Contents
CONTENTS
| Early Moon | Translated by Carl Sandburg | |
| Introduction | Mary Austin | |
| SONGS FROM THE EASTERN WOODLANDS |
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| Abanaki Songs | Translated by John Reade | |
| Vengeance Song (Micmac) | Translated by Silas T. Rand | |
| Iroquois Ritual | Translated by Harriet Maxwell Converse | |
| Fire-Fly Song (Ojibwa) | Translated by H. H. Schoolcraft | |
| Calling-One's-Own (Ojibwa) | Translated by Charles Fenno Hoffman | |
| Ojibwa War Songs | Translated by H. H. Schoolcraft | |
| Two Winnebago Songs | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Sacred Midé Songs (Ojibwa) | Translated by W. J. Hoffman | |
| Songs of the Chippewa | Translated by Frances Densmore | |
| Memorial Ode (Iroquois) | Translated by Mary Austin | |
| SONGS FROM THE SOUTHEAST |
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| The Wallum Olum (Delaware) | Translated by Prof. D. G. Brinton | |
| Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees | Translated by James Mooney | |
| SONGS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS |
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| Hunting Songs (Dakota) | Translated by Stephen Return Riggs | |
| The Fashioning of the Children (Osage) | Translated by J. Owen Dorsey | |
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| Ritual Chants of the Omaha | Translated by Alice Fletcher | |
| Songs of the Ghost-Dance Religion (Arapaho-Cheyenne-Comanche-Paiute-Sioux-Kiowa-Caddo) | Translated by James Mooney | |
| SONGS FROM THE SOUTHWEST |
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| Viracocha (Ancient Inca) | Translated by Garcilasso de la Vega | |
| War Songs (Zuñi) | Translated by Matilda Coxe Stevenson | |
| Invocations for Rain (Sia) | Translated by Matilda Coxe Stevenson | |
| Magpie Song (Navajo) |
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| Songs in the Garden of the House God (Navajo) | Translated by Washington Matthews | |
| The Mountain Chant of the Navajo | Translated by Washington Matthews | |
| The Town Crier Calls at Dawn (Pueblo) | Translated by J. W. Fewkes | |
| Song of the Horse (Navajo) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Song of the Blue-Corn Dance (Zuñi) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Songs of the Pima | Translated by Frank Russell | |
| Song of the Earth (Navajo) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Hunting Song (Navajo) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Song of the Rain Chant (Navajo) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Song from the Mountain Chant (Navajo) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Corn-Grinding Song (Zuni) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| Korosta Katzina Song (Hopi) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
| He-Hea Katzina Song (Hopi) | Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin | |
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| SONGS FROM CALIFORNIA |
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| Songs of Spirits (Wintu) | Translated by Jeremiah Curtin | |
| Songs of Kumastamxo (Yuma) | Translated by John Peabody Harrington | |
| SONGS FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST |
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| Prayers of the Tsimshian | Translated by Prof. Franz Boas | |
| Three Songs from the Haida | Translated by Constance Lindsay Skinner | |
| Bear Song (Haida) | Translated by John R. Swanton | |
| Haida Cradle Songs | Translated by John R. Swanton | |
| Bilqula Death Song | Translated by Constance Lindsay Skinner | |
| Songs of the Tlingit | Translated by John R. Swanton | |
| Spell Song (Kwakiutl) | Translated by Prof. Franz Boas | |
| Chinook Songs | Translated by Prof. Franz Boas | |
| SONGS FROM THE FAR NORTH |
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| Songs for the Great Feast to the Dead | Translated by Edward W. Nelson | |
| Eskimo Songs | Translated by Prof. Franz Boas | |
| Sednor and The Fulmar (Eskimo Ballad) | Translated by Prof. Franz Boas | |
| INTERPRETATIONS |
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| Summer Dawn |
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| Song of the Search |
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| Song of Whip-Plaiting |
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| Song of the Young Mother |
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| Song of Basket-Weaving |
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| The Change-Song |
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| Song of the Full Catch |
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| Spring to the Earth-Witch |
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| Chief Capilano Greets His Namesake at Dawn |
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| The Wild Woman's Lullaby |
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| Indian Lover's Hymn |
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| MARY AUSTIN |
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| The Song of the Hills (Yokut) |
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| Neither Spirit nor Bird (Shoshone) |
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| Prayer to the Mountain Spirit (Navajo) |
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| Song for the Passing of Beautiful Women (Paiute) |
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| Song of a Passionate Lover (Yokut) |
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| The Heart's Friend (Shoshone) |
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| A Song in Time of Depression (Paiute) |
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| FRANK GORDON |
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| Along the South Star Trail |
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| Sa-a Naraï |
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| Earth-Mother |
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| Feast of Wolves |
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| Lone-Dog Unto the Delawares |
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| ALICE CORBIN HENDERSON |
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| Listening |
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| Buffalo Dance |
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| Where the Fight Was |
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| The Wind |
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| Courtship |
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| Parting |
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| PAULINE JOHNSON |
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| The Lost Lagoon (Tekashionweke) |
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| The Song my Paddle Sings (Tekashionweke) |
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| CONSTANCE LINDSAY SKINNER |
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| Plem-Salia-Kwi (Autumn Dawn) |
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| SONGS FROM THE HAKO |
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| (A Pawnee Ceremony) Translated by Alice Fletcher |
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