This book with accompanying audio is a detailed guide to learning how to play these songs on the Native American flute. Delve into a deeper understanding of the Native American flute with this unique collection of songs specifically tailored for this beautiful instrument. American Indian music from several Nations (Cheyenne, Lakota, Papago, Ojibwa and many more) has been adapted to the Nakai TAB system and presented for your enjoyment and musical development. These songs of the hunt and home, songs of love and war will increase your appreciation for the richness and diversity of American Indian culture. The music in this collection ranges from easy to very challenging and will improve your skills on this fascinating instrument. Includes access to online audio.

Songs of the Nations

Introduction
Reading Nakai TAB
About This Collection
Chippewa

Little Plover
Flute Melody
Love Song #2
When I Think of Him (Her)
I Am Thinking of Her
Come, Let Us Sing
Go With Me
Song of an Ambitious Mother
Why Should I Be Jealous
My Love Must Be Sorrowful
Weeping For My Love
Do Not Weep
In Her Canoe
Do Not Weep
He Is Gone
Lullaby

Menominee

Flute Melody #1
Flute Melody #2
Love Song - A
Love Song - B
Love Song - D
Love Song - C
Lullaby - B
My Tapping Stick
You Are Struggling
The Slender-Legged Animals
I Will See A Bear
Mocassin Game Song - A
Song of the Beggar's Dance
War Song Concerning the Owls
Song of Protection During the Civil War
Song Concerning a Captive Woman

Northern Cheyenne

Song of the Chief Dance
Song Addressed to Eagle Nest
Hand Game Song
Singing for that Bean
Looking For My Horses
Going Toward That Paint
We Cannot Turn Back
A Hard Road
He Has Gone
The Stones Endure (Old War Song)
Badger Medicine Song
Grandfather Helps Me Heal
Song for Treating Sick Babies

Arapaho

On My Enemies Ground
Song of War Dance (Yellow Horse)
Song of The Gift Dance
WWI War Song (Yellow Horse)

Lakota

Swift Dog's Love Song
Blue Cloud's Love Song
Come
Song of the Maiden's Leap
Owls Hooting
The Sunrise
Song of Healing
An Appeal to the Bear
Song of the Bear
Horses I Am Bringing
A Short Time
Song in Honor of Gabriel Renville (Sisseton Chief)
I Look for Him In Vain
Song Concerning Sitting Crow
Song of the Famine
A Hard Time I Have

Mandan/Hidatsa

Buffalo Society Dance Song
Buffalo Society Serenade - B
Need I Be Afraid?
Foolish Dog Society Serenade
Song to the Raven
Song of Derision
Song of the Bear
Song of the Shell
Gardening Song (Kill the Blackbirds)
Song on the Roof of the Lodge
I Cannot Sleep
Old War Song
War Song
Song of the Black Eagle
The Youngest Wife of the Chief
My Lover is Dead

Pawnee

You Need Not Fear the Horse
I Am Exalted Among the People
Mother's Song for A Dead Baby
Folk Tale Song B
Song of the Strange Little Boy
Song of Affection
Women's War Song
A Woman Welcomes the Warrior
The Horse is Shouting
Song for Returned Pawnee WWI Soldiers
Brown Bear's Song (Crying Song)
Father Gave Me a Pipe

Choctaw

Steal Partner Dance Song - B
Steal Partner Dance Song - C
Terrapin Dance Song - B
Quail Dance Song
Pleasure Dance Song
Bullet Game Song - A
Bullet Game Song - B
Rabbit in the Garden
A Dog Chases a Racoon
Victory Song

Seminole

Friendship Song - C
Friendship Song - D
Buffalo Dance Song - B
It Moves About As It Feeds
Hunting Dance Song - F
Hunting Dance Song - G
Hunting Dance Song - I
Hunting Dance Song - M
Hunting Dance Song - N
Hunting Dance Song - O
Hunting Dance Song - Q
Hunting Dance Song - S
Hunting Dance Song - V
The Unsuccessful Hunter - A
Alligator Dance Song - B
Possum Calls For Her Lost Baby

Northern Ute

Bear Dance Song - C
Bear Dance Song - I
Dance Faster (Dream Song)
Hand Game Song - A
Smoking Song - C
Tea Dance Song - A
Tea Dance Song - B
Tea Dance Song - C (Part 2)
Parade Song (G)
Song Used in Treatment of Sick - K
Dance Song - C
On a Mountain, The Noise of the Wind

Papago

The World Would Burn Without the Rain
Song of Brown Buzzard After Removing His Scalp
Song Concerning the Black Snake
The Rocks Are Making a Noise
Four Fires on the Ground
The Girls Are Approaching
Terrible in its Power to Destroy
Song of the Women By the Sea
It Is Time to Pay Your Wager
Little Girl, Come and Help Us Sing
Brown Lizard
Song of a Medicine Woman on Seeing That a Sick Person Will Die
He Will Run Around the Salt Bed
Song for Success in a Race
The Man Who Has No Joy
It Is the Woodpecker

Zuñi

Pleasure Dance Song - A
Pleasure Dance Song - B
The Rain Is Coming
At The Rainbow Spring - B
The Rain Gods Speak
Badger Woman Speaks
Harvest Dance Song
Comanche Dance Song

Acoma

Flower Dance Song
Corn Plant, I Sing For You
The Sun-Youth Has Risen in the East
Hunter's Prayer Song
Deer and Antelope Song

Isleta

Hunci Dance – Second Song
War Song (C)
49 Dance Song

Yuma and Yaqui

Song of the Meadowlark and the Diver
Song Concerning the Quail
Dance of the Waterbug
Song of the Blackbird - A
Song of the Blackbird - B
The Redbird Speaks
The Redbird and His Shadow
The Song of the Nighthawk
The Wonder Boy (Miapa'khumi) Decides to Change His Name to Pa'kohan
Song Concerning the Wild Cat
White Cloud Demonstrates His Power
The Sky is in Darkness
Me'sipa Dies
Coyote Seizes the Heart
Lullaby
Sleep My Baby