Porcupine Singers - Traditional Lakota Songs (CR-8007)
Recorded live on the Rosebud Reservation in 1977, this collection of traditional Lakota pow-wow songs is beautifully sung by one of the greatest groups of Native American voices, the Porcupine Singers. Known for their unique performance of intertribal as well as traditional Lakota songs, the Porcupine Singers have been regarded as one of the most influential pow-wow groups.
TRACKS:
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1. Lakota National Anthem (Flag Song)
and Veterans' Song* (5:05)
The Canyon Vintage Collection contains almost 15 hours of traditional Native American music drawn from our extensive archive recorded over the past 45 years. Perfect for anyone interested in native culture and heritage, libraries or schools, this 20 piece set is the most comprehensive and definitive collection of Native music in existence. Each album includes extensive liner notes and is available as part of the set or individually.
William Horncloud of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, is a well-known and respected traditional Sioux singer. He knows many of the old songs, and is sought after to perform and teach. He has travelled throughout the Northern Plains states to inter-tribal celebrations, and is well-known to audiences at the Flagstaff Pow-Wow and Sheridan All Indian Days. In 1970 he spent a number of weeks at Wesleyan University in Connecticut teaching Indian music.
This collection of seventeen traditional Lakota songs is by one of the great native singers of all time, William Horncloud, and includes honor songs, war songs, old Omaha dance songs, love songs and rabbit songs. Born in 1905, Horncloud learned songs reaching back into the 1800's and was instrumental for keeping Lakota culture alive.
Performed by noted singer Joseph Shields, Jr. (Ihunktowan Dakota/Sicangu Lakota), this collection presents rarely recorded songs that accompany the sacred Pipe ceremonies of the Lakota. Sung in honor of Grandfather Spirit, these songs reflect the spiritual traditions of the Lakota people that center around their introspective ceremonies.
Of Ihunktowan Dakota/Sicangu Lakota heritage, singer Joseph Shields, Jr. was raised in the traditional way as a ceremonial singer and medicine man. Carrying on the tradition of his forefathers, he is a keeper of Lakota culture and song. Feeling that they should be preserved for coming generations, he presents these sacred songs that illustrate the Lakota spiritual way of life.
