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Title: Wuwuchim tawi
Identifier(s): audio:11289; APSdigrec_5341; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 11
Description: General name for older songs of prediction.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-08

Title: Tsukutawi (Clown song) of Zuni origin
Identifier(s): audio:11875; APSdigrec_5386; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 11
Description: "Clown song derived from Zuni. This song was learned from the Zuni by the Hopi who visited. Among the Zuni it was used as a corn-grinding song."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Religion; Kachinas; Zuni Indians--Music
Date: 1965-07

Title: Powamuya (bean dance song)
Identifier(s): audio:11905; APSdigrec_5391; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 16
Description: "This dance is held in the kiva during the month of February when the bean plants appear as sprouts."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-07

Title: Rainbow Dance Song with discussion
Identifier(s): audio:13859; APSdigrec_4855; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 05
Description: Discussion of Rainbow Dance Song, followed by the song itself.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Songs, 1960. (Mss.Rec.47); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.47-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1960

Title: Mosayurtawi (buffalo dance song)
Identifier(s): audio:12010; APSdigrec_5407; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 13
Description: "This is a social dance song performed in January before the Bean Ceremony (powamuya). "Translation of buffalo dance song: 'through the watermelon patch comes rain / they make melons grow / comes rain through the corn / let the water sine after it falls' (this is said to the clouds)"
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-07

Title: Explanation of the origin and composition of Wuwuchim in English
Identifier(s): audio:11308; APSdigrec_5345; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 15
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08

Title: Uytawi (planting and harvesting song)
Identifier(s): audio:11902; APSdigrec_5390; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 15
Description: "This is sung when the corn begins to emerge and the tips begin to protrude from the ground. The customary practice involves the ceremonial shaking of the tips to encourage growth. This song is sung at that time. "In Oraibi the women are supposed to sing this to help the growth of the bean plants. Beans are planted around mid May. This first planting is designated as humimongwi. Traditionally the Chief plants his crops first; thereafter, all others can plant."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-07

Title: Hehey'a kachin tawi
Identifier(s): audio:11312; APSdigrec_5346; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 16
Description: A kachina song named for one of the older masked figures.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas
Date: 1965-08

Title: Tsuku tawi
Identifier(s): audio:11714; APSdigrec_5358; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 05
Description: "Clown song. This is sung when the clowns appear in the village plaza, when a kachina dance is in progress."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-08

Title: Nieman kachin tawi
Identifier(s): audio:11280; APSdigrec_5339; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 09
Description: Home dance song for the final kachina dance of the summer.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08

Title: Discussion of the Soyalangw ceremony
Identifier(s): audio:12007; APSdigrec_5406; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 12
Description: "This takes place during the early winter and involves the making of special prayer feathers which are distributed to the people of the villages as a symbol of good tidings, and a successful and long life. The recipients take the feathers to the numerous Hopi shrines where they pray to the deities. "The feathers are made by members of the soyal society (soyalowmka). Eagle, road-runner, and turkey are used."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-07

Title: Discussion of clown songs and clown society
Identifier(s): audio:11729; APSdigrec_5360; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 07
Description: "The session led off with a general discussion of clown songs and the now extinct clown society. Since the informant was a noted clown in his earlier years, he was able to comment on the nature of the texts of these songs and the way in which the songs were composed."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-07

Title: Owaqölö tawi (basket dance)
Identifier(s): audio:11899; APSdigrec_5389; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 14
Description: "This dance is performed by women after permission is obtained from the people of the Badger Clan. Membership in the clan is not necessary in order to participate. The song is generally used for initiating young boys and girls into special societies. "About thirty one women usually perform the dance, while seven men sit at the side and smoke during the dance. Prior to smoking, the men gather the special items necessary for the dance, wood, cottonwood root for prayer feathers. Both men and women stay up the previous night praying before the dance. In the morning the men dance with the women. The dance takes its name from the coiled baskets held in the hands of the women. The dance continues all day."
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-07

Title: Hehey'a kachin tawi: Translation and commentary
Identifier(s): audio:11316; APSdigrec_5347; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 17
Description: A kachina song name for one of the older masked figures.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas
Date: 1965-08

Title: Nieman kachin tawi: Translation and commentary
Identifier(s): audio:11285; APSdigrec_5340; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 10
Description: Home dance song for the final kachina dance of the summer.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08

Title: Tivik'ngakchina: Translation and commentary
Identifier(s): audio:11256; APSdigrec_5334; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 04
Description: Variant of long-haired kachina dance, translation and commentary.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08

Title: Discussion of clown songs
Identifier(s): audio:11738; APSdigrec_5363; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 10
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Religion; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1965-07

Title: Tivik'ngakchina
Identifier(s): audio:11252; APSdigrec_5333; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 03
Description: Variant of long-haired kachina dance.
Source: Black, Robert A. Hopi Indian Songs, 1965. (Mss.Rec.56); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.56-ead.xml; ;
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08

Title: Angakchina tawi: Translation and commentary
Identifier(s): audio:11248; APSdigrec_5332; 01; 02
Description: Long-haired kachina dance, translation and commentary.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive, pending further review. Reproduction and online access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08

Title: Angakchina tawi (Long-haired kachina song)
Identifier(s): audio:11244; APSdigrec_5331; 01; 01
Description: Long-haired kachina dance.; This recording has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive, pending further review. Reproduction and online access is restricted. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Hopi Indians--Music; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Religion
Date: 1965-08