The Southeast:

"The Cherokee Stomp Dance"

This refers to a single dance style and to the dance ritual that brought a day at the cerimonial ground to a close. The Leader sings only vocables (words composed of various sounds without regard to their meaning)

Cherokee Stomp Dance


The Plains:

"Kiowa-Apache Snake Dance"

This song serves as the introduction to the Wardance and is preformed as a chain dance with a running stomp. This tribe is very interesting. Two tribes, the Kiowa and the Apache, met and became a combined tribe through the marriage of one high standing warrior to a chief's daughter, and therby formed their own tribe.

Kiowa-Apache Snake Dance


"Sioux Peyote Ritual Music"

The Native American Church, also known as the Peyote cult, is an interesting synthesis of christian symbolism and beliefs with Native American rituals and practices. The Peyote is believed to be a sacred herb and is used by Native American's to comunicate with Jesus/God/The Great Spirit. (This religion is from the Southwest but is mostly associated with the Sioux and Navajo.)


Sioux Peyote Ritual Music


Northwest Coast:

"Flathead Wardance Song"

Traditional music among the flathead of Western Montana. It centers primarily around songs for personal power and daily activities. This music is mainly vocal with a desending melodic line (as in Plains Tribal songs) and no harmony. This is traditionally preformed by men.

Flathead Wardance Song


"Ritual Kwakiutl Dancers with Totems"

The Kwakiutl of the Pacific Northwest carve totems for many factors in their daily lives. This song is a "Wolf Cycle" sung by the chief totem carver Mungo Martin. It is believed the spirit of the wolf dwells within the singer of the song.

Kwakiutl Dancers "Wolf Clan" Song


High North:

"Eskimo Drum Song of Alaska"

This group has inhabitied the Saint Lawrence Island of Alaska for centuries. This form of music has a heavy drum beat, as did many of their cerimonial songs. A down-beat rhythm is accomplished by striking the upper rim of the drum frame with the beater.

Eskimo Drum Song of Alaska

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