- Red Bird
- Red Bird
Voice of
-
Song of the brave's dance (1911)
Eháŋni, military societies would hold at least one "braves' dance" each in the days before sun dance. This song belongs to one of those dances. Red Bird learned it from his father, who learned it from his grandfather, so it was sung as far back as 1730.
-
Dancing song (b) (1911)
A sun dance song which is estimated to have originated in the second half of the nineteenth century.
-
Song for securing fair weather (1911)
This song, passed down from Dreamer-of-the-Sun, was sung by medicine-men to pray for fair weather before the sun dance. Sweetgrass was offered to the earth, sky, and the four directions, and then singed over coals.
