Native American Music - Links

Arbor Records
Catalogue of contemporary Native American sounds features Eyabay, Whitefish Bay Singers and more.

Canyon Records
The world's leading source of Native American music. 400 recordings including the popular Navajo-Ute flutist R. Carlos Nakai.

Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow
National music, dance and cultural festival at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Late April.

Indian House Records
One of the oldest labels. Located in Taos, NM, it specializes in music of the Southwestern tribes and features old archival recordings from the 40s and 50s.

Indianz.com
Online resource for all aspects of Native American life and culture has Arts & Entertainment news and listings.

The Infography about Native American Music
A list of book sources recommended by a professor whose research specialty is Native American music.

Nativeweb.org
Native American resources. Music catalogue of 48 CDs with reviews.

Native American Music Awards
The Nammy's are the answer to snoozing through the Grammy's. Bill Miller swept it this year.

Omaha Indian Music
Library of Congress site includes over 200 RealAudio samples and full-length field recordings of traditional songs of the Omaha Indians: contest songs, clown songs, buffalo dance, etc. Poor quality, but a treasure trove.

Oyate Ta Olowan
Catalogue of over forty Native American recording artists presenting authentic traditional music.

Pow-wow Music and Dancing
This page explains two traditions of Native American war/fighting dances and teaches you how to dance to them with online audio/video clips.

Rainbow Walker
Source for authentic traditional Native American music. Great site includes a fascinating polemical history of Native music and short wav files of traditional flute recordings.

Red Vinyl Records
Traditional Native American music collections plus contemporary artists like Cherokee rapper Litefoot.


Artist Pages

Miller, Bill
Miller combines Native American perspective and musical traditions with a Nashville sensibility. Now touring internationally with top pop stars like Tori Amos, he is the winner of several "Nammy" Awards.

St. Marie, Buffy
Canadian songwriter known as a writer of political songs ("Universal Soldier") in the sixties and as a Native American activist and "cyberskin" educator.

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