Product Description

Performed by noted singer Joseph Shields, Jr. (Ihunktowan Dakota/Sicangu Lakota), this collection presents rarely recorded songs that accompany the sacred Pipe ceremonies of the Lakota. Sung in honor of Grandfather Spirit, these songs reflect the spiritual traditions of the Lakota people that center around their introspective ceremonies.

Track Listing

1. Pipe Song
2. Pipe Song
3. Calling of the Spirit Song
4. Calling of the Spirit Song
5. Calling of the Spirit Song
6. Calling of the Spirit Song
7. Healing Song
8. Calling of the Spirit Song
9. Eagle Song
10. Pipe Song
11. Calling of the Spirit Song
12. Healing Song
13. Calling of the Spirit Song
14. Prayer Song
15. Going Away Song
16. Emptying of the Pipe Song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147488 in Music
• Released on: 1999-01-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Customer Reviews

Sacred Songs
Joseph Shields, Jr. has given a gift of spirit. This compilation of Lakota pipe songs is very sacred, honest, and pure.

Waste, wastelo
At long last a cd of Lakota Canunpa songs, one we can understand and learn from. Of course like most recordings of this type, it's not quite melodious, but it serves the purpose. It would have been better had the words been included in both Lakota & English....for those who don't know what they are singing about, but for some reason it seems as though the words are not provided as some sort of deterrent to those people who would just go along and sing these Sacred songs just for the hell of it. As if! Most common people would even bother..... But it has helped me....