Music of the Algonkians-Woodland Indians Cree, Montagnais, Naska (1972) CD

For the Cree, Montagnais, and Naskapi hunters whose songs are represented on this album, success in hunting was crucial because for a time it provided the only means of subsistence. Hunters would As a result, hunters treated their hunting trips with great devotion and seriousness. Before heading off to hunt, the men would sing songs that had originated in or described dreams they had of the location of game and of their success; all songs, having materialized in dream, were personal and no hunter sang another’s song. Presented here is a collection of personal hunting songs recorded on an Indian settlement in Scheffervilee, P.Q., Canada in 1964.

     101      Hunting Song      Sebastian McKenzie      0:33     
     102     Bear Hunting Song     Sebastian McKenzie     1:43    
     103     Explanatory Monologue     Sebastian McKenzie     1:23    
     104     Two Hunting Songs     Sebastian McKenzie     2:37    
     105     Two Hunting Songs     Sebastian McKenzie     3:10    
     106     Hunting Season Is Almost Here / I Saw a Woman / The Wind Is My Father (medley)     Joseph McKenzie     4:22    
     107     Hunting Song     Joseph McKenzie, Jr.     3:14    
     108     Hunting Song     Oreg McKenzie     2:28    
     201     I Hunt with My Sons     John Piastutete     2:21    
     202     I'm Happy When I Catch a Caribou     John Piastutete     1:06    
     203     The People Are Coming to Dinner     John Piastutete     2:46    
     204     Father Said that I Must Sing     John Piastutete     3:32    
     205     I Sing until I Catch Something     John Piastutete     2:59    
     206     I Shot a Caribou     John Enish     0:50    
     207     I Shot a Caribou     John Enish     0:54    
     208     In the Winter I Hunt All the Time     John Enish     0:57    
     209     I Went on a River with My Canoe     John Enish     0:49    
     210     We Will Go to the Bush, You and I     John Enish     0:44    
     211     I See Where to Go Hunting in My Dreams     John Enish     1:36