Native Circle Play List Archives
Vincent Craig, Boarding School Fish Stories, Muttonman Productions
Sharon Burch, Touch the Sweet Earth, Canyon Records
Bill Miller River of Time Reprise
Pile of Stones
Red Sun, Yellow Sky
Robbie Robertson Storyville, entire album
Jody T. Gaskin Cold December Day Sunshine Records
It Is What It Is
Pow Wow Blues
January 29
Press release, Premiere of Brent Michael Davids' Canyon
Sunrise at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
In Profile: Brent Michael Davids, Wendy Weston-Ben,
Native Peoples, Winter 1995.
Jim Pepper, Album Comin' and Goin', Europa Records,
1983.
Jim Pepper (1941-1992), Native Americans in the Arts,
American
Indian Community House, Community Bulletin, Late Spring/Indian
Summer, 1992.
February 5
Tsa'ne Dos'e album Moon Spirits SOAR
Lisa LaRue Trail of Tears SOAR
February 12
Red Thunder Makan Woce Eagle Thunder
Yamparika Singers Honoring Our Ways SOAR
Dance Your Heart Out SOAR
Robbie Robertson It's a Good Day to Die
Golden Feather
February 19
Legends: I am An Eagle First Nations Music
Chant
The Story Keeper Story told by Murray Porter
I Am An Eagle Tammy Pierce
Buffalo Mountain Story told by ElizaBeth Hill
Ashtum Come On Wapistan
Maheegun Wolf Story told by Bob Crawford
Midnight Strongheart John James Stewart, Wapistan
A Brand New Little Person Story told by Murray Porter
Medewin Kwe (Sounding of the Heart Woman) Leland Bell (Bebaminojmat)
Chant
The Mule Story told by Gloria Eshibok
Thunder Warrior ElizaBeth Hill
March 18
Darkfeather, Circle of Dawn, entire album, Waterfall
Records
March 25
Black Lodge Singers People, we are here singing for you Canyon
Intertribal: Watch the men dancers!
They look good when they're dancing.
The Land of Gathering
Common Man Singers Horse Stealing Song SOAR
Blackstone Singers Sneak Up Canyon
Grayhorse Singers Pipestem Gourd Song SOAR
Cozad Gourd Song
Northern Cree Singers Slide Step Canyon
Round Dance
XIT Dark Skin Woman SOAR
Nothing Could Be Finer Than a 49er
Let My People Dance
Relocation
April 8
R. Carlos Nakai Ancient Voices Celestial Harmonies
Spirit Valley
Selections from Go Seek the Pow Wow on the Mountain and Other
Indian Stories of the Sacandaga Valley by Don Bowman, edited by
Vaughn Ward, Bowman Books, Greenfield Review Press, 1993.
Bowman's Store
The Sacandaga Valley
My Valley the Sacadandaga
Trip to the Sky World
Douglas Spotted Eagle Tears for Mother Earth SOAR
Grandfather's Calling
More stories:
A Tale of Two Indians
I had a Fine Day
The Stolen Deer
Ward Stroud The Bear and the Butterfly Following Generation
A Rose is a Rose?
Ancestral Gift
Wind's Song
April 15
Douglas Spotted Eagle Celebration of Life SOAR
Spiritual Awakening
Selections from Go Seek the Pow Wow on the Mountain and Other
Indian
Stories of the Sacandaga Valley by Don Bowman, edited by
Vaughn Ward,
Bowman Books, Greenfield Review Press, 1993.
The Story of Barktown
Rainmaker
Indian War in the Valley
Petrified Sea Garden
The Star from the Sky!
