1. Native American Music and Culture of Native America

3. Languages

4. Functions Of Music in Native American Culture Religious ceremonies Healing ceremonies Work songs Game songs Honoring songs Courting songs Social songs Songs to bring success in hunting/farming

5. Vocables- syllables sung in Native American music The song is a gift from the Creator and the words are known to the performer and the Creator. Vocables represent fragments of an old tribal language.

6. Native American instruments Drums Rattles Flutes Bells Rasps

7. Iroquois Water Drum

8. Frame Drum

9. Pow Wow Drum / Gathering Drum

11. Rattles

12. Turtle Shell Rattles

14. Iroquois Flute

15. Navajo Flutes

16. Ankle Bells

17. Bells

18. Traditional Bells

19. A rasp is usually a notched stick that is scraped by another stick

20. Native American Dance Native American dance is a very special art. Many dances are performed for family events, such as weddings or birthdays. Some dances are performed for fun, others to help the harvest, and some for religious ceremonies.

21. *Most dances are done by men alone, or by women alone *Many dances are done in a circle. Many Native Americans believe that everything is connected, with no end, like a circle. *Many dances have names that honor animals. Eagle Dance Bear Dance Rabbit Dance

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