Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs

Wahancanka | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2010)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Canyon Records
• ASIN: B00000GBYJ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,356 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Performed by noted singer Joseph Shields, Jr. (Ihunktowan Dakota/Sicangu Lakota), this collection presents rarely recorded songs that accompany the sacred Pipe ceremonies of the Lakota. Sung in honor of Grandfather Spirit, these songs reflect the spiritual traditions of the Lakota people that center around their introspective ceremonies.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sacred Songs, March 9, 2000

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Christopher Stone Wolf (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs (Audio Cassette)

Joseph Shields, Jr. has given a gift of spirit. This compilation of Lakota pipe songs is very sacred, honest, and pure.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Waste, wastelo, March 10, 2007

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Kimberly-Ann "Purveyor of Literacy" (Terra Firma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs (Audio CD)

At long last a cd of Lakota Canunpa songs, one we can understand and learn from. Of course like most recordings of this type, it's not quite melodious, but it serves the purpose. It would have been better had the words been included in both Lakota & English....for those who don't know what they are singing about, but for some reason it seems as though the words are not provided as some sort of deterrent to those people who would just go along and sing these Sacred songs just for the hell of it. As if! Most common people would even bother..... But it has helped me....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good singers, but not good Lakota speakers, February 12, 2010

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David Little Beaver - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs (Audio CD)

The songs on this CD are sung by some really good singers. Unfortunately they don't seem to be very good Lakota speakers. A lot of the words in the lyrics are mispronounced and the lyrics are quite muddled at places. For learning the songs it would also help if the lyrics were written using the standard Lakota spelling as it is used in the New Lakota Dictionary. Other than that these are really good singers, they just need to learn Lakota better.