List of Photographs
Foreword, by Stephen Butler
Preface
1. Fingerprints
2. Anthropologists
3. Assimilation
4. Stereotypical
5. Defiance
6. Beating of the Heart
7. Sound of the Wind
8. Ancestral Voices
9. Sing It Loud
10. Rockin’ the Rez
11. Rocksteady
12. Tongue Twisters
13. Connections
Coda
List of Interviews
Notes
Index
Craig Harris is a music historian, a skilled percussionist,
and the author or coauthor of several books, including Heartbeat,
Warble, and the Electric Powwow: American Indian Music and Crossing
Borders: My Journey in Music. He is a former music educator who
taught for a quarter of a century and currently plays with Gaea
Star Band, with whom he cohosts the weekly Gaea Star Crystal Radio
Hour for Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network. Stephen Butler
founded Buffalo Jump Records after thirty years at Canyon Records
and was awarded the Best Producer Award by the Native American
Music Association in 2011.
"A unique exploration of Indigenous music traditions and artists
weaving history and tradition to contemporary expressions within
North American society."—Carol A. Markstrom, Roundup
Magazine
“Spanning from its origins and early documentation to its renewed
interest in the twenty-first century, Rise Up! brings Indigenous
music full circle for the first time. The ancient heartbeat of the
drum that connects each Indigenous person to the earth is finally
explored.”—Dom Flemons, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and
songwriter
“Rise Up! takes us on a journey into the deepest part of ourselves,
beyond the wounds of our recent past, and into the heartbeat of our
history, toward an unrestricted future full of possibility. . . .
This book will be a help to many on our educational, healing, and
reconciliation journeys.”—Sandra Sutter, Métis
singer-songwriter
“Craig Harris has done a remarkable job in opening the door for
anyone and everyone who reads this excellent book, introducing the
reader to this amazing music as well as the lives of many who have
created it and preserve it.”—David Amram, renowned
multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor
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