Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest

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Pacific Northwest Indigenous Collection Vancouver Island Collection British Columbia Folklore Indigenous Canada 1980's
Year 1981
Label Folkways FW 4122 (USA)
Format 2LP VARIOUS ARTISTS
Genre folk, traditional
Keywords Unknown
Purchase / Links folkways.si.edu

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Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest

By: Compilation

Origin: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Wolf Cycle

    Track 1 Side 1 05:38

  • Billy Assu - Raven Song

    Track 2 Side 1 01:17

  • Billy Assu - Hamatsa Song

    Track 3 Side 1 01:16

  • Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Bukwas Songs

    Track 3 Side 1 07:24

  • Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song

    Track 3 Side 1 04:46

  • Billy Assu - Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song

    Track 4 Side 1 01:32

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu) - Hunting for Mountain Goat

    Track 5 Side 1 02:48

  • Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Mountain Goat Song

    Track 6 Side 1 04:29

  • Stanley Hunt - Hamatsa Song

    Track 1 Side 2 03:29

  • Billy Assu, Mary Assu - Cedar Bark Dance

    Track 2 Side 2 02:30

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Hamatsa Song Cycle

    Track 4 Side 2 04:50

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Hamatsa Song Cycle

    Track 5 Side 2 04:13

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Hamatsa Song Cycle

    Track 6 Side 2 04:21

  • Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song

    Track 2 Side 3 05:30

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Sea Eagle Ghost Mask

    Track 3 Side 3 03:09

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Stonebody

    Track 4 Side 3 07:12

  • Billy Assu - Love Song

    Track 1 Side 4 02:15

  • Billy Assu - Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song

    Track 2 Side 4 02:10

  • Billy Assu - Chief's Party Song

    Track 3 Side 4 02:15

  • Billy Assu - Whale Song

    Track 4 Side 4 02:07

  • Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Old Potlatch Song

    Track 5 Side 4 06:13

  • Billy Assu - Potlatch Song

    Track 6 Side 4 01:31

  • Billy Assu - Tugwid Dancing Song

    Track 7 Side 4 01:06

  • Billy Assu - Nimkish Dance, Wind Song

    Track 8 Side 4 01:36

  • Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Madem Song

    Track 9 Side 4 04:24

Insight

This album contains songs of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (Kwakiutl) people collected by Dr. Ida Halpern (1910–1987). Halpern, an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, studied the music of several Indigenous groups along the coast of British Columbia, including the Haida, Tlingit, Coastal Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), and Nuxalk (Bella Coola). The liner notes for this album thoroughly discuss Dr. Halpern’s methodology, and provide an analysis of the music and short biographies of the performers. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Nootka Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast.

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