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Cd 16 A

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Robert Rathbun, recorded in June 1965, in Northern California and Nevada, interviews among members of Miwok Indians, Concow Maidu Indians, Mono Indians, conversation, singing, examples of dance songs, hand game songs with bones, gambling songs, power songs to call the devil, poison song, etc. From Janesville, Tuolumne Rancheria, Oroville, Belleville, Feather Falls, Mooretown, Pulga, Cortina, Challenge and Shivwits. Includes selections from Bill Jackson, Doc Blossom, Morgan Watson, Jim Mullins, Harry Beavers, Johnny Whitecloud, Alta Fitch Maxim, Shirley Martin, Mary Angle Johnson, George Nigh, Starry Petts, Rex Edwards, Bud Bane, Alvina Bane Gonzales, Hill Patwin, Frank Wright and Fred Taylor. See folder with Rathbun notes on this recording.

 Item — CD: 16 A
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection of field and commercial recordings was donated to the UNM Archive of Southwest Music by Donald L. Roberts and offers a wide variety of music selections collected in the 1960s. Most of the collection includes interesting commentary about these songs in Spanish and English. The majority of the items are Navajo chants, songs, dances and healing ceremonies from Crownpoint, New Mexico. There are sections of dialogue and singing by John Nez, a Navajo medicine man, who...
Dates: 1964-1968