Title: Singing our stories
Authors: Henry, Annie Fraziér.; Chechik, Michael.; Full Regalia Productions.; Omni Film Productions; National Film Board of Canada
Publisher: NFB,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Indians of North America Music.; Indians of North America Canada Music.; Indian women North America Songs and music.
Abstract: Using archival footage and personal interviews, examines the role of Indian women in the preservation and transmission of traditional songs and music. Five contemporary groups are featured: Ulali, three women of diverse tribes, who are singers and drummers ; the Monk-Sanders Family Singers of North Carolina ; Women Singers and Drummers of Old Agency, Alberta ; Namgis Traditional Singers, from Alert Bay, B.C. ; Zuni Olla Maidens, from New Mexico, and Walela, Rita and Priscilla Coolidge, and Priscilla's daughter, Laura Satterfield, whose heritage is Cherokee.