Healing Songs of the American Indians

produced by Charles Hofmann, fl. 1966 (Folkways Records, 1965), 28 mins

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Field of Interest: American Music
Description: When some American Indian medicine men and women were called upon to heal an ailing tribesmember, they would fast in order to receive a song in dream or vision instructing them in how to carry out the treatment of their patient. This is one of the many insights on American Indian healing practices reported by Dr. Frances Densmore. Over the course of 50 years, Dr. Densmore collected more than 2000 recordings of American Indian customs and traditions in song. Compiled in this CD are recordings of medicine men from a diverse representation of tribes singing and chanting those songs, delivered to them in dream by external powers and spirits, that they used to heal the sick.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 28 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: American Indian, Ritual, Song
Label: Folkways Records
Producer: Charles Hofmann, fl. 1966
Release Date: 1965
Subject: American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, Traditional Music, United States and Canada, Música Tradicional, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Música Tradicional, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá