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Historical Note
The Nez Perce Music fieldwork materials were primarily collected from
1990-1991, and constitute a record of the sources and records that Judy Jones
used for her dissertation "‘Women Never Used to War Dance’: Gender and Change
in Nez Perce Music" (1995). Judy Jones worked in collaboration Dr. Loran Olsen
of the Washington State University Faculty, who also conducted some of the
interviews with the Nez Perce that are contained in this collection. A fuller
account of how the Nez Perce Music fieldwork materials came to be generated can
be found in Judy Jones’s dissertation, which also provides a detailed
contextual narrative of her project.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use :
With the exception of the photocopies of printed materials (i.e.,
Series 3), the Nez Perce Music fieldwork materials are to be used for
noncommercial, "fair use" purposes only. Any use of these materials that falls
outside the definition of "fair use" will require the prior approval of Judy
Jones. This restriction is in place until January 1, 2015, or until it is
lifted by Dr. Jones prior to that time.
Preferred Citation :
[Item Description]. Cage
636, Nez Perce Music
Collection Fieldwork Materials . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The Nez Perce Music fieldwork materials have been arranged into five
series. Series 1, Tape Recordings, is arranged alphabetically and then
chronologically, and is divided into subseries 1.1) Audio Tapes, consisting of
music and related discussions, and subseries 1.2) Videotapes, consisting of
lectures. Series 2, Transcripts, is arranged alphabetically to correspond to
Series 1, and consists of transcriptions of all the audio recordings and a
portion of the videotapes. Series 3, Printed Materials, consists of photocopies
of Nez Perce event programs, and is arranged alphabetically and then
chronologically. Series 4, Fieldnotes, is arranged alphabetically and then
chronologically, and is divided into subseries 4.1) Interviews, and 4.2)
Events. Series 5, Photographs, is arranged alphabetically. Entries contain
detailed descriptive information; some entries are cross-referenced.
Acquisition Information :
The Nez Perce Music fieldwork materials were donated to Washington
State University Libraries in 1995 by Dr. Judy Jones, who generated them as a
result of the research she conducted (primarily) in Lapwai, Idaho, on the Nez
Perce Indian Reservation.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1:
Tape Recordings
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1. 1:
Audio Tapes
Jackson, Dorothy
Box
1
Audio Tape I. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Life history, women's roles, religions, change, songs and dances:
lullaby, flute, war dances, women's dances, soup dance, dance for picking up
the feather, February 28, 1991
1
Audio Tape 2. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Recording, "Songs of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation,"
followed by discussion of songs and dances, life history, gender roles,
change, July 18, 1991
1
Audio Tape 3. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Comments on Albert Moore's songs on Tape 5, Side B of the Nez Perce
Music Archive. Songs, dances, life history, musical experiences, gender roles,
change, July 23, 1991
1
Audio Tape 4. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Sam Jackson (Dorothy Jackson's husband); weyekin (spirit power);
lullaby; relationship to Alta Guzman; stick game; encampments; women's roles;
spider bite cure; medicine dances; photographs; root feasts; walasut (worship
dance); crafts., December 5, 1994
1
Audio Tape 4.1. Lapwai,
Idaho. Subject: Closing of the interview on tape 4.1, December 5, 1994
Box
1
Miles, Beatrice. Audio Tape 5.
Spalding, Idaho. Subjects: Life history; religions; weyekin (spirit power);
David Miles (husband); music. Note: This interview was conducted by Loran Olsen
assisted by Judy Jones., June 3, 1992
1
Pablo, Julia. Audio Tape 6.
Lewiston, Idaho. Subjects: Life history, musical experiences, songs, dances,
gender roles, change, Catholic church. Note: This interview was conducted by
Loran Olsen assisted by Judy Jones., August 7, 1991
Towhet, Caroline and Mary Ann
Meanus.
Box
1
Audio Tape 7. Warm Springs,
Oregon. Subjects: Music; gender; women's roles; songs for children; rituals;
religions; life history; change Songs performed: Lullaby; comforting song;
cradleboard song to a boy; cradleboard song to a girl; Wasco dance: "Bitsla
Ho"; Wasco Dance: "Yupa Dance"; Going-out Dance; Legendary Dance. Note:
Interview conducted by Loran Olsen, assisted by Judy Jones. , November 11, 1991
1
Audio Tape 7.1. Warm Springs,
Oregon. Subjects: Music; gender; women's roles; songs for children; rituals;
religions; life history; change. Songs performed: Wasklik (religious)
song, November 23, 1991
1
Audio Tape 7.2. Warm Springs,
Oregon. Subjects: Religions, life history, women's roles, various songs, 1907
recordings, rituals, rasp, stick game. Songs performed: none, November 23, 1991
Watters, Mari
Box
1
Audio Tape 8. Moscow, Idaho.
Subjects: Nez Perce flute, life history, Seven Drum religion, medicine power
Songs performed: Flute; women's prayer song (Seven Drum); "Morning song"
(tulim); Mari's personal medicine song (altered for recording)., July 17, 1990
1
Audio Tape 9. Moscow, Idaho.
Subjects: Protestant hymns in the Nez Perce language, July 26, 1990
Subseries 1. 1: Video
Tapes
Box
1
Axtell, Horace. Videotape I.
Washington State University, Pullman. (Guest lecture to MUS 265 / CAC 271
"Native Music of North America" class). Subjects: Nez Perce music, including
Indian Religion, war dance, social dance, personal power, and stick game songs.