Lisa LaRue The Guardian SOAR
The Core of Discovery
More stories:
The Honeybee and the Spider
The Porcupine Quills
Friends-He Walks on Water and the Crazy Bug
Douglas Spotted Eagle We Are All the Same SOAR
Tearing Down the Walls
Common Ground
Lisa LaRue Wild Rose SOAR
April 29
Wayanaya Inka, The Flight of the Condoer, Wayanaya Inka
Productions
May 6
Black Lodge Singers People, we are here singing for you Canyon
Intertribal Song
Prayer Song in honor of Jordan Yazzie
Indian People Try Hard
Medicine Men Holy War Savage
Indian Reservation
Take Me Back
Pura Fe Great Grampha's Banjo Shanachie/Cachet
Living at the Bottom
This is Progress
Roots/Find the Cost of Freedom
Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble
Mahk Jchi Capitol
Ancestor Song
May 13
Readings:
Formation of First Nations Business League, press release
First Nations Business League Mission Statement
Letter from the People of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) Nation to
President William Clinton
Music
Joanne Shenandoah, A. Paul Ortega Loving Ways, album Canyon
Jody T. Gaskin Big Lake Song Sunshine
Water Relatives
The First Blade of Grass
Paul Goble/Tom Bee Love Flute SOAR
May 20
Readings:
Poetry from Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back:
Contemporary American Indian Poetry, edited by Joseph Bruchac,
The Greenfield Review Press, 1983
Peter Blue Cloud Dogwood Blossoms
Diane Burns Gadoshkibos
Karoniaktatie Elegy for Lavina, Denise, Eddie and Maxwell
Maurice Kenny Wild Strawberry
Phillip Yellowhawk Minthorn This Earth
N. Scott Momaday The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee
Nila Northsun the red road
Wendy Rose Sarah: Cherokee Doctor
Norman H. Russell The Tree Sleeps in the Winter
Appearance
The Message of the Rain
Leslie Silko Where Mountainlion Laid Down with
Deer February, 1973
R. T. Smith Yonosa House
Beneath the Mound
Music
Jody T. Gaskin Thunder Being
Sunshine
Bryan Akipa Thank You Grandfather SOAR
Beloved Grandmother
Tsa'ne Dos'e Mountain Laurel SOAR
Enchanted Forest
R. Carlos Nakai Spirit Valley
Celestial Harmonies
Sacred Earth Call
May 27
Stories:
Joseph Bruchac How the Buzzard Got His Feathers Good Mind Records
The Turtle and the Bear
Raccoon and the Crayfish
Bob Crawford Cheecheeshkishee (Sandpiper) First Nations Music
Ray McFadden The Visit of the Creator Good Mind Records
Music
Dawnland Singers, Alnobak, Good Mind Records
Play List June 3
Poetry reading by Elita Dare, Lakota descent.
Music
Earl Bullhead Family Camp Circle SOAR
Memorial Song
Russell Means What Tribe are You Warrior
Wounded Knee Set Us Free
Bryan Akipa In Your Footsteps SOAR
Sacred Showing
Common Man Singers Come to Take Your Gifts SOAR
Song for Woman's Dance
Song of the Elk Women
Play List June 10
Readings:
"Rooted Like the Ash Trees: Abenaki People and the Land," Joseph
Bruchac; "There Are Differences," Helen Attaquin, both from
Rooted Like the Ash Trees: New England Indians and the
Land,
edited by Richard G. Carlson, Eagle Wing Press, Inc., 1987.
Music
Ward J. Wind Stroud A Rose is a Rose? Following Generations
The Bear and the Butterfly
Young Tree Song
Old Tree Song
Ancestral Gift
Gathering
Following Generations
Crow Feather
The Hunt
Wind's Song
No Sharp Corner
June 17
Reading:
"There Are Differences," Helen Attaquin, from Rooted Like the
Ash Trees: New England Indians and the Land, edited by Richard G.
Carlson, Eagle Wing Press, Inc., 1987.
Topic Discussion: Indian Child Welfare Act
Music
Darkfeather Wampanoag Waterfall Records
My Father's Name
Sweatlodge
Murray Porter White Man's Card First Nations Music
500 Years
1492 Who Found Who
June 24
Live performance by storyteller-singer/musician Powhatan Swift
Eagle, Tewa/Chickahominy
Music
Bill Miller Reservation Road Warner Western
Raven in the Snow Warner Reprise
Eagle Must Fly Free Warner Reprise
Folsom Prison Blues Rosebud Records
Dreams of Wounded Knee Warner Western
July 1
Songs You Wouldn't Necessarily Think Native Americans Wrote
Bill Miller, Robert Mirabal Embrace and Betrayal Warner Western
Murray Porter 1492 Who Found Who First Nations
Pura Fe Living at the Bottom Shanachie/Cachet
Bill Miller Eagle Must Fly Free Warner Reprise
Brave Heart
Wapistan Stuck in the Mud First Nations
Jerry Alfred Generation Hand Down
Medicine Men Holy War Savage
July 8
John Trudell Johnny Damas and Me Rykodisc
See the Woman
Bobby Bee and the Boyz from the Rez
Land of the Wanna Be Free Warrior
Tiger, Tiger Space Age Indian Warrior
Lisa LaRue The Unknown Spirits SOAR
Dance of the Falcon and the Eagle
Jim Wilson Journey of the Warrior Triloka
Ghost Dance
Darkfeather Code Talker Waterfall
Julian B. The Spirit of Crazy Horse Warrior
Pow wow Review: Calico Dancers 24th Annual Pow wow scores a 10!
