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Colorado SunDance Community Interview August 13, 2022
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For access to the recordings on YouTube contact the University of Colorado Boulder American Music Research Center.
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In this interview, members of the Colorado SunDance community share their experiences of learning and passing on indigenous traditions from southwestern tribes such as the Cheyenne, Navajo, and Apache. They describe music and dance as ways of healing, educating, and advocating for their communities. They also discuss current issues for indigenous peoples in Colorado, key community elders, and the development of indigenous histories.
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In this interview, members of the Colorado SunDance community share their experiences of learning and passing on indigenous traditions from southwestern tribes such as the Cheyenne, Navajo, and Apache. They describe music and dance as ways of healing, educating, and advocating for their communities. They also discuss current issues for indigenous peoples in Colorado, key community elders, and the development of indigenous histories.
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00:00:00 In this segment, Colorado SunDance Community members present three musical offerings in the El Pueblo History Museum, including: 1) American Indian Movement Song 2) Jingle dress song 3) Men's northern traditional sneak-up dance. Sam Gallegos gives the dancers, singers, and drummers direction between each number. Singing with a steady drumbeat plays. Additional topics include: buffalo, fan, confidence, Native American musics. 00:12:54 Dr. Xóchitl Chávez introduces themself. The interviewers and interviewees introduce themselves. Additional topics include: Apache, Bessemer, Cheyenne, Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Pueblo, Southern Cheyenne, tribal affiliation. 00:19:04 Xóchitl mentions the interview will be conducted similar to a focus group, where everyone gets to talk. The group describes musical experiences from their childhoods, including listening preferences, playing instruments, and family time. Additional topics include: "Dance Monkey", "Savage Love", 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 8-Tracks, Bieber, big band, boombox, cassette, Cheech & Chong, children, classic country, dance, drums, family, garage bands, guitar, instrument, Mexican, music, oldies, popular music, radio, record, rock, singing, Spanish, teenagers, Tex Mex, childhood, music preferences. 00:24:46 Susan continues the interview by asking Sam what inspired them to start exploring their Native American heritage through dance. The group talks about how they got involved in Native American music and dance. Additional topics include: 1980s, 1990s, activism, ancestors, Avondale, ceremonies, Chicano Studies, college, dance, drum, elders, family, fishing, Hispanic, hunting, indigenous, Mexican, protest, raiding, reservation, Southwest, spirituality, students, theater, tribal ID, water, Chicano Movement, Mexican American families, Native American families. 00:29:55 Sam talks about key elders and teachers by discussing one of the individuals that the group truly has to thank for them all coming together. The group members talk about their main mentors in learning about their Native American cultures. Additional topics include: Apache, Arapaho, Bessemer, ceremony, Chicano Movement, community, culture, Dave Martinez, drum, elder, gangs, healing, Helen Red Feather, Janet Hoffman, Joe Hernandez, John Sanchez, Louis Garcia, Michael Hawkwood, Navajo, Nez Perce, Pawnee, Rita Martinez, Sun Dance, teaching, Tomás Saush, yards, cultural education, Native American families. 00:37:37 Susan asks, “When you all think about Southern Colorado/Northern New Mexico, what types of Native American music and ritual and events do you think of?” The group talks about various ceremonies and events for tribes in Southern Colorado and New Mexico. Additional topics include: Apache, Bear Dances, ceremonies, Colorado Springs, Denver March, feast days, inipi, Lakota, powwow, Pueblo, Sun Dances, sweat lodge, teachers, Turtle Island, Ute, cultural education, Native American ceremony. 00:40:40 Xóchitl talks about the different circuits of Native communities. The group expands on the concept of “northern." Sam explains classifications of tribes as "southern" and "northern" and explains some differences between them. Additional topics include: Apache, Blackfoot, Canada, Comanche, Cree, drum styles, First Nations, Lakota, Navajo, northern style, northern tribes, powwow, southern style, southern tribes, Ute, tribal identity, tribal practices. 00:42:10 Susan asks if the group can talk a little bit about the drum. The group members discuss the making, maintenance, and sacred nature of the drum. Additional topics include: bear, buffalo, buffalo hide, caretaker, circle of life, cottonwood, deer, drum makers, elk hide, figures, hand drums, heartbeat, Luca Lucero, medicine, Mother Earth, sacred, Tracy Madrid, tree trunk, visions, warriors, women, Native American drumming. 00:45:09 Xóchitl asks the group to talk further about how Native music and dance practices relate specifically with ethnic and social class background. The group members discuss the ways that reconnection with their heritage has benefited them and allowed them to keep their traditions alive despite historic persecution. Additional topics include: 1960s, 1978, beat, ceremony, culture, drum, feeling, languages, lost, Native American Spirituality Act (American Indian Religious Freedom Act), persecuted, red road, reservation, resistance, school, spirit, Sun Dance, United States, Native American identities, Native American spiritualities. 00:50:32 Xóchitl states, “...the drum is medicine, the music is medicine, dance and you have all talked about how you feel better in this setting.” The group members talk about healing practices and programs for sharing them with the community. Additional topics include: ceremonies, community lodges, drugs, drum, generational trauma, health, homeless, hospital, Medicine Wheel, museum, prison, PTSD, suicide, university, veterans, wellness program, community programs, health and wellness. 00:54:44 Susan asks, “So what are some of the difficulties and challenges that the community faces with maintaining these cultural practices here in Pueblo?” The group members discuss challenges they face and modes of resistance for indigenous peoples, including struggles over rights and teaching historical narratives. Additional topics include: activist, Civil Rights Movement, Constitution, discrimination, entertainers, fires, generational trauma, government, history, indigenous women, invisible people, protest, racism, red hand, red road, resilience, restrictions, rights, Standing Rock, Sun Dance, teaching, understanding, voices, indigenous histories, indigenous rights. 01:04:44 Susan mentions they want to be mindful of their time and also the museum. The group discusses the indigenous peoples exhibits at El Pueblo History Museum and how they benefit the community. Additional topics include: anglocentric, Apache, archives, artifacts, Comanche, culture, education, El Movimiento, exhibits, free gallery, gathering point, generation, healing, Ludlow, museum, Navajo, Southern Cheyenne, southwest, trade, traditional practices, university, Ute, American Southwest--history, indigenous histories, museums. 01:09:01 Xóchitl thanks the group and asks if they have any parting words or messages they would like to have as part of this documentation. Sam shares parting words, expressing that their group only represents a small snapshot of diverse indigenous practices. He shares that love of family is a primary motivator to continue indigenous culture bearing and education. Additional keywords include: different, families, snapshot, tribes. End of recording.
