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MUNM Midterm

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True
In Canada the general term Aboriginal is more widely used to describe the indigenous population.
True
In the textbook I will use the terms Native American and American Indian interchangeably.
True
The horrifying nature of the forced removals affected all associated, culminating in the loss of life through disease, extreme weather conditions, or warfare.
True
The Trail of Tears is the voluntary (under duress) and forced removal of several Native Nations from the Southeastern portion of the United States to then land referred to as Indian Territory.
Nation/Citizen
According to Albert Hale, Past-President of the Navajo Nation, what terminology should be used to refer to the members of his community?
All of the above
According to the movie Sousa on the Rez: Marching to the Beat there are only four Native American marching bands still performing.
Those bands are:
By their Nation affiliation
Whenever possible is it always best to refer to someone
United States law that encouraged and paid for moving expenses for Native Americans to move to urban settings to obtain vocational training.
What was the Indian Relocation Act of 1956?
Hand Drum
Water Drum
Bass Drum
Select all that apply to the following term:
Membranophone
False
A width of the vibrato refers to how fast or slow the wavering of pitch is
True
In this class one way to discuss different note-lengths is to use the terms longer and shorter to refer to the note durations.
False
The First Nations have adapted European musical dance forms such as the polka, waltz, square dance, schottische, and jig, using these musical genres as the basis to incorporate traditional indigenous dance steps.
All of the Above
Timbre is also referred to as:
Innu
What nation's hand drum is featured in the textbook?
A Tribe Called Red
In the textbook the author references a group that is indigenous that instead of using acoustic instruments the group is known for creating electronic dance music. What group was the author discussing?
All of the Above
What are the different types of drums discussed in the textbook?
Pitch
A single sound within a piece of music

Note
A moment of silence in a piece of music

Rest
can refer to two different things: 1) How high or low an instrument or singer can play or sing, or 2) The range between the lowest and highest note in a specific piece of music

Pitch range
The distance in pitch between two notes.

