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Indigenous music of North America, which includes American Indian music or Native American music, is the music that is used, created or performed by Indigenous peoples of North America, including Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, and other North American countries—especially ...
- Traditional Music
- Contemporary Music
- Institutions and Support
Despite varying influences from non-Indigenous people, most Indigenous groups in Canada have retained nation-specific musical traditions. Traditional music is often subdivided into social music and ceremonial music, a division that is often paralleled with a public or private performance context. Social music primarily consists of songs that are ac...
The music that has emerged from Indigenous communities is as diverse as the people themselves and has a wide appeal to listeners of various musical genres. Many Indigenous musicians have been influenced by non-Indigenous music, creating their own works in other music styles and genres. In some instances they incorporate texts, narratives, instrumen...
Beginning in the mid-1970s, various organizations in Canada experimented with communications technology and produced original Indigenous programming. With support from within Indigenous communities and audiences and government funding, communities throughout Canada formed radio stations, airing Indigenous-produced programs that highlighted Indigeno...
This article provides a general introduction to Native American musics with treatments of the roles of music in culture, musical styles and genres, musical instruments, music history, and the study of American Indian musics.
This extensive collection of Native American music contains songs from across the North American continent: from the Plains Cree to the Inuit in the Arctic, from Northwest Coast Potlatch music to the sounds of the Southeastern Seminoles.
North American Indians (i.e., those in present-day Canada and the United States) emphasize singing, accompanied by percussion instruments such as rattles or drums, rather than purely instrumental music. North American musical genres include lullabies, songs given to individuals by their guardian spirits, curing songs, songs performed during ...
From the haunting melodies of the Navajo to the stirring chants of the Lakota Sioux, the breadth of indigenous musical expressions is as wide as the North American continent itself. These songs and rhythms are not mere entertainment but serve as a conduit for storytelling, healing rituals, and ceremonial events, intricately woven into the very ...
Native American music - Drums, Flutes, Rattles: Musical instruments are important throughout the Americas. A few indigenous instruments can be made in an hour or two by virtually anyone in the community from materials readily available in the natural environment.
