Indians had and still have many different cultures with different languages. We will study a few of them and will read their songs.
Click on the pictures below to enter the gallery and see the pictures larger and read my captions, especially about the Iroquois, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Lakota (Dakota), and Navajo.
Click on the pictures below to enter the gallery and see the pictures larger and read my captions, especially about the Iroquois, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Lakota (Dakota), and Navajo.
Here are two examples of Iroquois songs like number 1 Power Song in our handout. And their dances! Check them out.
|
|
Here are two examples of Ojibwa (also called Anishinabe) songs like number 2 and 3 in our handout--check them out!!
|
|
And here are two examples of Navajo songs like Beauty Song number 7 in our handout! Check them out (the girl has an amazing voice).
|
|
And here are two examples of Lakota songs like the Sun Dance song on our handout...
|
|
Here is a youtube video of a woman reading The First Strawberries picture book out loud. It takes less than five minutes to listen to! And you can read the words with the woman as if she's your American mother telling you a bedtime story, and you can practice your pronunciation by matching your voice to hers!