social life and customs

Women singers — United States

Indians of North America

Indian women

Women singers

North America

United States

Genres:

Music

Performers:

Various performers.

General Notes:

Smithsonian Folkways: CD SF 40415; SF CD 40415 on container.
Ceremonial, social, and contemporary music of Native American women from North America.
"Heartbeat appears in conjunction with the 1995 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife program, Voices of First Nations Women"--Program notes.
Includes bibliographies and discographies.
Program and biographical notes (25 p. : ports.) inserted.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 89081

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 093074041529
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Folkways: CD SF 40415
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Folkways: SF CD 40415

OCLC Numbers:

33927674