Recorded in 1911. This shellac pressing (78 rpm, 10 in.) labeled: "Hidatsa: a Siouan language: Water Buster account," published by the Indiana Historical Society, 1939; contains selections from the original recordings held at Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University. Transcribed in: Zellig Harris and C.F. Voegelin, "Hidatsa texts," Prehistory Research Series, vol. 1, no. 6 (Indiana Historical Society, 1939).
audio:4059; APSdigrec_1904; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 13
Description
This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The speaker sings a War Party song from 35:19 to 36:00. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 3.
