Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America documents the surprisingly varied musical practices among North America's First Peoples, both historically and in the modern context. It supplies a detailed yet accessible and approachable overview of the substantial contributions and influence of First Peoples that can be appreciated by both native and nonnative audiences, regardless of their familiarity with musical theory.
From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding schools. At the same time, Native singers, dancers, and musicians created new opportunities through musical performance to resist and manipulate those same policy initiatives.
Crossroads : the multicultural roots of America's popular music by Elizabeth F. Barkley
Call Number: Center for Popular Music (Mass Comm) - Reading Room ML3477 .B35 2007
ISBN: 0131930737
Publication Date: 2006-02-15
Music of the First Nations by Tara Browner (Editor)
Call Number: Center for Popular Music (Mass Comm) - Reading Room ML3557 .M87 2009
Music journal resource with more than 770,000 articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to current, covering the scholarly to the popular.