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Title: Song #3, The Bow Song, with discussion
Identifier(s): audio:2929; APSdigrec_3336
Description: "Play tape of [Fred] Gone singing song #3. Pronunciation of words to facilitate pitch notation. The Bow Song; the singer is emulating thunder, drumming upon the earth; discussion of wearing bow and plume."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho Indians--Music; Arapaho dance; Arapaho language; Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress; dress; dress

Title: Arapaho Benefit Dance (Tape 2) [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:5738; local: APSdigrec_0201; local: 02; local: 02
Description: Announcements by M.C. -- War Dance Benefit Songs for Arapahos and Cheyennes, in that order -- Drawing for Raffle Prize -- War Dance Benefit Song for Attenders from Home District (Canton) -- Flag Song Finale; Host: Bruce Haumphy (Kiowa), Head Singer. Other singers: Kiowas, Arapahos; Starhawk (Gourd Dance) Society, Head Man Dancers. Betty Wilson (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer. Keith Lump Mouth (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer. Jill White Thumb (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer. Clarence Tall Bull (Cheyenne) M.C.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Arapaho dance; Kiowa dance; Arapaho Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music; Cheyenne Indians

Title: Discussion of feather bustle construction
Identifier(s): audio:2957; APSdigrec_3357
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho dance; Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress; dress; Arapaho Indians--Rites and ceremonies

Title: Song #12, Second song for the Whistle Carrier, 'I am also a magpie,' with discussion
Identifier(s): audio:2946; APSdigrec_3348
Description: "Play tape of [Fred] Gone singing song #12. Second song for the Whistle Carrier; Carrier dances to this song. 'I am also a magpie'; discussion of pronunciation; discussion of magpie's special attributes; discussion of cardinal versus red-tailed hawk; discussion of circumstances that might precipitate a vow leading to sponsorship of ceremony."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho Indians--Music; Arapaho dance; Arapaho language; Black-billed magpie; Arapaho Indians--Rites and ceremonies

Title: Discussion of whip dance, sacrifice of pup, and Eagle Society
Identifier(s): audio:2949; APSdigrec_3350
Description: "Further discussion of whip dance, bustle dance and sacrifice of pup; discussion of human sacrifice and cannibalism; more on eating pup. Questions for consultant attempting to clarify points relative to sacrifice of pup; no real parallels with Assiniboine Kettle Drum ritual; pup is sacred food, but not the same significane up north; discussion of songs and Fred Gone. Discussion of Ronald Lah's work with Arapaho music; further comparison with Assiniboine Kettle Dance; participation of Eagle Society; whip man's responsibilities in old days and today."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho Indians--Music; Arapaho dance; Animal sacrifice; Arapaho Indians--Social life and customs

Title: Song #9, with discussion
Identifier(s): audio:2935; APSdigrec_3344
Description: "Play tape of [Fred] Gone singing song #9. Gros Ventre text; song goes with the paint ceremony; discussion of singular and plural usage; red paint; mourning customs."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho Indians--Music; Arapaho dance; Arapaho language; Atsina language; Arapaho Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mourning customs

Title: Arapaho Benefit Dance (Tape 1) [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:5729; local: APSdigrec_0198; local: 01; local: 01
Description: Series of Gourd Dances by Star Hawk Society -- Invocation by Roy Night Walker (Arapaho) -- Cheyenne-Arapaho Flag Song -- Memorial Song -- Announcements by M.C. -- Series of Round Dances for Women in Shawls -- War Dance Benefit Song for Chiefs (All men of chief rank dance and contribute to hosts) -- Drawing for Raffle Prize -- War Dance Benefit Song for Head Men; Host: Bruce Haumphy (Kiowa), Head Singer. Other singers: Kiowas, Arapahos. Starhawk (Gourd Dance) Society, Head Man Dancers. Betty Wilson (Arapaho) Head Lady Dancer. Keith Lump Mouth (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer. Jill White Thumb (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer. Clarence Tall Bull (Cheyenne) M.C.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Arapaho dance; Kiowa dance; Round dancing; Arapaho Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music

