Show MO lORE P E ON LIGHTON INDIANS INDIAN'S MUSIC Miss Gathers Melodies From Several Tribes In her recently published little Madame and Music Miss Frances Densmore has made mad a valuable addition to her ei stu studies los of ot North Norih American AmerleAn a worker In this thia unique field III Miss long associated with the Bureau ot of American Eth Eth- Ethnology Ethnology Ethnology of ot ht Smithsonian Institution tullon In Washington has hils already made recordings of ot the tb songs sonS's ones ot of the wa Teton Northern Uto Ute and end other tribes tribe her tasks talks takIng her to the reset reset- re r for tor months at a 1 time Here Hera she h made mado mad with the tho thred red men of ot today who sang for her the songs familiar to their fathers before the e eser er increasing pressure presure of ot the whites changed most aspects aspect of ot aboriginal life Some of ot the tho reseat contributions to Miss Densmore's Denmore's collections collection wt were re written do down n as she sh heard them from the lips III's lip of ot aged men inert and ana women omen and there a nas seq always the tear fear that much ranch might be b lost to posterity should the old peo- peo people peo people I plo die before betor the recordings I were completed I The songs ot of the Mandan and anet were taken taen down don do n on the rort Berthold re reservation er n n North Dakota and Include a rich collection of ot war song songs love Gongs songs connected with eagle catching songs ones about legends otc etc The were vere farm farm- farmer ere arc er and the th garden carden I songs are area area area a unique group croup The Th Mandan reservation I Is ii the tho northern limit of ot the earth lod lodge and also al o of the tho th pottery area The hib tribe lives In permanent substantial houses houe The roots roofs of ot these the were the th scene cen of much and singing on top ot of the tho houses In the th evenings Is in Isone Ison one ot of the th picturesque que customs The culture and character of ot the th tb Is I about the same Sante as a the Mandan Miss 1 Densmore Is at present pre engaged at the th National at Washington preparing a guide guMe guidebook book ot of the tho th museums museum's unique col- col collection collection col collection lection of ot musical from all parts part of the th world orld |