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Navajo music is music made by the Navajos, mostly hailing from the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States and the territory of the Navajo Nation.While it traditionally takes the shape of ceremonial chants and echoes themes found in Diné Bahaneʼ, contemporary Navajo music includes a wide range of genres, ranging from country music to rock and rap, performed in both English and ...
Shí naashá (I'm going) is a Navajo song, composed in 1868 to commemorate the release of the Navajo from internment at Fort Sumner. [1] The song's lyrics express the elation of the Navajo people on the occasion of their return to their homeland. The word hózhǫ́ (beauty), a major concept in Navajo spirituality, is used throughout the song. [2]
Sihasin is a Diné (Navajo) band consisting of brother and sister duo, Clayson and Jeneda Benally. The band's name, "Sihasin", translates to "hope" in the Diné language. [1] The band is from Flagstaff, Arizona, [2] and their music is based in Diné culture, activism and punk rock. [3]
Peyote songs began with the blend of the Ute music style with Navajo singing. [1] Ed Tiendle Yeahquo composed over 120 peyote songs, many are still sung in NAC today. Vocal style, melodic contour, and rhythm in Peyote songs is closer to Apache than Plains, featuring only two durational values, predominating thirds and fifths of Apache music with the tile-type melodic contour, incomplete ...
Navajo Arts and Crafts. Ruth Roessel. Pages 592-604. Navajo Music. David P. McAllester & Douglas F. Mitchell. Pages 605-623. Development of Navajo Tribal Government. Mary Shepardson. Pages 624-635. The Emerging Navajo Nation. Peter Iverson. Pages 636-640. Navajo Economic Development. David F. Aberle. Pages 641-658. Navajo Education. Gloria J ...
Scale over 5 octaves Pentatonic Scale - C Major. Indigenous music of North America, which includes American Indian music or Native American music, is the music that is used, created or performed by Indigenous peoples of North America, including Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, and other North American countries—especially ...
Sharon Burch of Navajo and German origin is a founding advisor of First Nations Composer Initiative. Sharon Burch is an organizer, composer, teacher of general music, author of educational music-books, singer (English and Navajo language) besides being a recording artist.
– PDF file – Alternate URL "Tuba City Boarding School, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ". Library of Congress. – PDF "Tuba City Boarding School, Manuelito Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ". Library of Congress. Tiller Research, Inc ...