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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