Living Voices /Voces Vivas is an audio series in English and Spanish featuring profiles of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians today. People of many ages, traditions and perspectives tell their own stories, reflecting the wide range of contemporary Native experience in Canada, Mexico, Panama, and the US. Living Voices consists of 40 profiles in English. Voces Vivas, available on a separate CD, consists of 10 profiles in Spanish. The production of the series was a major creative collaboration involving more than 100 participants who contributed their considerable skills to conduct interviews, tell their stories, and edit hundreds of hours of audiotape to give Living Voices and Voces Vivas their final shape. We are profoundly grateful to all the Native people featured for inspiring us with their stories, and to all the others who contributed their time and talents so that this series could truly be brought to life.
Index of audio contents: Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3
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Robert Mirabal, noted flute player and member of Taos Pueblo, believes music is the most direct expression for his own life and for the lives of many Native people. Duration: 4:27 Listen here >>
Teacher Lorene Sisquoc, Cahuilla/Apache, has nurtured the growth of hundreds of Indian students and helped them to express their own traditions at Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, California. Duration: 4:27 [enjoys working in a museum which serves as a learning center] Listen here >>
Calvin J. Standing Bear Light in the Lodge began his professional career as a musician when he received the gift of a flute. Now, he performs music that expresses his own deep Lakota spirituality. Duration: 4:30 [on discovering his talent in music, collaborating with others and relating to nature] Listen here >>
Source: Living Voices/Voces Vivas
Address : http://nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/html/eng_intro.html
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