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Wapna'kik : the people of the dawn / Sons of Membertou.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Sons of Membertou (Musical group), performer, composer.
Language:
English
Micmac
Subjects (All):
Folk music--Canada.
Folk music.
Micmac Indians--Songs and music.
Micmac Indians.
Indigenous peoples--Canada--Songs and music.
Indigenous peoples.
Canada.
Genre:
Folk music
Songs and music
Folk music.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (44 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2025]
Language Note:
Sung in Mi'kmaq, with sung or spoken English in select tracks.
System Details:
digital
optical
audio file
CD audio
Contents:
The people of the dawn ; Wejkwita'jik = (The gathering song) / David Wilfred Burke ; George Gregory Paul (4:40)
Sma'knis = (Veterans' song) / Pauline Bernard (4:08)
Kepmite-tmnej = (Mi'kmaq honour song) / George Gregory Paul (8:30)
The mountain = Mukla'qati / David Wilfred Burke ; Pauline Bernard (4:09)
500 years / George Christmas (4:22)
Kwan'to'te' / arr. Ben Christmas (3:00)
Kwa'nu'te' / Arr. Ben Christmas (4:01)
Ko'jua = (Partridge dance) / George Gregory Paul (2:58)
The people of the dawn ; Kniskamijinaq = (The ancestors' song) / David Wilfred Burke ; Darrell Bernard, Frances "Puddy" Christmas (8:15).
Participant:
Sons of Membertou.
Notes:
This recording originally taken in 1995, with additional tracks recorded in 2025.
Compact disc.
Title from disc label.
Program notes in English (2 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.
Track 1 includes a reading of the poem "Our Awakening" by Kiju' Ka'wi. Track 5 includes a reading of the poem "500 years" by Rita Joe. Track 6 includes a reading of the poem "The Spirits are Calling" by Kiju' Ka'wi.
OCLC:
1491304672
Publisher Number:
093074060322
SF-40603-CD Smithsonian Folkways
SFW CD 40603 Smithsonian Folkways
SFW 40603 Smithsonian Folkways

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