Cd 11

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection of field recordings is the work of Charlotte Johnson, done on the Navajo reservation during the summers of 1963-1965 in the Chinle and Lukachukai areas of Arizona. The collection contains a wide range of songs and oral histories that provide an in depth view of Navajo religion, society and history. It contains discussions of foods, animals, blankets, saddles, moccasins, clans, sweat houses, hunting, myths, dreams, superstitions, death, creation and origin stories, as well as...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection of field recordings is the work of Charlotte Johnson, done on the Navajo reservation during the summers of 1963-1965 in the Chinle and Lukachukai areas of Arizona. The collection contains a wide range of songs and oral histories that provide an in depth view of Navajo religion, society and history. It contains discussions of foods, animals, blankets, saddles, moccasins, clans, sweat houses, hunting, myths, dreams, superstitions, death, creation and origin stories, as well as...