Lenape (Delaware) Songs and Narration

Item

Type
Audio Recording
Title
Lenape (Delaware) Songs and Narration
Rationale
Serves to connect the Lenape (Delaware) diaspora to oral culture and linguistic traditions.
Description
Audio recordings of Lenape (Delaware) songs and oral histories. Topics of the recordings include: Lenape; Talking about the Delaware Big House ceremony; hunting songs; women's stomp dance songs; coon dance songs; war dance songs; Native American church songs. Recorded by James Henri Howard. Sung by Freddie Washington. Washington (1905-1976) was active in the preservation of Lenape language and culture.
Date
May 21, 1967
1960s
Place
Miami, Oklahoma
Subject
Lenape
Delaware Indians--Music
Delaware--Speeches
Language and languages--Documentation
Delaware language
Native American Song
Indians of North America Northeast
Creator
Recorded by James Henri Howard. Sung by Freddie Washington
Extent
1 reel; 7 inch, 7 1/2 ips, [duration unspecified]
Medium
Magnetic tape
Publisher
James Henri Howard Papers, Sound Recordings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Rights
The copyright and related rights status of this item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available (noted above in Publisher and Identifier) for more information.