Jesse Bowman Bruchac – Songs of the Wabanaki (New)

Format: CD

Country: US

Year: 1998

Genre: Traditional / Folk

Style: Indigenous / Spoken Word / Drum & Rattle

Label: Good Mind Records

Tracklist

1. Spring Rain

2. Greeting Song

3. First Songs

4. Flying Dance

5. Dance Song

6. Lullabies

7. Medicine Man’s Dance

8. Gathering Song

9. Nakawik Song for Sobriety

10. Thanks to All Our Relations

11. Blackbird Song

12. Water Song

13. Greeting Song (Reprise)

14. Fishing Song

15. War Dance

16. Raven Dance

17. Victory Dance

18. Thanks to All Our Relations (Reprise)

19. Friendship or Future

20. Friendship Song/Amusement

21. Bean Dance

22. Healing Prayer

23. Victory Dance (Alternate)

24. Welcome Song

25. Green Corn Song

26. Hunting Song

27. Free Style Dance

28. Peace Song

29. Shake Dance

30. Old One Song for Gigaboy

31. Lonesome Song

32. Greeting Song (Alternate)

33. Greeting Song (Drum)

34. Greeting Song (Voice)

35. Rock Song

36. Honor Song

37. Bear Dance

38. Canoe Song

39. Calling Song on Flute

40. Lullaby Song

41. Acknowledgements

Songs of the Wabanaki is a powerful cultural document rooted in the living traditions of Abenaki song, story, and ceremony. Jesse Bowman Bruchac presents social, ceremonial, and reflective pieces that emphasize community, continuity, and respect for the natural world, reflecting Vermont’s Indigenous heritage and the enduring role of music as a vessel for history, identity, and connection.