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Wapna'kik : the people of the dawn / Sons of Membertou.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 34991
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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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