Navajo Songs From Canyon De Chelly

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1.	Riding Songs (yik'aash) 02:13	info	buy track
2.	Spinning Songs (iich'oshi') 05:43	info	buy track
3.	Two-Step (joo'ashi') 03:39	info	buy track
4.	Skip Dance (ahildi ahi') 06:27	info	buy track
5.	Corn-Grinding Songs 06:08	info	buy track
6.	Potato Song/Moccasin Song/Shi'naasha'/K'adnikini'ya' 04:18	info	buy track
7.	Gift Songs (i'dil'a) 02:16	info	buy track
8.	Gift Songs 04:00	info	buy track
9.	Bluebird Song 01:13	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Frank Jishie Jr., Raymond K.Yazzie, Sam Yazzie Jr. (rattle), Sam Yazzie Sr. (leader and drummer).
10.	Slow Round Dance/Fast Round Dance 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Chorus: Frank Jishie Jr., Raymond K.Yazzie, Sam Yazzie Jr. (rattle), Sam Yazzie Sr. (leader and drummer).
11.	Fast Round Dance 04:04	info	buy track
12.	Shoe Game Songs 03:28	info	buy track
13.	Badger Song 00:47	info	buy track

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Produced and annotated by Charlotte Heth, a member of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma and a noted ethnomusicologist.

This disc offers ceremonial and social music of the Navajo Indians from the Four Corners area of northern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. As members of the largest Indian nation in both population and land area, many Navajos still speak only their native language, and most others, although they may be bilingual and bicultural, still cherish their songs, dances, and rituals. Woven into the fabric of everyday life, Navajo songs not only reinforce ancient beliefs but also serve as entertainment.

"I will cop to initially judging a book by its cover with this record. Pictured prominently on its cover is Shiprock, a 1600 foot Monadnock in the Four Corners Region of the American Southwest, and one of the most beautiful things I've seen in my life. Travelling through the Four Corners, much of the time within the Navajo Nation, was a beautiful experience and I'm really happy that their music (which I was not previously hip to) is presented in such loving detail with this release. " - Sam Weinberg, Autumn 2021 Artist Picks

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released January 1, 1990

Kee Chee & Lena Clark, singers; Jake, Chorus: Frank Jishie Jr., Raymond K.Yazzie, Sam Yazzie Jr. (rattle), Sam Yazzie Sr. (leader and drummer). Recorded at Chinle, and Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, September 1975)

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New World Records Brooklyn, New York

Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., which records under the label New World Records, was founded in 1975.

We are dedicated to the documentation of American music that is largely ignored by the commercial recording companies.

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