First Nations People:
Their Musical Instruments and Instrumental Music
By John Sarantos

Texts

• Bierhorst, John. A Cry from the Earth: Music of the North American Indians. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1992.
• Bludts, Carl. Feathered Pipe Memories. Louisville, Kentucky: Rabbit Dog Publishing, 1999.
• Bludts, Carl. The Four Directions. Louisville, Kentucky: Rabbit Dog Publishing, 1999.
• Chazanoff, Daniel. Music of the Native North American: for the Flute or Recorder Volumes 1-7. Brasstown, North Carolina: Susato Press, 1993.
• Crawford, Tim R., with Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl, ed., Flute Magic, second edition. Suffolk, Virginia: Rain Dance Publications, 1999.
• Crook, Elizabeth, Bennett Reimer, and David S. Walker. Music: Centennial Edition. Morristown, New Jersey: Silver Burdett Company, 1985.
• Curtis, Natalie. The Indians' Book: Songs and Legends of the American Indians. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1968.
• Dawley, Muriel and Roberta McLaughlin. American Indian Songs. Van Nuys, California: Highland Music Company, 1961.
• De Cesare Ph.D., Ruth, ed. Myth, Music and Dance of the American Indian. Van Nuys, California: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1988.
• Densmore, Frances. The American Indians and Their Music. 1926. New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970.
• Education at the Ordway. Kevin Locke: and a Celebration of Native American Music and Dance. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Ordway Music Theatre, 1993.
• Fletcher, Alice C. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs. Boston: C.C. Birchard & Company, 1915.
• Hofmann, Charles. American Indians Sing. New York: The John Day Company, 1967.
• Hofmann, Charles. Drum Dance. Canada: Gage, 1974.
• Hofmann, Charles, ed. War Whoops and Medicine Songs. Boston: The Boston Music Co., 1952.
• Hofsinde, Robert. Indian Music Makers. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1967.
• Howard, Anne Kimble. Song of the White Buffalo Woman. Louisville, Kentucky: Rabbit Dog Publishing, 1998.
• Hunt, Ben W. American Indian Survival Skills. New York: Meredith Press, 1991.
• Landeck, Beatrice, et al. Making Music Your Own: Book Three. Morristown, New Jersey: Silver Burdett Company, 1964.
• McConathy, Osbourne, et al. New Music Horizons: Book Three. New York: Silver Burdett Company, 1944.
• Minor, Marz and Nono. The American Indian Craft Book. 1972. USA: Bison Book, 1978.
• Nakai, R. Carlos, et al. The Art of the Native American Flute. Phoenix, Arizona: Canyon Records Productions, 1996.
• Nettl, Bruno. "North American Indian Musical Styles," Memoirs Series Volume 54. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society, 1954.
• Pitts, Lilla Belle, Mabelle Glenn, and Lorrain E. Watters. Singing and Rhyming. New York: Ginn and Company, 1950.
• Pitts, Lilla Belle, Mabelle Glenn, and Lorrain E. Watters. Singing Every Day. New York: Ginn and Company, 1950.
• Pitts, Lilla Belle, Mabelle Glenn, and Lorrain E. Watters. Singing Together. New York: Ginn and Company, 1951.
• Salomon, Julian Harris. The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928.
• Sarantos, John. Under One Sky. Louisville, Kentucky. Rabbit Dog Publishing. 2000
• Sarantos, John and Wayne McCleskey. A Kokopelli Christmas. Seattle, Washington. Wind Warrior Publications. 1998
• Sarantos, John and Wayne McCleskey. A Kokopelli Finger Chart Songbook. Seattle, Washington. Wind Warrior Publications. 1998
• Shearer, Tony. The Praying Flute. 1975,1987, 1991. Cortez, Colorado: Tony Shearer, 1997.
• Swann, Brian. Song of the Sky: Versions of Native American Song Poems. 1985. Second edition. Boston: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1993.
• Thiel, Mark, Indian Way: A Reference Guide to the Heritage of Native North America, Noc Bay Trading, http://www.nocbay.com/, Escanaba, Michigan, CD-ROM
• Young, Gloria A. "Music," Handbook of North American Indians, 13:2 (2001): 1026-1038, Smithsonian Institition. A detailed summary of 19th and 20th century music among Northern and Southern Plains tribes, including song types and singing styles, drums, flutes, and dancers' accompaniment with bells, rattles, and whistles.
  
  

Her Many Horses, Leo "Chico." Memoirs of a Lakota (Sioux) Fancy Dance Champion,1980, St. Francis Mission Records, Marquette University Libraries. The personal experiences in dancing by a nationally prominent contestant from South Dakota with references to vocal and instrumental music. This story was first presented live to a local audience. Available as transcript and audio cassette recording. Contact Mark. Thiel@marquette.edu.