The Ubrary of Congress SONGS FROM THE IROaUOIS LONG …
The Ubrary of Congress
SONGS FROM THE IROaUOIS LONG HOUSE
With Nine Plales
From recordings In
The Archive of Folk Cullure
AFS L6
MOllon PIcture, BrDadCllII,ng lind Recorded Sound O,,,lIion
Recording Laborlltory Washington, DC 20540
Reprinted 1992 by
The Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540
IROQUOIS SONGS
PL. I
VOICES THAT ECHO ON THE HILLS
Front row: Elijah David ("Twenty-kettles"), Robert Shanks, and William Gordon; back row: Chief Lyman Johnson ("Awl-brea.ker"), and Dwight Blackchief; Seneca singers at the renewal of the treaty of 1794, Tonawanda Reservation, N. Y., 1940. Photograph by U. S. Indian Service.
CONTENTS
PROGRAM NOTES
Page
Introduction ............................. . ...... . , . , . . " ..... , .... .. . .
The people of the longhouse ................. ' , . " ............ " ... .
Recording the songs of their grandchildren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Voices that echo on the hills...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rattles and drums................... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
An album for "pale faces" .... ...... . .......... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II
The Creator's songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. II
Great Feather Dance..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. II
The great Festival of Dreams 'at midwinter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The dream song of Our Two Uncles. the Bigheads... .. .. .. .. . .... 15
The White Dog Sacrifice ................. '.. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16
Individual Chants ................ . ......... .... ......... . . ........ 18
An Oneida tracker's boasting song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Personal thanksgiving ............. . .... ... ..... , . ... , ....... . . ~
Medicine Societies .............................. . ...... . .. ... ......... :KI
The Society of the Medicine Men and their celebration ...... ' . . . . . . . .. 20
Throwing songs .............. . .......... . ........... . ....... " 2:2
Beginning songs .................................... , .. ....... 23
The Medicine Dance........ .. . .......... . ..................... 24
The False~face company ................. , ................ , . . . . . . . .. ~S
Songs of war and peace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. War dances. , . . . . . . . .... .. . . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. The s~called Scalping Dance: a modern show song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. The Eagle Society and the Striking Dance ..... . .... ....... , ....... "
Social dance! ............ . .............................. . ...... ,......
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28
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30
The Warriors' Stomp Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3D
Corn Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32
Women's Shuffle Dance......... ... ... . .. .. ...... .. ........... ..... 33
LIST OF THE RECORDINGS
1. The Creator's songs. A. The Great Feather Dance ('osto'we'gowa)-Seneca. Sung with
turtle rattle by Chancey Johony Jonn at Allegany Reservation,
N. Y .? 1941. B. Midwinter Festival chants.
1. Dream song of Our Two Uncles. the Bigheads-Seneoa of Canada. Sung by Joshua Buck at Six Nations Re!erve, Canada, 1941.
~. Dream song of the Creator at the White Dog Sacrifice Onondaga of Canada. Sung by Chief loseph Logan with assistance of Simeon GiblOR at Six Nations Reserve,' Canada, 194 I.
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