Be ready to:

• • Examine the two most widespread musical genres of Native North America: traditional music associated with specific tribes, and intertribal music, which can be performed by Native people regardless of their tribal affiliation.
  • Analyze how the creation and performance of music and dance has played an essential part in the lives of North America's indigenous peoples since their beginnings on the continent. examine the instruments used in Native North American music, such as drums, rattles, and flutes.
  • Extrapolate how Native peoples in the Americas continued to perpetuate their music and dance traditions through old ceremonies and new songs, despite the devastating impact of European settlement.
  • Examine the role of contemporary Native Americans in participating in age-old religious rituals, dancing in intertribal celebrations, singing native-language hymns in church, and listening to the latest in Indian country, rock, and hip-hop music.
  • Identify Native American music broadly, including "classical" music by Native composers (such as symphonies and ballets), Christian hymns, and popular music.
  • Examine intertribal music (sometimes known as "Pan-Indian" music), such as pow-wow and flute music styles, that came from the sharing of tribal-specific traditions with others.