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Heard

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Northwest Coast potlatch song

tradition · prehistoric–

Also called potlatch song, Northwest Coast ceremonial

Owned ceremonial song of the Northwest Coast: potlatch display, crest and lineage rights, box drum, and rattle. This is a Northwest Coast seed, a sibling of Plains ceremonial song and Pueblo ceremonial song, not a leftover “Native American music” bin. Empty extra Received/Given is historically checked. Kwakwaka'wakw, Haida, Tlingit, and Coast Salish leftover as one potlatch-and-crest job, not one playlist. Canadian ban leftover as interruption, not a parent. Revival leftover as continuity, not a child. Plains and Pueblo leftover as siblings, not heirs.

Listen

  1. Potlatch entrance song Kwakwaka'wakw tradition (traditional)
  2. Crest / lineage song Haida / Tlingit tradition (traditional)
  3. Hamatsa song Kwakwaka'wakw ceremonial (traditional) YouTube

Passed on

Worldbeat genre · 1980–2000

1990s Native crossover records (Robertson’s Music for The Native Americans / Contact from the Underworld of Redboy circuit) host Northwest Coast potlatch-song vocal and box-drum c…

Influence

Northwest Coast potlatch song → Worldbeat

timbre and productionperformance practicestrength: mediumwell documented1994–1998recordingpatronage

Mechanism

1990s Native crossover records (Robertson’s Music for The Native Americans / Contact from the Underworld of Redboy circuit) host Northwest Coast potlatch-song vocal and box-drum color as a featured indigenous timbre. Strength medium. Potlatch leftover as the owned ceremonial job, not a child. Plains powwow leftover as a different public school.

Evidence

Post-ban potlatch revival on concert and recording stages; Grove on Northwest Coast song in popular recoding; Taylor on indigenous guest ensembles.

Debate

Whether a crossover album is still potlatch song. The edge applies to hosted recordings, not to lineage-owned winter ceremonial. Canadian ban leftover as interruption, not a parent.

Mediators

artist: Robbie Robertson; community: Northwest Coast singers on 1990s Native crossover records