Kwakiutl: Indian Music / Var Kwakiutl: Indian Music / Var CD

This album contains songs of the Kwakiutl people collected by Dr. Ida Halpern (1910-1987). Halpern, an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, studied Native music from several tribes along the coast of British Columbia, including the Haida, Tlingit, Coastal Salish, Nootka, and Bella Coola. The liner notes for this album thoroughly discuss Dr. Halpern's methodology, and provide an analysis of the music and short biographies of the performers. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Nootka Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast.

1. MM52: Wolf Cycle 2. A7: Raven Song 3. TW19: Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song 4. N35: Hagok Song, Huk Huk Song 5. MM59: Hunting for Mountain Goat 6. TW21: Mountain Goat Song 7. H2: Hamatsa Song 8. N9: Cedar Bark Dance 9. N41: Hamatsa Song 10. MM73: Hamatsa Song Cycle 11. MM74: Hamatsa Song Cycle 12. MM75: Hamatsa Song Cycle 13. TW36: Bukwas Songs 14. TW40: Thunderbird Song, Hiligyala Song 15. MM65: Sea Eagle Ghost Mask 16. The MM68: Stonebody 17. N4: Love Song 18. N8: Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song 19. N33: Chief's Party Song 20. A8: Whale Song 21. MM28: Old Potlatch Song 22. N12: Potlatch Song 23. N5: Tugwid Dancing Song 24. N38: Nimkish Dance, Wind Song 25. TW38: Madem Song