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Archive for the Native American History Category (3 Posts)

Black and white photograph. Thurlow Lieurance, third person from left, sits with three Native American Indians in a prairie-like landscape. He is leaning on his left hand while the Native American on the right holds a piece of paper and the one on the left points to something on the paper. The Native American furthest to the left plays a wooden flute. He wears a large head decoration made of feathers.

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month with Library of Congress Resources

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Posted in: American Folklife Center, Native American Heritage Month, Native American History, Native Americans, Uncategorized

Photograph shows Frances Densmore recording Native American songs sung by Mountain Chief (Sioux). (Source: Minnesota Historical Society: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/05/15/mpr-documentaries-song-catcher-frances-densmore-of-red-wing-and-artist-charles-biederman and researcher A. Walker, 2021)

Appreciating Native American Music

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Posted in: Braille Music, Interviews, National American Indian Heritage Month, Native American History, Poetry, Uncategorized

Close-up of the fingers of two hands as the touch a paged filled with raised dots

A Moveable Musical Feast: New Music Appreciation Talking Books!

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: Audio, Blues, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Catalogs, Folk Music, Interviews, Music History and Appreciation, Native American History, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, Popular Music, Talking Books, Ukulele, World Music