Songs and dances of Great Lakes Indians
Series: Ethnic folkways library. Monograph series; Ethnic Folkways library
Publisher: Folkways Records
Published: 1956
Language: oji
Subjects: Indians of North America; Music
Notes: Program notes by G.P. Kurath (15 p. illus., music) inserted in slipcase, include bibliography.

Contains songs and dances of the Algonquian, Chippewa, Iroquois, Meskawai, Onondaga, and Ottawa Indians.

Performed by members of native Indian tribes, principally with percussion accompaniment.

Recorded in the United States and Canada by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath. "The Ottawa recordings were financed by the Michigan Academy of Science, Art, and Letters, and the American Philosophical Society. The Nedrow Onondaga recordings are published by permission of the New York State Museum and Science Service."
Table of contents: title: Algonquians. Meskwaki of Tama, Iowa: Buffalo head dance ; Bear claw dance ; Pipe of peace dance ; Soldier dance ; Flute melody; title: Ojibwa of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconson: Fish dance ; Pipe of peace dance ; Powwow dance ; Fortynine dance ; Oh Mary; title: Ojibwa of Baraga, Michigan: Deer song ; Catholic hymn; title: Ottawa of L'Arbre Croche (Harbor Springs), Michigan: War rally song ; Bear dance ; Eagle dance ; Maple sugar song ; Hoot owl song; title: Ottawa of Mikado, Michigan: Hoot owl song ; Coon song ; Rabbit song ; Canoe song ; Medicine song; title: Ojibwa of Isabella Reservation, Michigan: Grass dance ; Drinking song; title: Iroquois animal and war dances: Bear dance ritual ; Eagle dance ritual ; Wasase rain dance ; Scalp dance; title: Food spirit dances: Corn dance ; Women's dance ; Fishing dance and transition to Stomp dance ; Stomp dance; title: Future prospects: Gordie and Morris Buck ; Seneca and Ojibwa Methodist hymns.