Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; listening to prepared audio examples of music, 1 hour
Catalog page 347
Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Explores the music of Native American peoples today, the contexts and behaviors with which such music is associated, and the ways these elements are dis- cussed within Native communities. Emphasis is on “Pan Indian” music, including music for pow wows and syncretic religious music, and Native popular music, including folk, country, rock, and hip-hop.