Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; listening to prepared audio examples of music, 1 hour
Catalog page 353
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 ele- ments are discussed 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.