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Invitation (song) " Invitation " is a song by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, which originally appeared in the film A Life of Her Own (1950). Although it was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Score in the original film, it only became a jazz standard after being used as the theme in the 1952 film Invitation. [1]
Sioux music prominently features the human voice, with songs accompanied by drumming. [1] The Sioux are a large group of Native Americans generally divided into three subgroups: Lakota, Dakota and Nakota. Among the Dakota, traditional dance songs generally begin in a high pitch, led by a single vocalist ( solo) who sings a phrase that is then ...
Touch the Clouds ( Lakota: Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya or Maȟpíya Íyapat'o) (c. 1838 – September 5, 1905) was a chief of the Minneconjou Teton Lakota (also known as Sioux) known for his bravery and skill in battle, physical strength and diplomacy in counsel. The youngest son of Lone Horn, he was brother to Spotted Elk, Frog, and Roman Nose.
Placing the clan poles, c. 1910. Several features are common to the ceremonies held by Sun Dance cultures. These include dances and songs passed down through many generations, the use of a traditional drum, a sacred fire, praying with a ceremonial pipe, fasting from food and water before participating in the dance, and, in some cases, the ceremonial piercing of skin and a trial of physical ...
Rain-in-the-Face. Rain-in-the-Face ( Lakota: Ité Omáǧažu in Standard Lakota Orthography) (c. 1835 – September 15, 1905) was a warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. He participated in 1876 in the Battle of the Little Bighorn that defeated the 7th Cavalry ...
William Horn Cloud. William Horn Cloud (known as William 'Horncloud') was born in 1905 [1] (some sources say 1907), [2] Medicine District, Pine Ridge, Potato Creek, South Dakota and died in 1992. He was born to Joseph Horn Cloud and Mildred Beautiful Bald Eagle. His father Joseph witnessed and survived the Wounded Knee Massacre .
The " Huron Carol " (or " Twas in the Moon of Wintertime ") is a Canadian Christmas hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song), written probably in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada. [ 1] Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title ...
Veterans Songs is the first studio album by the American Indian drum group Lakota Thunder. Recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota, Veterans Songs is meant to "honor warriors from the past to the present." The liner notes include a quote from Sitting Bull: "I was never the aggressor, I only fought to protect the children."