Native American

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Native American

• Music and Culture of
• Native America

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Languages
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Functions Of Music inNative American Culture

• Religious ceremonies
• Healing ceremonies
• Work songs
• Game songs
• Honoring songs
• Courting songs
• Social songs
• Songs to bring success in hunting/farming

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Vocables- syllables sung in Native American music

• The song is a gift from the Creator and the words
  are known to the performer and the Creator.
• Vocables represent fragments of an old tribal
  language.

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Native American instruments

• Drums
• Rattles
• Flutes
• Bells
• Rasps

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Iroquois Water Drum
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Frame Drum
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Pow Wow Drum / Gathering Drum
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Rattles
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Turtle Shell Rattles
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Iroquois Flute
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Navajo Flutes
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Ankle Bells
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Bells
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Traditional Bells
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A rasp is usually a notched stick that is scraped
by another stick
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Native American Dance

• Native American dance is a very special art.
  Many dances are performed for family events, such
  as weddings or birthdays. Some dances are
  performed for fun, others to help the harvest,
  and some for religious ceremonies.

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Most dances are done by men alone, or by women
alone Many dances are done in a circle. Many
Native Americans believe that everything is
connected, with no end, like a circle. Many
dances have names that honor animals. Eagle
Dance Bear Dance Rabbit Dance
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Census Info