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00:00:00 In this segment, Colorado SunDance Community members present three musical offerings in the El Pueblo History Museum, including: 1) American Indian Movement Song 2) Jingle dress song 3) Men's northern traditional sneak-up dance. Sam Gallegos gives the dancers, singers, and drummers direction between each number. Singing with a steady drumbeat plays. Additional topics include: buffalo, fan, confidence, Native American musics. 00:12:54 Dr. Xóchitl Chávez introduces themself. The interviewers and interviewees introduce themselves. Additional topics include: Apache, Bessemer, Cheyenne, Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Pueblo, Southern Cheyenne, tribal affiliation. 00:19:04 Xóchitl mentions the interview will be conducted similar to a focus group, where everyone gets to talk. The group describes musical experiences from their childhoods, including listening preferences, playing instruments, and family time. Additional topics include: "Dance Monkey", "Savage Love", 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 8-Tracks, Bieber, big band, boombox, cassette, Cheech & Chong, children, classic country, dance, drums, family, garage bands, guitar, instrument, Mexican, music, oldies, popular music, radio, record, rock, singing, Spanish, teenagers, Tex Mex, childhood, music preferences. 00:24:46 Susan continues the interview by asking Sam what inspired them to start exploring their Native American heritage through dance. The group talks about how they got involved in Native American music and dance. Additional topics include: 1980s, 1990s, activism, ancestors, Avondale, ceremonies, Chicano Studies, college, dance, drum, elders, family, fishing, Hispanic, hunting, indigenous, Mexican, protest, raiding, reservation, Southwest, spirituality, students, theater, tribal ID, water, Chicano Movement, Mexican American families, Native American families. 00:29:55 Sam talks about key elders and teachers by discussing one of the individuals that the group truly has to thank for them all coming together. The group members talk about their main mentors in learning about their Native American cultures. Additional topics include: Apache, Arapaho, Bessemer, ceremony, Chicano Movement, community, culture, Dave Martinez, drum, elder, gangs, healing, Helen Red Feather, Janet Hoffman, Joe Hernandez, John Sanchez, Louis Garcia, Michael Hawkwood, Navajo, Nez Perce, Pawnee, Rita Martinez, Sun Dance, teaching, Tomás Saush, yards, cultural education, Native American families. 00:37:37 Susan asks, “When you all think about Southern Colorado/Northern New Mexico, what types of Native American music and ritual and events do you think of?” The group talks about various ceremonies and events for tribes in Southern Colorado and New Mexico. Additional topics include: Apache, Bear Dances, ceremonies, Colorado Springs, Denver March, feast days, inipi, Lakota, powwow, Pueblo, Sun Dances, sweat lodge, teachers, Turtle Island, Ute, cultural education, Native American ceremony. 00:40:40 Xóchitl talks about the different circuits of Native communities. The group expands on the concept of “northern." 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The group members discuss the ways that reconnection with their heritage has benefited them and allowed them to keep their traditions alive despite historic persecution. Additional topics include: 1960s, 1978, beat, ceremony, culture, drum, feeling, languages, lost, Native American Spirituality Act (American Indian Religious Freedom Act), persecuted, red road, reservation, resistance, school, spirit, Sun Dance, United States, Native American identities, Native American spiritualities. 00:50:32 Xóchitl states, “...the drum is medicine, the music is medicine, dance and you have all talked about how you feel better in this setting.” The group members talk about healing practices and programs for sharing them with the community. 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Additional topics include: activist, Civil Rights Movement, Constitution, discrimination, entertainers, fires, generational trauma, government, history, indigenous women, invisible people, protest, racism, red hand, red road, resilience, restrictions, rights, Standing Rock, Sun Dance, teaching, understanding, voices, indigenous histories, indigenous rights. 01:04:44 Susan mentions they want to be mindful of their time and also the museum. The group discusses the indigenous peoples exhibits at El Pueblo History Museum and how they benefit the community. 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