INAFA Archives - Books
Books, Songbooks, Pamphlets, and Dissertations/Theses
Arsenault. Joseph B. Quechua Worship Songs of Azangaro, Peru. New York: Maryknoll, 2002. This songbook is in the Nakai TABlature system and has an accompanying cassette tape - INAFA-CT65. This book is autographed by the author.
Ball, Jeff and Bruce A. Whitten. Trailhead of the American Indian Courting Flute. N.p.: n.p., 1994.
Baker, Theodore. On the Music of the North American Indians. The Netherlands: Fritz Knuf, 976. This is an English translation of Theodore Baker's monograph of 1882 made by Ann Buckley.
Bierhorst, John. A Cry From the Earth: Music of the North American Indians New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1979.
Bludts, Carl. Feathered Pipe Memories - Solos for the Native American Flute. N. p.: n.p.
-----.Feathered Pipe Memories - Solos for Native American Flute (with companion CD). Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 2000. CD's identification code is INAFA - CD32.
-----.The Four Directions - Traditional and Original Compositions for Native American Flute (with companion CD). Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 1999.
Burton, Frederick R. American Primitive Music With Especial Attention to the Songs of the Ojibways. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909.
Buss, Judy Epstein. "The Flute and Flute Music of the North American Indians." Thesis - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977.
Chazanoff, Daniel. Music of the Alabama Tribe for the Native American Flute or Recorder. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1998.
-----.Music of the Native North American for the Flute of Recorder. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1990.
-----.Music of the Santo Domingo Pueblo for the Native American Flute or Recorder. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1998.
-----.Native American Music in Seven Volumes for the Flute or Recorder: The Indians of the Southwest - Volume 1. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1998.
Conlon, Paula. "The Flute of the Canadian Amerindian: An Analysis of the Vertical Whistle With External Block and Its Music." Thesis - Carleton University, 1983.
Crawford, Tim R. I Never Met a Flute I Did Not Like: The Warble. Presentation booklet given by the author at the 2001 Inaugural INAFA Convention in Kent, Ohio.
Crawford, Tim R. and Dr. Kathleen Joyce. Flute Magic: An Introduction to the Native American Flute. Ohio: RainDance Publications, 1997.
Crowl, Christine. The Hunter and the Woodpecker: A Storybook Based on Indian Legend. South Dakota: Tipi Press, 1990.
Curtis, Natalie, ed. The Indians' Book: Songs and Legends of the American Indians (Reprint). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1968.
Densmore, Frances. The American Indians and Their Music. New York: The Womans Press, 1926.
-----.The Belief of the Indian in a Connection Between Song and the Supernatural. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 151. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1953. pgs. 217-223
-----.Cheyenne and Arapaho Music. Southwest Museum Papers Number 10. California: Southwest Museum, 1936.
-----.Chippewa Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 45. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910.
-----.Chippewa Music - II. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 53. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913.
-----.Choctaw Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 136, Numbers 27-32. Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1943. P.p. 101-188.
-----.Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution, Untied States National Museum, Bulletin 136. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1927.
-----.Mandan and Hidatsa Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 80. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1923.
-----.Menominee Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 102. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932.
-----.Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti and Zuni Pueblos. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 165. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957.
-----.Music of the Indians of British Columbia. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 136. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1943.
-----.Northern Ute Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1922.
-----.Papago Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 90. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1929.
-----.Pawnee Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 93. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1929.
-----.Seminole Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 161. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956.
-----.The Study of Indian Music. The Smithsonian Report, Publication 3671. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1942.
-----.A Study of Some Michigan Indians. Anthropological Papers No. 1. Michigan: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, 1949
-----.Technique in the Music of the American Indian. Anthropological Papers No. 36. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 151. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1953.
-----.Teton Sioux Music and Culture (Reprint). Nebraska: University of Nebraska, 1992.
-----.Yuman and Yaqui Music. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 110. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932.
Diamond, Beverley, M. Sam Cook, and Franziska von Rosen. Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of Nationals Communities in Northeastern America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Doren, Mark Van. The Travels of William Bartram. New York: Dover Publications, 1928.
Erdoes, Richard, trans. and ed. The Sound of Flutes and Other Indian Legends. New York: Pantheon Books, 1976.
Fletcher, Alice C. Indian Games and Dances With Native Songs. Boston: C.C. Birchard and Company, 1915.
-----.Indian Story and Song From North America. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1990.
-----.Omaha Indian Music. Archaeological and Ethnological Papers, Volume 1, Number 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1893.
Gilman, Benjamin Ives. Hopi Songs: A Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology. Volume 5. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
Goble, Paul. Love Flute. New York: Bradbury Press, 1992.
