Delaware songs and texts
Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Date: 1973-1974
Contributor: Roark-Calnek, Sue N., 1936- | Washington, Fred | Wilson, Tom | Dean, Nora Thompson
Subject: Dance | Music | Oklahoma--History | Rites and ceremonies | Religion
Type: Sound recording
Genre: Elicitation sessions | Prayers | Songs
Extent: 4 audiocassettes (3 hr., 30 min.) : DIGITIZED
Description: Performances of Lenape ("Delaware") sacred and secular songs with interspersed commentary, commentary on Big House ceremony in Delaware in English, Delaware vocabulary, and prayers. Recorded by Sue Roark-Calnek in Oklahoma in Wann and Dewey, Oklahoma in 1973 and 1974. Some recordings in this collection are restricted due to cultural sensitivity. (NOTE: This material has been digitized. The non-restricted recordings can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)
Collection: Delaware songs and texts Mss.Rec.106