Songs performed: Native religious song: "Sunrise song" Transcript:
none, March 8, 1994
1
Slickpoo, Allen, Sr. Videotape
2. Washington State University, Pullman. (Guest lecture to MUS 265 / CAC 271
"Native Music of North America" class). Subjects: Nez Perce culture and
history; songs; changes in war dance; language, lore, legends. Songs performed:
Legend: "Coyote's Happy song"; Native religious song about Hunyowat (the
Creator), February 3, 1994
Axtell, Horace. Lewiston,
Idaho. Subjects: Life history, musical experiences, pow-wow, war dance, change,
Seven Drum religion, ceremonies, gender roles., July 7, 1990
2
9
Cloud, Evelyn. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Life history, change, musical experiences, August 3, 1990
2
9
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects:
Musical experiences, Nez Perce language hymns, October 30, 1990
2
10
Halfmoon, Nancy. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Life history, Nez Perce language hymns., August 8, 1989
2
10
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, musical experiences, Nez Perce language hymns, pow-wow, gender
roles., March 4, 1991
2
10
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, change, women's roles., May 2, 1991
2
11
Jackson, Dorothy. Lapwai,
Idaho. Subjects: Life history, musical experiences, change, gender
roles., January 24, 1991
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects:
Musical experiences, change., February 7, 1991
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, change, music, gender roles., July 11, 1991
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects:
Comments on photographs of food preparation, dances, game of shinny,
relatives., October 23, 1991
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, religions, gender roles., May 4, 1992
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, music, religions., October 9, 1993
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, customs, weyekin. (Includes some notes on the Four Nations Pow-wow
event attended same day)., October 14, 1993
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Life
history, war dance, rituals, gender roles., March 16, 1994
2
11
Lapwai, Idaho. Subjects: Family
history, gender roles, life history, musical experiences., November 29, 1994
2
12
McAtty, Esther. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Life history, musical experiences, change., May 2, 1991
2
13
Pablo, Julia. Lewiston, Idaho.
Subjects: Life history, musical experiences, change., October 11, 1990
2
14
Red Thunder, Joe. Nespelem,
Washington. Subjects: Nez Perce music, change, gender roles. Note: interview
conducted by Loran Olsen with Judy Jones assisting., March 19, 1991
2
15
Slickpoo, Allen P., Sr. Nez
Perce National Historical Park Museum at Spalding, Idaho. Subjects: Mr.
Slickpoo's responses to Judy Jones' article on gender roles and changes in war
dance practice., September 19, 1994
2
16
Watters, Mari. University of
Idaho, Moscow. Subjects: Nez Perce songs, women's roles, personal
experiences., June 21, 1990
2
17
Yearout, Rosa. Lapwai, Idaho.
Subjects: Life history, change, music, Catholic church, gender., July 21, 1991
Subseries 4.2: Events
Chief Joseph and Warriors
Memorial Celebration, Lapwai, Idaho
Box
Folder
2
18
June 15-17,
1990
2
18
June 14-16,
1991
2
18
June 17, 1994
Box
Folder
2
19
Chief Lookingglass Pow-wow,
Kamiah, Idaho, August 17-18,
1990
2
20
Ku-au-mah Pow-wow at Washington
State University, Pullman, Washington, April 21, 1990
2
21
Mass and Feast of Corpus
Christi at St. Joseph's Mission Church, Slickpoo, Idaho, June 10, 1990
Mat'alyma'Pow-wow and Root
Feast at Kamiah, Idaho
Box
Folder
2
22
May 18, 1990; May 20, 1990
2
22
May 19, 1991
2
23
Nee-mee-poom Longhouse Annual
Root Reast and Pow-wow at Lapwai, Idaho, May 12-13,
1990
2
24
Nespelem Longhouse Root Feast,
Nespelem, Washington, April 21, 1991
2
25
Pah-loots-pu Celebration,
Washington State University, Pullman, April 4, 1991
Halfmoon, Nancy (left) and Esther
McAtty (right). Chief Joseph and Warriors Memorial Celebration. Lapwai, Idaho.
The picture was taken as the subjects were seated and ready for the Grand Entry
and the evening's proceedings to begin. Next to Mrs. McAtty is her young
grandson, and in the background are various individuals who were not intended
as photograph subjects., June 1992
2
28
Jackson, Dorothy. Lapwai, Idaho.
Mrs. Jackson is standing outside her home in Lapwai, before going to the Chief
Joseph and Warriors Memorial Celebration., June 1992
2
28
Jackson, Dorothy (left) and Alta
Guzman (right). Chief Joseph and Warriors Memorial Celebration. Lapwai, Idaho.
Seated and waiting for the Grand Entry and the evening's proceedings to begin.
Various individuals in the background were not intended as part of the
photograph., June 1992
2
28
Talmaks: Connie and Steve
Evans'camp. Winchester, Idaho. Tipi, car, cabin, and kids' tipi barely visible
behind car., July 1991.
2
28
Talmaks: Connie and Steve Evans'
camp. Winchester, Idaho. Large tipi not seen in photograph 4. Neighboring camp
of Edith and William Strombeck in far background., July 1992.
2
28
Watters, Mari: flute. Steele
House at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Picture shows Mari's hand
holding the flute which she plays on Audio Tape 8., July 17, 1990.
2
28
Watters, Mari; playing flute.
Steele House at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Mari is shown playing
the flute song recorded on Audio Tape 8., July 17, 1990.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Jones, Judy, 1960- --Archives
(
creator)
Corporate Names :
Nez Percé Indians
Nez Percé Indians--Music
Pacific Northwest Native American Music Archives.
waps
(
creator)
