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Omaha Indian Music

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Performer(s)
Miller, George (Iⁿke'toⁿga (Big Shoulder)
Merrick, Joseph (Gion'zethinge) (None to teach him)

Recordist(s)
La Flesche, Francis Jr.

Notes
This song was collected by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis Flesche. It is included on Omaha Indian Music: Historical Recordings from the Fletcher/La Flesche Collection (AFC L71).

From the liner notes of the Omaha Indian Music album: The Omaha had only one funeral song, addressed directly to the spirit of the dead and intended to cheer the spirit on its journey (1893, p. 42, 122; 1911, pp. 592-594).

Probable years of birth of George Miller and Joseph Merrick are 1852 and 1845, respectively.

Created/published
1895/09

Original Format
wax cylinder recording

Related Audio
Commentary on Funeral Song

Call Number
AFS 20,310: 8f

Digital ID
afcomaha 2031008f

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