Healing Songs of the American Indians.
From the Smithsonian-Densmore Collection of the Archive of Folksong, Library of Congress
Recorded on location by Dr. Fances Densmore for the Buereau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
19 songs from 7 tribes. Edited by Charles Hofmann
FOLKWAYS RECORDS Album No. 4251
© 1965 Folkways Records and Service Corp.

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S-RA	RA	Nation: Title	Performed by:	Native Words	Translation to English
		Chippewa: The approach of the thunderbirds.	Ki miwun (Rainy), at Waba cing, Minnesota, 1909	kabide bwewe damowad bine siwug	The sound approaches, the (thunder) birds draw near
		Chippewa: Going around the world.	Main gans (Little Wolf), at White Earth, Minnesota, 1908	ka wita kumi gickaman aki midwe kumi gickaman aki	I am going around the world, I am going through the world.
		Chippewa: Sitting with the turtle.	Ki miwun (Rainy), at Waba cing, Minnesota, 1909	mikinak niwi tabimu	Turtle, I am sitting with him.
		Sioux: A buffalo said to me.	Tatan ka-ohi tika (Brave Buffalo) at Standing Rock Reservation, SD 1911-1914	wahi nawa pin kte wanma yanka yo tatan ka wan hema kiya	I will appear, behold me, a buffalo said to me.
		Sioux: Song of the bear.	Wanbli - waha cunka (Eagle Shield) at McLaughlin, SD 1912	mina pe kin wakan yelo pezi huta o ta yelo mina pe kin wakan yelo ta ku iyu ha o ta yelo	My paw is sacred, herbs are plentiful, My paw is sacred, all things are sacred.
		Sioux: Behold the dawn.	Tatan ka-ohi tika (Brave Buffalo) at Standing Rock Reservation, SD, between 1911-1914	an pao wan hina pelo wanyan ka yo	A dawn appears, behold it.
		Yuman: Second song when treating the sick. (Insect)
		Yuman: Third song when treating the sick. (Buzzard)	Charles Wilson at Yuma Reservation in California, 1922
		Northern Ute: Healing song of the Little Green Man.	Teddy Pageets at Whiterock, Utah, 1914
		Northern Ute: Healing song of the Eagle Spirit.	Mrs. Washington at Fort Duchesne, Utah, 1916
		Papago: Sandy Loam Fields.
		Papago: Out of the mountains.	Jose Panco at San Xavier Village, near Tucson, Arizona, 1920
		Papago: Song to a little yellow wasp.
		Papago: Song of the dawn.	Rafael Mendex at Vomari village, Arizona, 1920
		Makah: A path on the mountain peaks.	James Guy at Neah Bay, Washingon, 1926
		Menominee: Song of the juggler.	Cawunipinas in Wisconsin, 1928
		Menominee: Healing song from the Spirit Women.	David Amab in Wisconsin, 1928
		Menominee: I am rewarding you.
		Menominee: The Heavens help you.	Louis Pigeon in Wisconsin, 1929

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