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Water as a disciplinary agent among the Crow and Blackfootarticle 1941 • McAllester, David Park
Crow • North America > Plains and Plateau
In this article, the author suggests that the use of water as a disciplinary agent among the Crow from earliest childhood may be correlated with a high incidence of adult fears and anxieties related to water, including taboos on aquatic animals as fo...Enemy Way musicBook 1954 • McAllester, David Park
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source attempts to explore Navajo cultural values as they are expressed through music. It is the third monograph in the Rimrock Project, Values Series, published by the Peabody Museum. Data are based on numerous interviews with eleven principal ...Navajo musicessay 1983 • McAllester, David Park & Mitchell, Douglas F.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This chapter, written by an ethnomusicologist and a Navajo, deals with both traditional and nontraditional Navajo music, including instruments. Traditional music is divided into ceremonial, nonceremonial, and sacred songs. Where appropriate, these so...