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Contemporary Music by Indigenous Peoples of North America

Guide for music by Indigenous Peoples of North America, community resources, and Indigenous research methodologies

Selected Recordings

This is a small selection of our recordings. Please click on the image to be taken to library catalog to learn more about each album. 

Album art of "Rapid Approaching Ecstasy" by Dawn Avery and Larry Mitchell. Image is of an Indigenous person dancing.  Album art for "Overheard Songs" by Raven Chacon.   Album art for "The Four Moons" by Louis Wayne Ballard. Image depicts Ballard playing an instrument.  Album art for "One Blood" by Lila Downs. Image is of Lila Downs looking at the camera.

Album art for "Native Joy for Real" by Joy Harjo. Image depicts an illustrated person playing the saxophone.  Album art for "The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet." Black and white image depicts Pettiford in the shadows with his bass.  Album art for "Music From a Painted Cave." Image is a painting Robert Mirabal kneeling with his head down.  Album art for "When It's Cold: Cree Round Dance Songs" by Northern Cree.

Album art for "Kikāwiynaw" by Lula Wiles. Image shows Wood.  Album art for "Flying Eagle" by Jim Pepper. Image shows text over an illustration of an eagle and arrows.   Album art for "Hold the Rain" by Pura Fe. Image shows a woman with a guitar near a river.   Album art for "Auk/Blood" by Tanya Tagaq. Image shows Tagaq behind tree branches.