Title: Arapaho Benefit Dance (Tape 2) [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:5731; local: APSdigrec_0200; local: 02; local: 01
Description: Giveaway in Honor of Head Lady Dancer (continued) -- Giveaway in Honor of Allen Red Bird (in Marine Corps) -- Giveaway for Head Little Boy Dancer -- War Dance Benefit Song for Visitors -- Giveaway in Honor of Head Singer; Host: Bruce Haumphy (Kiowa), Head Singer. Other singers: Kiowas, Arapahos. Starhawk (Gourd Dance) Society, Head Man Dancers. Betty Wilson (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer. Keith Lump Mouth (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer. Jill White Thumb (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer. Clarence Tall Bull (Cheyenne) M.C.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Arapaho dance; Kiowa dance; Arapaho Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music

Title: Wedding Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:5739; local: APSdigrec_0203; local: 03; local: 02
Description: Giveaway in Honor of Head Singer --Announcements of Forthcoming Events --Giveaway in Honor of Newly Wed Couple -- Series of Four Gourd Dances; Hosts: Mr. and Ms. Eugene Brown (Ponca) in honor of their daughter's marriage. Head Staff: Adam Pratt (Pawnee), Head Singer; Inter-Tribal Gourd (Dance) Clan of Shawnee, Head Man Dancers; Jeanette Red Bird (Arapaho) Head Lady Dancer.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Arapaho dance; Pawnee dance; Pawnee Indians--Music; Arapaho Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music; Shawnee dance; Weddings; Powwows--Oklahoma

Title: Discussion of reservation districts, ceremony staging and naming, and names for Pawnee and Omaha people
Identifier(s): audio:2958; APSdigrec_3356
Description: "Discussion of reservation districts; possibility of staging the ceremony this fall/winter; difficulty of changing the name of the ceremony at this late date; names for Pawnee and Omaha people."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho dance; Arapaho Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Arapaho Indians--Social life and customs; Omaha Indians; Pawnee Indians

Title: Arapaho Starhawk Society Pow-Wow: Afternoon Gourd Dance
Identifier(s): audio:6356; local: APSdigrec_0243; local: 25; local: 01
Description: Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance; Recorded at Barefoot Park, near Canton, Oklahoma, August 4, 1974. Hosts: Starhawk Society (Stanley Sleeper, Chairman). Head Staff: Harrison Hunter (Sac and Fox), Head Singer; Other singers are Cheyenne, Caddo, Kiowa; Danny Lee Wilson (Delaware/Arapaho), Head Man Dancer; Jannelle Orange (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer; Scotty Sankey (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer; Marcella Sutton (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer; Howard Good Bear and Sam Young Bear (Cheyenne/Arapaho), MCs; David Fan Man (Arapaho), substitute MC.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Fox dance; Cheyenne Indians--Music; Caddo Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Arapaho dance

Title: Arapaho Starhawk (Gourd Dance) Society Pow-Wow: Afternoon Gourd Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6352; local: APSdigrec_0239; local: 23; local: 01
Description: War Dance for Head Man -- M.C.: announcement of contribution -- Four Round Dances -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance Series -- M.C. introduces guest, Wichita Tribal Princess; Recorded at Barefoot Park, near Canton, Oklahoma, August 3, 1974. Hosts: Starhawk Society (Stanley Sleeper, Chairman). Head Staff: Harrison Hunter (Sac and Fox), Head Singer; Other singers are Cheyenne, Caddo, Kiowa; Danny Lee Wilson (Delaware/Arapaho), Head Man Dancer; Jannelle Orange (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer; Scotty Sankey (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer; Marcella Sutton (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer; Howard Good Bear and Sam Young Bear (Cheyenne/Arapaho), MCs.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Fox dance; Cheyenne Indians--Music; Caddo Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Arapaho dance

Title: Arapaho Starhawk Society Pow-Wow: Evening Gourd Dance and War Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6358; local: APSdigrec_0242; local: 24; local: 02
Description: Gourd Dance -- Honoring song and giveaway in honor of Head Man Dancer: recipients announced -- M.C.: announcements -- War Dance -- War Dance -- War Dance -- War Dance; Recorded at Barefoot Park, near Canton, Oklahoma, August 3, 1974. Hosts: Starhawk Society (Stanley Sleeper, Chairman). Head Staff: Harrison Hunter (Sac and Fox), Head Singer. Other singers are Cheyenne, Caddo, Kiowa. Danny Lee Wilson (Delaware/Arapaho), Head Man Dancer. Jannelle Orange (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer. Scotty Sankey (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer. Marcella Sutton (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer. Howard Good Bear and Sam Young Bear (Cheyenne/Arapaho), MCs.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Fox dance; Cheyenne Indians--Music; Caddo Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Arapaho dance

