Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages

Product Description
Presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. This anthology of hymns and songs from Native American communities throughout the United States demonstrates how music has helped to preserve and perpetuate Native languages. Singers from the Southeast to the Plains and from the Southwest to Alaska and Hawai’i demonstrate the dynamic interplay between language and faith, and show the importance placed on the singing of these songs in keeping alive the culture embodied in their Native languages.

Tracks:

Comanche Hymn - Members Of Petarsey Church (Comanche)
Comanche Hymn - Members Of Petarsey Church (Comanche)
Kiowa Prayer Song - Dorothy Whitehorse Delaune (Kiowa)
Kiowa Hymn - Members Of Cedar Creek Church (Kiowa)
Hymn Composed By Goomdah - Members Of Rainy Mountain Church (Kiowa)
Cheyenne Hymn - Moses Starr Jr.
Lord Have Mercy (From Tewa Mass) - Tewa Women's Choir(San Juan Pueblo)
Lord I Call - St. Herman's Seminary Octet (Yup'ik)
Having Beheld The Ressurection - St. Herman's Seminary Octet (Yup'ik)
Blessed Be Thy Name - St. Herman's Seminary Octet (Yup'ik)
Ke Aloha O Ka Haku: Lili'uokalani's Prayer - Nalani Olds (Native Hawai'ian)
Ho'onani - Nalani Olds
Silent Night - Kykotsmovi Mennonite Church Choir (Hopi)
On The Beautiful Beyond - Oneida Hymn Singers
In The Sweet By And By - Ojibwe Hymn Singers
Rock Of Ages - Maisie Shenandoah
'Twill Be Glory By And By - The Martin Sisters (Mohawk/Six Nations Reserve)
Ise Iesos Sewenniio (Wedding Prayer Hymn) - Kathleen Thompson (Mohawk/Akwesasne Reserve)
Takwaienha (The Lord's Prayer) - Akwesasne Mohawk Singers
Wonderful Place - Cherokee Choir
Orphan Child - Cherokee Choir
That Heavenly Home - The Kingfisher Trio (Cherokee)
Believing And Praying - Margaret Maudlin (Creek)
Sinners Can You Hate The Savior? - Choctaw Community Singers
Jesus Made The Road - Betty Mae Jumper (Seminole)
At The Cross - Nancy And Mark Brown (Eastern Band Cherokee)
Guide Me, Jehovah - Walker Calhoun (Eastern Band Cherokee)
Heavenly Home - The Long Family (Eastern Band Cherokee)
On The Jericho Road - Saved By Grace Choir (Navajo)
Amazing Grace - Saved By Grace Choir (Navajo)
Sweet Hour Of Prayer - TeecNosPos Gospel Melody (Navajo)
Jesus Loves Even Me - Steve Emery (Cheyenne River Sioux)
Communion Of The Saints - Cheyenne River Mission Singers (Sioux)

Album Description

Presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. This anthology of hymns and songs from Native American communities throughout the United States demonstrates how music has helped to preserve and perpetuate Native languages. Singers from the Southeast to the Plains and from the Southwest to Alaska and Hawai'i demonstrate the dynamic interplay between language and faith, and show the importance placed on the singing of these songs in keeping alive the culture embodied in their Native languages.

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