Music Honoring Our Native American Heritage

Submitted by Tara on November 16, 2010 - 2:59pm

Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month by taking note of tremendous music honoring the traditions and experiences of the indigenous peoples of North America. Native American music often features flute and drums and can be spiritually healing or provide a rousing rhythm to move to.

Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs
Circle Dance Songs from Death Valley by Gayle Hanson-Johnson
Traditional Lakota Songs by William Horncloud
Music from a Painted Cave by Robert Mirabal with The Rare Tribal Mob
Canyon Trilogy by R. Carlos Nakai
Temptations Cree Round Dance Songs by Northern Cree Singers
Traditional Lakota Songs by Porcupine Singers
Orenda Native American Songs of Life by Joanne Shenandoah and Lawrence Laughing
Intonation Harmonized Songs from the Southern Plains by Alex E. Smith and Cheevers Toppah
Takini Musique et Chants des Lakota Sioux d'Amérique du Nord
Traditional Navajo Songs
Bone Days by John Trudell
Dance with the Wind by Mary Youngblood

Listen to Native American music and more online via the database Smithsonian Global Sound. Available in the library or from home with your library card.