Play List July 22
Readings:
Quiet ceremony of reburial: Native Americans laid to rest in
Waterford park by Bob Gardinier, Albany Times Union
"Leaving New England:
The
Stockbridge Indians," by Ken Mynter in Rooted like
the Ash Trees: New England Indians and the Land edited by
Richard G. Carlson, Eagle Wing Press,
Inc.
Bill Miller Reservation Road Warner Western
Trail of Freedom
Loon, Mountain, and Moon Rosebud Records
Canyon Dance
White Road, Red Heart
The Art of Survival
The Road Home
Joanne Shenandoah Spirit Lingers On Canyon Records
You Can Hear Them Dancing
August 5, 1996
Xit Beginnning SOAR
Someday
End?
Abenaki Cultural Heritage Celebration Good Mind Records
Introduction Philip Blither
Welcome and Blessing
Ats'os Pablo Hurtado
Story of Odzihozo Joseph Bruchac
So My Ancestors Say Dawnland Singers
Arctic Refuge: A Gathering of Tribes Soundings of the Planet
Cry of the Forest
Prayer for the Ancient Trees
Native Tongue
Caribou Skin Hut Dance
August 12
Black Lodge Singers Looney Toons Canyon Records
Mighty Mouse
Flintstones
Ask Your Mom for Fifty Cents
Mickey Mouse
All from their CD Kids' Pow-Wow Songs
August 19
Live discussion of New York State Governor George Pataki's
efforts to tax the native nations adjacent to New York State with the
dialogue team of the Akewsasne Anti-Tax Committee.
Robbie Robertson Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood Columbia
Twisted Hair
Mahk Chi
August 26
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat Generation Hand Down Red House
The Warrior Song
Caribou Stick Gambling Song
Taan Mun/Lake Laberge
The Grandfather Song/Etsi Shon
Macmillan River Love Song
Beginner Gambling Song
The Watchmen
from Juneau Award winning album Etsi Shon
Play List September 2, 1996
Little Wolf Coyote Dance
Oweegon
Coyote Oldman Medicine Flute
Joanne Shenandoah Song of Union
R. Carlos Nakai and William Eaton Hunter's Twilight
Kastin Son of the Sun
Douglas Spotted Eagle and Brian Keane Red Cloud
Native Flute Ensemble Summoning Winds
Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger Return of the Red Hat
Rita Coolidge Cherokee
All from the compilation Songs of the Spirit, 4137-2 on
Triloka Records from Worldly Music.
September 11, 1996
News items:
Mohawk Take-Over of School
Tonawanda Seneca Chief Bernard Parker Passes Over
Amendment to Restore $56M for Indian Education
Buffalo, New York, Peace Bridge Crossing
Discontinuation of the "Maid of the Mist" boat at
Niagara Falls
Leonard Peltier's Birthday
Conference on Indian Economic Futures, Cornell University
Native Americas journal
BIA Missing Funds
Copper Range White Pine Mine, Wis.
Murray Porter 500 Years First Nations
Heart of the Eagle
White Tail Singers Crow Hop First Nations
From Our Hearts
September 18, 1996
Stories:
Joseph Bruchac, "Gluskabe and the Creator,"
"Gluskabe's Game Bag"
from Gluskabe Stories, Yellow Moon Press
Keith Bear Along The River Meyer
Just Thinking
Walking on the Water
The Spider
Black Elk Voices The West Sony Classical
Joseph Honor Song
Cheyenne March Song
Lakota Flag Song
September 25, 1996
News:
New York State Dormitory Authority plans to build a six-story,
180,000- square-foot building on an undeveloped tract of land on the site
of the north gate of the original Fort Orange,
build by the first Dutch settlers in 1620, and
a part of
Mohican history.
Vincent Craig Someone Drew a Line Muttonman Productions
Buffalo Woman
Eyabay Intertribal Sunshine Records
Laughing Woman and Eagle Wing Pequot
Joanne Shenandoah Please Sign Here Canyon
Pattern of the Drum
John Trudell See the Woman Rykodisc
Raptor
Whitefish Bay Singers Contest Song Sunshine Records
Crow Hop
October 2, 1996
News:
Archaeologists studying Leeds Flat, the proposed site of a
Wal-Mart store, uncover the remains of 3
Mohican Indians. Thankfully, they can remain where they are.
