Northern Haida songs / John Enrico and Wendy Bross Stuart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enrico, John, 1947-

Contributor:

Stuart, Wendy Bross.

Series:

Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haida Indians--Music--History and criticism.

Haida Indians.

Folk music--British Columbia--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Folk music--Alaska--History and criticism.

Folk songs, Haida--British Columbia--History and criticism.

Folk songs, Haida.

Folk songs, Haida--Alaska--History and criticism.

Music.

Alaska.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

xii, 519 pages : music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1996]

Summary:

The Northern Haida Indians comprise two closely related dialect groups; one lives on Graham Island, British Columbia, the other lives on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. This book describes Northern Haida musical culture and is based on recordings compiled over a period of more than a decade from a wide variety of historical and contemporary sources.

Notes:

"In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [488]-515) and index.

ISBN:

0803218168

OCLC:

34079149