Title: Modoc Indian Songs
Extent: 2 audio tapes
Location: Vault-shelves

Provenance: Copied for the Shaw Historical Library by the Archives of Traditional Music
Access: Open to public
Publication Rights: The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection.
Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Description: Modoc Indian songs. Sung in Modoc, and possibly Piaute, Pit River, Klamath,
and Shasta. Second generaltion audio tapes, copies of cylinders; sound quality fair to poor.
Accompanied by references and some texts with English translations and musical notation.
Celia Lynch, Usie George, Peter and Lizzie Schonchin, vocals. Recorded by Leslie Spier,
possibly with assistance fro Earl W. Count, in California in 1934.
Inventory:
Paiute songs -- Pit River songs -- Songs of inner peace -- Coyote {?}songs -- White Chindi's shaman song-- Stopwe songs --
Coyote's gambling song -- Aisis song -- Big chief song -- Bear's challenge, lament of parent bears and bear's sister's triumph --
Antelope song -- Timber-wolf song -- Badger-woman's song -- Ghost dance dream song -- Shasta song -- Ngeya victory song --
Love song -- Girl's puberty dance song -- Dr. George's shamanistic curing songs -- Black fox song -- Novice dance song --
Curing song of pelican -- Curing song of bear.