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Old Hand Game Dance
This song symbolizes two opposing parties out on the warpath, which is dramatized in the play of the hand game. The words sung here are vocables. When this was recorded there was a considerable amount of gambling which accompanied this song. Performed by Mark Evarts of the Skidi Band, August, 1936. (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album #04334 1965 track #1) |
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Buffalo Dance Song When on the hunt, early in the morning, one sights a buffalo standing quietly and waiting for the sunrise. Performed by Mark Evarts of the Skidi Band, August, 1936. (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album #04334 1965 track #4/1) |
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Hoop & Pole Game Song The game which accompanies this song symbolizes both the mating and attack on the buffalo with a lance. Every earth lodge village had at least one or two flat gaming fields on the outskirts of the village. The rolling of the loop down the game field is referred to, the need of the buffalo to escape from it, the location of the field near the edge of the village and finally the gambling that goes on along the sidelines. Performed by Mark Evarts of the Skidi Band, August, 1936. (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album #04334 1965 track #4/2) |
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Notes for these examples were written by Gene Weltfish in 1936 and accompanied the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album titled Music of the Pawnee – Mark Evarts |
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