This Saturday, March 28th, we will be singing at the Westwood pow-wow. Class will meet as scheduled on Saturday morning as well. Our performance time will be during the Supper break from 5pm to 5:30pm. Gourd Dancing starts at 5:30pm. The Westwood HS pow-wow is having Jr Miss Whiteriver perform during this time as well. She will perform as soon as the color guard retires the colors and then our group will have 15-20 min as well. Please arrive at 4:30 so we can meet before singing.
New Songs
This Saturday, we reviewed some of our previous songs and also learned a new one, which we will sing at the PIC Gala on April 4th. On April 4th, we will meet for our usual class time and then at the Phoenix Indian Center before going to the PIC Gala in Scottsdale.
Shikeyah Nizhonee Binaashniih
This is a really beautiful song we learned from the CD/book, "We'll Be in Your Mountains, We'll Be in Your Songs: A Navajo Woman Sings." We found out it is another song that was sung during the Dine people's internment at Fort Sumner. It speaks to how much the Dine people missed their homeland and were determined to make it back. We will be learning this song for our upcoming singing events, so definitely practice this one.
According to the book, the song translates to:
I remember my beautiful land.
I want to go home now. I am going home now.
Shikeyah Nizhoni Binaashniih by Dine Class
Naaldlooshii (Animals)
This is a neat children's song incorporating the different animals (sheep, goat, cow, horse, donkey, bird, cat, dog, pig, and rooster) and the sounds they make. It is a fun song to teach children. You can also supplement with words and sounds of other animals for more variety.
Naadlooshii by Dine Class
We hope you enjoy these songs. As we get closer to our singing events, we are deciding which songs we will sing. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to add your comment below or email me at shtom@cox.net.
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