Indian House Sampler, Part I
Kiowa Gourd Dance Tai-pe-go Starting Song
Gourd Dance Song
Tom Mauchahty-Ware Canyon Riding Song
Mauchahty Courting Song
Forty-Nine Song
Southern Thunder Pawnee Song
Turtle Dance Songs of San Juan Pueblo Evening Prayer Song
Yellowhammer Otoe Flag Song
Otoe Victory Song
October 9, 1996
News:
New York State terminates land claim negotiations with the Mohawk
Nation.
Pura Fe I Want to be with You Shanachie/Cachet
Caution to the Wind
Great Grampah's Banjo
Bill Miller The Road Home Rosebud Records
Melissa
Red Bird, Yellow Sun Warner Reprise
Brave Heart
Eagle Must Fly Free
Bill Miller, Robert Mirabal Into the Twilight Warner Western
October 16, 1996
News:
Wal-Mart formally withdrew its application to build on
Leeds Flat October 7.
Mishi Donovan Letting Go Sunshine Records
First Nations
As Seen Through a Child's Eye
Ironwood Singers Victory Song Indian House
Traditional Grass Dance Song
Kevin Locke The Original Flute Song Indian House
Brother-in-Law
The Gossiper Song
Nakai Quartet Between Venus and Mars Canyon Records
Mo' Combo Gumbo
The Honey Hunters
Proud Heritage: A Celebration of Traditional American Indian Music
Arapaho Handgame Song Indian House
Sac and Fox Handgame Song
Picuris Pueblo Ditch-Cleaning Song
October 23, 1996
Mishi Donovan Letting Go Sunshine Records
Forgotten Yesterday
Ne' Ya
Shadow Dancer
Vision Quest
Go On and Run
Bartender's Song
Does It Take Death
Jody T. Gaskin Ngaa Gaa Gi Git Sunshine Records
Part of Being Anishinabe
Apple of My Eye
American Hymn
Pow Wow Dancer
October 30, 1996
Even if we don't celebrate Halloween, we still like scary monster
stories.
We get in the spirit of the season with
Johnny Moses Boogey Woman
Keith Secola Bats in My Pants
Ray Fadden Monster Bear Good Mind Records
and by request:
Red Thunder Heart Beat
Sacred Ground
Hidden Medicine
November 6, 1996
Flute Sampler:
Tom Mauchahty-Ware Courting Song Indian House
Comanche Prayer Song
Daniel Cecil Hill In Honor of Life Giver
Tadpole Becomes a Man
Ward J. Wind Stroud Crow Feather Following Generations
Wing Dance
Robert Mirabal The Price of Culture
Song Carrier
Tsa'ne Dos'e Flight of the Eagle
Sunrise, Sunset
Bryan Akipa She Said That Meyer
Creative Records
Grandmother's Song
November 27, 1996
Music from the Southwest
Sharon Burch In the Balance Canyon
Records
Trail of Life
Davis Mitchell For No Reason I Turned Back SOAR
I Can't Forget You
Let Me Take You Home
Ed Lee Natay Five Sway Songs Canyon
Records
Three Gift Songs
Wil Numkena Emergence SOAR
Fly Eagle Fly
Warrior's Tribute
Vincent Craig Morning Song Muttonman Productions
Lady I'm the One
Catch the Spirit
Peter Garcia and the Garcia Brothers Music of the World
White Buffalo Dance
Ruben Romero Taos Pueblo Round Dance Song Smithsonian Institute
Ernest Martinez
Juan L. Leyan
December 04, 1996
Stories:
Joseph Bruchac Gluskabe Changes the Animals Yellow Moon Press*
The Four Wishes
Music:
Jackalope Rasta Perro Canyon
Go Way the Monk
As Tecka Moon Yekka
Little Wolf Band Prayer Song Triloka Records
Song for the Journey
Eagle Dream
Moonlight
*Yellow Moon Press
P.O. Box 1316
Cambridge, MA 02238
617-776-2239
December 11, 1996
Without Reservation Guilty til Proven Innocent Canyon
Mascot
Skin I'm In
Robby Bee Ebony Warrior SOAR
Pow Wow Girls
Land of the Wanna Be Free
Julian B You Get What You Wish For Warrior
The Spirit of Crazy Horse
Genocide in Progress
Clan/Destine Livin' Inna Homeland Canyon
Seeker
Dancing to Be Free
Burning