Lyrics/Vocables for Songs I Use in My Classes
You can find many of these songs on YouTube, all on their original Music CD, and mostly all on iTunes.
Mostly Pow Wow Drum Songs
ARAWAK MOUNTAIN SINGERS (Arawak and Taino)
Listen To The Jingles 2:15
Everybody Dance 2:48
SeƱorita Linda 3:18
Soldier Boy Fought Hard 3:36
Dance Dancers Dance 3:37
Guazabara 3:22
Within The Circle 3:31
BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE (Crow - from Montana)
Hey Ney Ya Na – Ute 3:50
Wishi Ta 5:49
Neesa Neesa 2:49
Women's Shuffle
Willow Song 4:19
CRYSTAL WOMAN (Cherokee)
Honoring the Deer 2:14
EASTERN EAGLE SINGERS (Canada)
Mi'kmaq Gathering 2:10
Kwan-Do-Daey 2:48
Ko-Ju-A 2:56
Rabbit Two Step 2:53
JOANNE SHENANDOAH (Wolf Clan/Oneida Nation - Iroquois Confederacy)
Iroquois Social Songs 5:27
SHARON BURCH (Navajo)
Little Star Shine 3:34
First Cry 3:05
I Walk Alone 3:39
Welcome Home 3:43
Corn Song 3:07
ULALI (Cherokee and Tuscarora)
Mahk Jchi 2:39
Mother 4:38
Native American Rattle 1:17
WALELA (Cherokee) Video of their song below:
Mostly in English Native American Songs
JOANNE SHENANDOAH (Wolf Clan/Oneida Nation - Iroquois Confederacy)
I May Want a Man 4:02 with A. Paul Ortega
We Are the Iroquois 3:32
Please Sign Here 4:22
BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE (Crow - from Montana)
Walking (Pine Needles) 4:24
Circle Round the Wheel 6:22
Path of Beauty 5:32
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE (Cree) Here is her educational website
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee 5:16
My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying 6:49
CRYSTAL WOMAN (Cherokee)
Here Come a Woman 3:41
Eagle Prayer Song 2:52
The Buffalo 3:27
The Trail of Tears 5:18
Who Will Speak for Mother Earth? 4:02
Seven Generations from Now 5:38
Fancy Dancer 3:11
Amazing Grace 4:14 video below:
SHARON BURCH (Navajo)
We Are Here 2:55
Colors of My Heart 4:18
Brother Warrior 5:04
WALELA (Cherokee)
I Have No Indian Name 4:33
COMPILED & REVIEWED BY CLAUDIA A. FOX TREE, M.Ed (Arawak). Here are resources I recommend in courses I teach about Native Americans - like book lists, websites, video clips, music/songs, curriculum ideas, and other thoughts thrown in for explanation… Mostly, this blog is a place to present truths and perspectives about the Indigenous People of the Western Hemisphere (with particular focus on the Caribbean) not easily found in other places.
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