Interval
At least two different notes sounding at the same time
Match the term with the correct definition
Blackfire
Who is the group/artist that recorded this song?
Marvin Rainwater
Who is the group/artist that recorded this song?
XIT
Who is the group/artist that recorded this song?
A Tribe Called Red
Who is the group/artist that recorded this song?
Onondaga, Seneca, Oeida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Tuscarora
The six nations that are part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy are
True
Haudenosaunee means "The People Who Built the Longhouse"
False
The Hiawatha belt symbolizes the unity of the five original Haudenosaunee nations.
False
The second story told by Perry was a lesson story. In this lesson story Perry told us how the birds learned to fish
True
The members of the Haudenosaunee confederation together created a metaphorical "longhouse" that based their governing on working together and creating peace rather than being enemies
Island
The Northeast region is divided into three different areas. What area is not part of the Northeast region.
New York
The Haudenosaunee nations are currently located in _________
Turtle
The Haudenosaunee people refer to the land they live on as ________Island.
Rattle Snake People
While many people refer to the Haudenosaunee confederacy as the Iroquois, Iroquois can been seen as a negative word derived from the meaning:
Rattles
The _________ open up communication to the spirit realm and allows the exorcism to occur.
Cedar bark
The young Hamat'sa is tamed by wearing the red ______ rings.
Cannibal
During the time the young Hamat'sa spends in the woods his body will become possessed by the ______ spirit.
Evil/Cannibal spirit
Once the young Hamat'sa has been tamed he finds both good and evil strengths within him, but he learns that he is not alone. Together they can defeat the ______.
Kwakwaka'wakw
The _____ nation performs the Hamat'sa Dance.
Kwakwaka'wakw
What is the name of the nation that performs that Hamat'sa Dance?
A belt used to tell a story or convey a message
What is a wampum belt?
Corn, bean, and squash
The Three Sisters represent
False
A log drum is part of the membranophone sound-producing category.
to validate and to confirm significant life events
The purpose of a Potlatch is
False
The Hamat'sa Society learns information purely through oral means.
Hamat'sa Performance or Potlatch
This is an example of music that would be performed during a ________________ .
True
This audio example changes percussive patterns throughout
Log drums and Rattles
What instruments do you hear in this audio example?
Sundown to Sunup
The bird songs are performed from _____ to _____
Flicker bird
The ______ _______ spoke up at the secret meeting and said Múkat must be bewitched?
rattle
The instrument that Mike Mirelez (bird performer) plays is a _______.
bird
Mike Mirelez performs _____ songs.
California
During Mike Mirelez's (bird performer) talk he said that a group of American Indians are often forgotten and not mentioned in history books. He was he referring to which state?
False
A young Turkey Dance wears red cedar bark rings during their performance.
False
Bear Dance songs focus on songs that use mostly text
False
The Ute Gourd Dance was first performed by the Tdiepeigah society
True
There are both male and female hoop dancers
True
When the Cahuilla people are traveling the earth they take note of their location and their surroundings.
True
The origin story of the Gourd Dance includes the red wolf as an important figure.
True
The Gourd Dance is believed to have originated within the Kiowa Nation long before the people moved from the Northern Plains into the Southern Plains region.
True
According to Kiowa legend a red wolf helped a stranded warrior that had lost all
True
A Gourd Dance can be included before the start of a Southern Plains powwow
False
A Gourd Dance can be included before the start of a Northern Plains powwow
False
According to Caddo legend a red wolf helped a stranded warrior that had lost all
Corral
The dance area of the Bear Dance is referred to as
Hoop
This is a picture of a ______________dancer
Eastern Oklahoma
Where are the Spiro Mounds located
A northern Caddoan Mississippian archaeological site
What are the Spiro Mounds?
Spring
The Bear Dance would traditionally be performed the first day of
False
Listening to the Ute Bear Dance audio example you can hear that the performers are singing vocals and text.
True
In the Gourd Dance recording you can hear both the drum and the gourd rattles.
Northwestern California
Hupa, Yurok, and Karok Nations are located in
currency
Dentalium mollusk shells acted as a form of
resolve disputes
All across the Arctic region the Inuit have long participated in joking-avoidance song duels in order to __________and to continue to maintain friendships after an argument.
Hunting
Men would often write songs while they were
Singing
To show support, audience members might join in _________.
Duel Song
The movie The Fast Runner includes a scene with a ___________.
Two
Song duels can be performed between either ______ men or ______ women and the goal is to outwit the other(s).
Katajjaq
The unique vocal timbre used in singing ________comes from four different methods of sound production.
Khöömei
Much like_________, Katajjaq often imitates the sounds of nature and life, with subjects as diverse as dog teams, slipping on ice, and the sound of rushing rivers.
Yaqui Pascola Dance
O'odham musicians would incorporate western styles of music into Native American music. A good example of this is heard in the _____________ music.
All the above
The original Waila band featured
1951
Canyon Records was founded in ______________.
False
Light songs are slower in tempo, have a sobbing singing quality, are sung by a male performer, and uses only vocables.
False
Light songs are viewed as being highly spiritual.
True
The best duel songs performed are also preserved through future performances outside of the duel itself.
True
Ethnomusicologist Paula Conlon has done extensive research collecting and recording songs of the Iglulik Inuit.
True
Song Duels are a type of drum dance.
True
Drum Dance songs, also referred to as a-ya-ya.
True
Tanya Tagaq is an experimental artist who uses her throat singing technique as a part of her own self-expression as a composer and performer.
False
Tanya Tagaq is an American musician.
True
The Tohono O'odham Nation is located in southwestern region on the border of Arizona and Mexico.
True
Walia is a unique genre that clearly shows the incorporation of European music but holds true to being truly Tohono O'odham.
False
The Tohono O'odham are not closely related to the Akimel O'odham, they just happen to have a similar name.
Rhythm
The male singers heard in this example are referred to as the _________.
False
In this audio example there is a male lead singer using both text and vocals.
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