Hacker, Paul. Winds of the Past: Guide to Playing the Native American Flute. Oklahoma: n.p., 1995.
Hammond, George and Agapito Rey. Narratives of the Coronado Expedition 1540-1542. Coronado Historical Series, Vol. 2. New Mexico: The University of New Mexico Press, 1940.
Hensley, Betty Austin. Thurlow Lieurance Indian Flutes. Kansas: Self-Published, 1990. (Includes a loose appendix)
-----.Thurlow Lieurance Indian Flutes (Second Edition). Vida, Oregon: The Oregon Flute Store, 2002. This book is a revision of the author's original publication and contains a forward by Native American flute scholar Dr. Richard W. Payne.
Herzog, George. A Comparison of Pueblo and Pima Musical Styles. Journal of American Folklore. Volume 49, Number 194. P.p. 283-417. Germany: J.J. Augustin, 1937.
Hofsinde, Robert (Gray-Wolf). Indian Music Makers. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1967.
Howard, Ann Kimble. "Longing for Native American Flute and Piano." Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 1999. (Sheet music)
-----.Song of the Spirit Women: Lullabies and Traditional Songs for the Native American Flute. Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 2002. (Transcribed in Nakai TABlature and finger charts)
Hunt, W. Ben. The Complete How-To Book of Indiancraft: 68 Projects for Authentic Indian Articles from Tepee to Tom-Tom. New York: Macmillan, 1973.
INAFA. INAFA Songbook, Volume 1. Suffolk, Virginia: INAFA, 2002. (Various songs submitted by INAFA members for the purpose of raising funds for the organization.)
Johnson, Ph.D., Gordon. "Native American Flute Project: Constructing a Native American-Style Flute Out of PVC pipe and Learning to Play Authentic Melodies." (Written and compiled for educational purposes within the school system - Morgan Middle School, Morgan, Utah.)
Joyce, Kathleen Ann. The Native American Flute in the Southwestern United States: Past and Present. Michigan: UMI Dissertation Services, 1997.
Kitts-Turner, John S. Eight Animal Dance Songs Based on Music of the Alabama Tribe. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1996. These songs are arranged for three Native American flutes, SAT Recorders, or, in some cases, gemshorns.
-----.Eight Ceremonial Songs Based on Music of the Omaha Indians. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1997. These songs are in three-part settings for Native American flutes or soprano, alto, and tenor recorders.
Lacapa, Michael. The Flute Player: An Apache Folktale. Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1990.
Lieurance, Thurlow. "Aooah: Love Song From the Red Willow Pueblos." Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1913. This is sheet music for piano, voice, and Native American flute.
-----."By the Waters of Minnetonka: An Indian Love Song." Philidelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1915. This is sheet music for piano solo.
-----."By the Waters of Minnetonka: An Indian Love Song." Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, Co., 1917. This is sheet music for piano and voice.
-----."Hymn to the Sun God: Indian Song." Philidelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1917. This is sheet music for piano and voice
-----.Indian Songs With Descriptive Notes. Theo. Presser Co., 1913. This is a songbook, with descriptive notes, for piano, voice, and Native American flute.
-----."Lullaby: An Indian Love Song." Philadelphia: Theo. Presser & Co., 1913. This is sheet music for piano, voice, and Native American flute.
-----.Singing Children of the Sun: A Book of Indian Songs for Unison Singing. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1943. This is a songbook for voice and piano.
-----.Songs of the North American Indian With Preface and Explanatory Notes. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1920. This is a songbook for piano, voice, and Native American flute. [Autographed by the author]
-----."Trusting." Kansas City, Missouri: J.W. Jenkins Sons Music Co., 1908.
Linton, Ralph, ed. American Anthopologist, Vol. 44. Menasha, Wisconsin: The American Anthropological Association, 1942. In this volume, there are numerous articals about various aspects of Native American cultures.
Lunsford, Frank. Getting Started With the Native American Flute. Booklet compiled for the 2002 Second Annual Armadillo Flute Society Native American Flute Retreat.
McCleskey, Wayne and John Sarantos. A Kokopelli Christmas: Songs for the Winter Season in NAF TABlature for the Contemporary Native American Flute. Washington: Wind Warrior Publications, 1998.
-----.A Kokopelli Song Book for the Contemporary Native American Flute, Volume 1: Folk and Traditional Songs. Washington: Wind Warrior Publications, 1998. (Graphic notation, not the Nakai TABlature system)
Moore, Gerald. Native American Tunes in Three and Four Part Settings for Recorders or Flutes. North Carolina: Susato Press, 1991.
Morris, Elizabeth Ann. Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock District, Northeastern Arizona. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona 35. Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1980.