Title: Wedding Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:5737; local: APSdigrec_0202; local: 03; local: 01
Description: Gourd Dance -- Announcements: contributions, forthcoming performances -- Series of Five Gourd Dances -- Giveaway in Honor of Head Man Dancers --Series of Seven Gourd Dances; Hosts: Mr. and Ms. Eugene Brown (Ponca) in honor of their daughter's marriage. Head Staff: Adam Pratt (Pawnee), Head Singer; Inter-Tribal Gourd (Dance) Clan of Shawnee, Head Man Dancers; Jeanette Red Bird (Arapaho) Head Lady Dancer.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Arapaho dance; Pawnee dance; Pawnee Indians--Music; Arapaho Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music; Shawnee dance; Weddings; Powwows--Oklahoma

Title: Arapaho Starhawk Society Pow-Wow: Evening Gourd Dance and War Dance [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6357; local: APSdigrec_0241; local: 24; local: 01
Description: Gourd Dance (interruption in tape) -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- M.C.: announcements -- Gourd Dance; Recorded at Barefoot Park, near Canton, Oklahoma, August 3, 1974. Hosts: Starhawk Society (Stanley Sleeper, Chairman). Head Staff: Harrison Hunter (Sac and Fox), Head Singer; Other singers are Cheyenne, Caddo, Kiowa; Danny Lee Wilson (Delaware/Arapaho), Head Man Dancer; Jannelle Orange (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer; Scotty Sankey (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer; Marcella Sutton (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer; Howard Good Bear and Sam Young Bear (Cheyenne/Arapaho), MCs.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Fox dance; Cheyenne Indians--Music; Caddo Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Arapaho dance

Title: Song #7, The Spoon Song, with discussion
Identifier(s): audio:2942; APSdigrec_3342
Description: "Play tape of [Fred] Gone singing song #7. The Spoon Song. Replacement of initial glottal stop with an /h/ and subsequent change in meaning; description of spoon made of buffalo horn with quillwork decorations (this is paraphrenalia from 'dance of god'; discussion of other ritual paraphrenalia--whistle, bowl, quirt, spear, fork stick, spoon, kingfisher."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho Indians--Music; Arapaho dance; Arapaho language; Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress; dress; dress; Arapaho Indians--Material culture

Title: Arapaho Starhawk (Gourd Dance) Society Pow-Wow: Afternoon Gourd Dance [Side B]
Identifier(s): audio:6359; local: APSdigrec_0240; local: 23; local: 02
Description: Gourd Dance -- Gourd Dance -- Memorial Song in honor of Ray Sutton (deceased) -- Gourd Dances -- Gourd Dances; Recorded at Barefoot Park, near Canton, Oklahoma, August 3, 1974. Hosts: Starhawk Society (Stanley Sleeper, Chairman). Head Staff: Harrison Hunter (Sac and Fox), Head Singer; Other singers are Cheyenne, Caddo, Kiowa; Danny Lee Wilson (Delaware/Arapaho), Head Man Dancer; Jannelle Orange (Arapaho), Head Lady Dancer; Scotty Sankey (Arapaho), Head Little Boy Dancer; Marcella Sutton (Arapaho), Head Little Girl Dancer; Howard Good Bear and Sam Young Bear (Cheyenne/Arapaho), MCs.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive or private. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Fox dance; Cheyenne Indians--Music; Caddo Indians--Music; Kiowa Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Arapaho dance

Title: Song #1, with discussion
Identifier(s): audio:2928; APSdigrec_3333
Description: "Play tape of [Fred] Gone singing song #1. [3:05 - 6:50] Discussion follows: Arapaho text, notation, and English translation; 'day of wind'. Irrelevant discussion of Indian word for St. Louis and reference to Mexicans or Spaniards as 'bread people.' Discussion of misappropriation of term 'Crow Dance' for the 'Dance of God'; language used in prayers; Jack Wilson (Wovoka) and Ghost Dance; origins of 'Dance of God' from the Sioux people; Omaha dance from the Omaha people (wolf people), 'Wolf Dance'; Rabbit Dance and Owl Dance."
Source: Hatton, Orin T. Ghost-era Songs of the Arapaho Crow Dance, 1995. (Mss.Rec.242);
Subject: Arapaho Indians--Music; Arapaho dance; Arapaho language; Sioux dance; Omaha dance; Crow Indians; Wovoka, ca. 1856-1932; Ghost dance