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Title: Woman's Dance Song used in Morning of Big House, describing her vision of a mermaid
Identifier(s): audio:4154; APSdigrec_0423; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 07
Description: Identified by Ives Goddard (see Related Resource) as a woman's vision-recital song. According to Speck's documentation the song is "sung by J. Webber as his grandmother's song. She was Mawatdes 'Bundle in Good Shape' She died 1912, at age 109 years." Goddard alternately translates Mawatdes as of Munsee origin, meaning "One-Who-Has-No-Food." Speck's introduces the recording: "This is the song of Mawatdes, one of the oldest living women that the Delaware and Munsee tribes had. [She] died at the age of 109 years old, according to the scripture(?) as it was calculated from the place she gives of her birth. Her song follows."; May contain some terms of Munsee origin. This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Witapanoxwe's Song
Identifier(s): audio:4151; APSdigrec_2808; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 10
Description: Vision recital song, or atehomwin song, of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe.; Song may be of Seneca or Shawnee origin. Contains some Munsee terms. This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Fragment of Big House vision recital, with song
Identifier(s): audio:4153; APSdigrec_0422; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 06
Description: Program contains significant, sometimes loud sound distortions and skipping due to poor condition of original cylinder. This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Peyote songs
Date: 1928

Title: Atehomwin Song of Kanipaxoxwe
Identifier(s): audio:4161; APSdigrec_2809; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 11
Description: Vision recital song, or atehomwin song, of Joe Washington, whose Delaware name is Kanipaxoxwe. Sung by James C. Webber.; This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Delaware Song A - song to go with Big House Ceremony, Song of Leader (Elkhair) as he opens the Ceremony the First Day
Identifier(s): audio:4169; APSdigrec_2818; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 07
Description: Identified by Goddard (see Related Resource) as "Charley Elkhair's Big House vision recital and song"; Program contains severe background noise due to poor condition of original cylinder. This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Peyote songs
Date: 1928-03-10

Title: Witapano'xwe's Big House vision recital and song
Identifier(s): audio:4156; APSdigrec_2813; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 02
Description: Big House ceremony vision recital and song of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe.; This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Peyote songs
Date: 1928

Title: Witapano'xwe's Big House vision recital and song
Identifier(s): audio:4160; APSdigrec_2814; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 03
Description: Big House ceremony vision recital and song of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe.; This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Peyote songs
Date: 1928