Nakai, R. Carlos and James DeMars. The Art of the Native American Flute. Arizona: Canyon Records Productions, 1996. (Two Copies)
Nakai, R. Carlos and Ken Light. The Renaissance of the Native American Flute - The Contemporary Native American Flute; the Music, Mythology and Rebirth of an Ancient Voice in the Winds. Helena, Montana: Native American Flute Music and Amon Olorin Flutes, 1995.
Oregon Flute Circle. Oregon Flute Circle Song Notebook. A collection of songs for the six-hole Native American flute compiled by members of the Oregon Flute Circle.
Paxton Price, Lew. Creating and Using Grandfather's Flute. California: Self-Published, 1995.
-----.Creating and Using Larger Native American Flutes. California: Self-Published, 1998.
-----.Creating and Using the Largest Native American Flutes. California: Self-Published, 1998.
-----.Creating and Using the Native American Concert Flute. California: Self-Published, 1996.
----.Creating and Using the Native American Love Flute. California: Self-Published, 1993 and 1994.
-----.Creating and Using Older Native American Flutes. California: Self-Published, 1995.
-----.Creating and Using Smaller Native American Flutes. California: Self-Published,1995.
-----.Creating and Using Very Small Native American Flutes. California: Self-Published, 1998.
-----.Native North American Flutes. California: Self-Published, 1990.
Payne, Richard W. Indigenous Aerophones of the Northwest Coast. Oklahoma: Toubat Trails Publishing Co., 2000.
Priestley, Herbert Ingram, trans. A Historical, Political, and Natural Description of California by Pedro Fages: Written for the Viceroy in 1775. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1937.
Riemer, Mary F. "Instrumental and Vocal Love Songs of the North American Indians." Thesis - Wesleyan University, 1978.
Roberts, Rick. Gift to the People - The Native American Flute. Massachusetts: n.p., 1995.
Ryan, Marah Ellis. The Flute of the Gods. New York: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, 1909.
Sarantos, John. A Kokopelli Finger Chart Songbook for the Contemporary Native American Flute, Volume 2: Folk, Spiritual, and Traditional Songs.Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 2002.
-----.Under One Sky - Traditional Native American Songs for the Contemporary Native American Flute in Nakai TABlature and Finger Pictures (Five-Hole Version). Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 2000.
Sarantos, John and Wayne McCleskey. Under One Sky - Traditional Native American Songs for the Contemporary Native American Flute in Nakai TABlature and Finger Pictures (Six-Hole Version). Kentucky: RabbitDog Publishing, 2000.
Shearer, Tony. The Praying Flute: Song of the Earth Mother. California: Naturegraph Publishers, Inc., 1987. (2 copies)
-----.The Praying Flute: Song of the Earth Mother. Helena, Montana: Amon Olorin Flutes, 1991. (Spiral-Bound)
Slifer, Dennis and James Duffield. Kokopelli: Fluteplayer Images in Rock Art. New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1994.
Speck, Frank. Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians. Anthropological Publications of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1909. Volume 1, Number 1. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1979
Spotted Eagle, Douglas. Voices of Native America. Liberty, Utah: Eagle's View Publishing, 1997.
Steward, Julian H. Myths of the Owens Valley Paiute. Volume 34, Number 5, pgs. 355-440. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1936.
Troyer, Carlos. Indian Music Lecture: The Zuni Indians and Their Music. Philadelphia: Theo. Presser Co., 1913.
Vames, John. The Native American Flute: Understanding the Gift. Scottsdale, Arizona: Molly Moon Arts, 2003. This is an interactive guide for learning to play the Native American flute. It includes instructional text, a CD, and 25 songs for the six-hole flute.
Walker, Dave. Cuckoo for Kokopelli. Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1998.
Wapp, Edward R. "The Sioux Courting Flute: Its Tradition, Construction, and Music." Thesis - University of Washington, 1984.
Wolf, R. A. Native Flutes: Over 250 Photos of Authentic 19th Century Native American Flutes. Lewisville, Texas: Russell A. Wolf, 2002. This is an interactive CD in PC format documenting flutes from the Dayton C. Miller Collection at The Library of Congress and from the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History.
-----.Flute Shop: A Guide to Crafting the Native American Style Flute. Lewisville, Texas: Russell A. Wolf, 2001.
-----.Flute Shop: A Guide to Crafting the Native American Style Flute (Revised Edition). Lewisville, Texas: Russell A. Wolf, 2003.
Youngblood, Mary. The Offering. Vida, Oregon: The Oregon Flute Store, 2003. This book contains songs for the Native American flute transcribed in the Nakai TABlature system and finger chart notation for the six-hole and five-hole flute. The transcriber is Clint Goss.