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Photos of the historic flutes and whistles are of the Smithsonian collections. Drawings by Nicholas Amorosi. Stellar Flutes courtesy of Tom, Erika and Matt Stewart (Thanks Matt for all your help). Jim Taylor Flute courtesy of Jim Taylor. Amon Olorin Flutes courtesy of Ken Light Earth Tone Flutes courtesy of Geoffrey Ellis. Moonlight Creek Flutes courtesy of Michael Gulino Big Toe Clan Flute courtesy of Sleeping Bear Powell Native Love Flute courtesy of E.D. Powell Eagle Turtle Flutes courtesy of Don "Eagle Turtle" Scott Loomis Wind's Song Flute courtesy of Scott & Linda Loomis Earthsounds Flute courtesy of Eric Keppel Bearclaw Flute courtesy of Sandi and Richard Schmidt Stroud Flutes courtesy of Ward and Leslie Stroud High Spirits Flutes courtesy of Odell Borg Woodland Voices Flute courtesy of Colyn & Kitty Petersen & Sam

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Bibliography

The following are books that I have found to cover the subject of native music in general, as well as the native flute, some of which are the sources for this site. Bierhorst, John A. 1979. A Cry From The Earth. Four Winds Press, New York. Burlin, Natalie Curtis. 1907. The Indians' Book. Reprinted 1950, Dover Publications, New York. Chase, Gilbert. 1987. America's Music. University of Illinois Press, Urbana. Chazanoff, Daniel. 1993. Native American Music in Seven Volumes. Susato Press, Brasstown, NC. Collaer, Paul (Editor). 1973. Music of the Americas. Praeger Pulications, New York. Davis, Carol B. 1984. Totem Echoes. Miner Publishing Co., Juneau, AK. Dawley, Muriel. 1961. American Indian Songs. Highland Music Co., Hollywood, CA. de Laguna, Frederica. 1972. Under Mount Saint Elias: History & Culture of the Tlingit. Part II. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. Densmore, Francis. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins. Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC. --- 1910. "Chippewa Music", Bulletin #45. --- 1913. "Chippewa Music II", Bulletin #53. --- 1918. "Teton Sioux Music", Bulletin #61. --- 1922. "Ute Music", Bulletin #75. --- 1923. "Mandan & Hidatsa Music", Bulletin #80. --- 1929. "Papago Music", Bulletin #90. --- 1919. "Pawnee Music", Bulletin #93. --- 1932. "Menominee Music", Bulletin #102. --- 1932. "Yuman & Yaqui Music", Bulletin #110. --- 1939. "Nootka & Quiluete Music", Bulletin 124. --- 1961. "Seminole Music", Bulletin #161. --- 1926. The American Indian and Their Music. The Womans Press, New York. --- 1941. The Study of Indian Music. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. --- 1956. Music of the Indians of British Columbia. Da Capo Press, New York. Evans, Bessie & May G. 1975. American Indian Dance Steps. Hacker Art Books, New York. Fichter, George S. 1978. American Indian Music and Musical Instruments. David McKay Company, New York. Fletcher, Alice C. --- 1900. Indian Story and Song In North America. Small Maynard & Company, Boston. --- 1904. The Hako. Reprinted 1996 University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. --- 1915. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs. AMS Press, New York. Garfield, Viola & Barbeau, Marcus. 1947. The Tsimshian: Their Arts & Music. J.J. Augustine Publishers, New York. Glass, Paul. 1968. Songs and Stories of the North American Indian. Grosset & Dunlop, New York. Hamm, Charles. 1983. Music In The New World. W.W. Norton and Company, New York. Herzog, George. 1949. "Salish Music", in Marian W. Smith (Editor) Indians of the Urban Northwest, Columbia University Press, New York. Hofmann, Charles. 1967. American Indians Sing. The John Day Company, New York. Hofsinde, Robert. 1967. Indian Music Makers. William Morrow & Company, New York. Hunter, Ilene & Judson, Marilyn. 1977. Simple Folk Instruments. Simon & Schuster, New York. Kurath, Gertrude P. 1964. Iroquis Music. Bureau of Am. Ethnology, Bulletin 164. Washington D.C. Marcuse, Sibyl. 1975. A Survey of Musical Instruments. Harper & Row Publishers, New York. Mason, Bernard S. 1944. Dances and Stories of the American Indian. A.S. Barnes & Company, New York. Merriam, Alan P. 1967. Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago. Nakai, R. Carlos & DeMars, James. 1996. The Art of the Native American Flute. Canyon Records Publications. Phoenix. Nettl, Bruno. --- 1954. North American Indian Musical Styles. American Folklore Society, Philadelphia. --- 1956. Music In Primative Culture. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Stuart, Wendy R. --- 1972. Gambling Songs of the Coast Salish Indians. National Museum of Man, Ethnology Division, Ottawa, Canada. --- 1996. Northern Haida Songs. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE

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