Formats and Editions
1. First Chelkona Dance Song
2. Last Chelkona Dance Song
3. Woman's Song, A
4. Twister, The (Doajida Song)
5. Song Heard by Sick Man
6. Wine Song (Gohimeli Song)
7. Song of the Coyote, The
8. Mountain Song
9. Widow's Dream Song
10. Song of the Sea Gull
11. Echo Song
12. Owl Song (Wusota Song)
13. Horse Song (Wusota Song)
14. Women's Game Song (Toka Song)
15. "Cowboy" Ant, The
16. Blackbird Song
17. Dome-Shaped Mountain (Keihina Dance)
18. Fields of San Simon (Keihina Dance)
19. Whistling Mountain (Keihina Dance)
20. Flood, The (Wi'indag) (Keihina Dance)
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This recording captures the traditional social and ceremonial music of the Tohono O'odham people (formerly called "Papago"). The sound of human voice is accompanied by gourd rattle and basket drum in these unique and disappearing songs from the peoples of the southern Arizona desert.