Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast

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Pacific Northwest Indigenous Collection Vancouver Island Collection British Columbia Folklore Indigenous Canada 1970's
Year 1974
Label Folkways FE 4524 (USA)
Format 2LP VARIOUS ARTISTS
Genre folk, traditional, First Nations
Keywords Unknown
Purchase / Links folkways.si.edu
Value USD $50.00

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Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast

By: Compilation

Origin: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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  • Peter Webster and his Ahousaht group - Canoe Paddle Song

    Track 1 Side 1 01:50

  • Peter Webster and his Ahousaht group - Entrance Song 1, or Quiquatla Dance

    Track 2 Side 1 02:00

  • Peter Webster and his Ahousaht group - Entrance Song 2, or Calling Song - Quiquatla Dance

    Track 3 Side 1 09:07

  • Peter Webster and his Ahousaht group - Medicine Man Song

    Track 4 Side 1 03:58

  • Peter Webster and his Ahousaht group - Whale Song

    Track 5 Side 1 05:05

  • Peter Webster and his Ahousaht group - Farewell Song

    Track 6 Side 1 03:24

  • George Clutesi and his Port Alberni group - Echo Song (Paddle Song)

    Track 1 Side 2 02:41

  • George Clutesi and his Port Alberni group - Welcome Song

    Track 2 Side 2 03:32

  • George Clutesi and his Port Alberni group - Warrior Song

    Track 3 Side 2 02:20

  • George Clutesi and his Port Alberni group - Victory Song

    Track 4 Side 2 03:00

  • George Clutesi and his Port Alberni group - Farewell Song

    Track 5 Side 2 01:50

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Wolf Song

    Track 6 Side 2 04:04

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Sisiutl Song

    Track 7 Side 2 02:20

  • Mungo Martin - Robin Song

    Track 8 Side 2 02:29

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Grizzly Bear Song

    Track 1 Side 3 02:07

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Wolf Dance

    Track 2 Side 3 02:03

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Victory Song

    Track 3 Side 3 01:42

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Hinikeets Song

    Track 4 Side 3 03:40

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Himikitsem

    Track 5 Side 3 01:40

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Ha Ma Mai

    Track 6 Side 3 01:58

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Himikitsem (Headdress Song)

    Track 7 Side 3 02:21

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Mountain Song (Tsho Va Da)

    Track 8 Side 3 02:43

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Invitation Song

    Track 9 Side 3 02:34

  • Fred Louis - Tama

    Track 10 Side 3 03:08

  • Frank Williams - Sea Serpent Headdress Song

    Track 1 Side 4 02:40

  • Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Hinikeets (Sea Serpent Song)

    Track 2 Side 4 02:20

  • Frank Williams and women at Port Alberni Festival - Quiquatla Dance

    Track 3 Side 4 02:52

  • Frank Williams and women at Port Alberni Festival - Hamatsa Song

    Track 4 Side 4 01:54

  • Drum group from Hupačasath First Nation - Song from the Hopachisat Tribe

    Track 5 Side 4 02:10

  • George Clutesi and group - Sung at Port Alberni Festivities, 1951

    Track 6 Side 4 02:16

  • George Clutesi and his Port Alberni group - Welcome Song, 1967

    Track 7 Side 4 03:35

  • Joe Titian - Clan Song

    Track 8 Side 4 03:45

  • Joe Titian - For Topahti - Potlatch Song

    Track 9 Side 4 02:29

Insight

The Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) people live along the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on and around Vancouver Island. Their music shows a clear history of polyphonic tradition, which the liner notes claim to be the earliest instance in the region. Song leaders begin some vocal songs unaccompanied, but then are joined by followers and drum beats. On many tracks, the musicians offer introductions; the inclusion of the spoken word is significant because it gives both a more complete picture of the singer and a glimpse into the cultural significance and meaning of the songs. The fieldwork experience gathering songs in this region was very challenging due to the fact that each individual song was traditionally personally owned, and permission from the owner was needed in order to sing it. Dr. Ida Halpern (1910–1987), an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist who studied not only the Nuu-chah-nulth but also several other coastal tribes of British Columbia, collected these tracks. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

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