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Index of Native American Music Resources
- About sixty annotated links, including general
information, band and artist sites, organizations, record
labels and other sources for recordings, and instrument
sites.
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Native American Music and Art
- Annotated list of sites and resources maintained by Lisa
Mitten.
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The Power of Kiowa Song
- 21 annotated audio files of music from this American
Indian tribe. Quicktime; long loads.
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Dakota/Lakota singing
- Offers collection of Dakota songs complete pow wow
listings for Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota.
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Donald Ahdunko -
Traditional recordings of Native American music.
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The First Light Drum and Singers
- Describes background and current progress of this
multi-cultural, Unity Drum.
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Kanata Native Culture Society
- Kanata is a Mohawk word meaning "Village" or "Community"
and it stands for keeping American Native Arts and
Traditions Alive. This society is a non-Profit organization
and its mandate is sovereignty through the arts". The
Society has been in operation for four years.
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Six Nations Women Singers
- A collection of traditional social songs from the Seneca,
Onondaga and Cayuga Nations.
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Spirit Rock Net -
Spirit Rock Singers are a northern Ojibwe style pow-wow drum
group who hail from 3 neighboring First Nations near Fort
Frances, Ontario, Canada.
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Spirit
Wind - Native Canadian music group
offering performances and workshops. Site provides calendar,
song clips, and biographical information.
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StrongHeart Singers - Native American Singers
and Powwow Drum - StrongHeart
Singers. Native American music tapes of powwows, drummers
drumming, etiquette women singers.
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Walela - Walela is
the Cherokee word for Hummingbird and the symbol of
inspiration for this family of women singers. They are Rita
Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Coolidge, and Priscilla's
daughter Laura Satterfield, together disperse the energy and
spirit which has brought them to this juncture in their
lives.
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WhiteFish Bay Singers
- Offer singing and drumming in the Anishinabeg tradition.
The WFB singers have traveled all over North America. They
have also been host drum for many powwows and gatherings.
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Burdick, Richard - Flutish playing the pipe
love flute, the petroglyph love flute, and the standard love flute. With
release information, instrument descriptions and pictures, and musician
biography.
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Cedar
Wind - Blending the music of the Native
American flute with the mellow sound of alto and bass flutes to create a
unique duet. With performance schedule and release information.
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Golana - Melodies performed on Native American
flutes accompanied by soft acoustic guitars, piano, and strings. Samples
online.
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Greely, James - Biography,
discography with audio samples and CD ordering, and flute history.
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Osburn, Steve - Native American
flute and contemporary new age artist. Includes brief background, song
download, and related artists.
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Raye, Marina - Native American
flute music by the artist referred to as "The Feminine Voice of the
Native Flute". Also, hand-crafted Native American flutes by Charlie
Oakwind.
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Spotted Eagle, Douglas - Native
American flute player and performer. World renowned as a virtuoso
performer on Native American flute and a preeminent composer of
contemporary ethnic music.
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Troy De Roche - The traditional
and spiritual nature of the flute through music and instruments by an
enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation.
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Youngblood, Mary - Flutist of
Aleut and Seminole ancestry, and one of the first Native women to record
this sacred instrument.
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The Hawk Project - The Hawk
Project is about promoting spiritual awareness and creativity
through a blend of Native American music, jazz and free
improvisation.
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Wind Walker - Spiritually
inspiring and uplifting alternative healing music from elan michaels.
This official site includes MPEG3 and MIDI samples as well as
photographs of the composer. The Wind Walker CD and MP3s features
the flute of Walden Whitham.
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The Atoll - Band biography,
details about the stage show Turtle Island, performance schedule,
booking information and photos.
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LaRae Wiley, Native Musician
- Biographical information, photos, and tour dates for Colville
Confederated Tribes/Lakes member LaRae Wiley. Also offers some MP3
downloads.
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NADJIWAN - A contemporary
First Nations pop/rock project. With biography, news, upcoming
shows, pictures, release information, and links.
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Native Hip Hop - Native
Americans in the culture of Hip Hop. Includes columns, message
board, song downloads, interviews and links.
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Red Thunder, Native American Rock
- Red Thunder blazes a trail into the Indian rock territory, weaving
Native American and modern sound into a colorful musical blanket.
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White Fire Reed - A
contemporary Native rock, Alternative Duo, showing pictures of the
band, reviews and biography.
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Ball, Jeff - Artist
combining the Native American Cedar Flute with guitar, bass, drums
and vocals. Includes bio and RealAudio clips.
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Boyd, Jim / Thunderwolf Records
- Native American singer/songwriter's music, band Rez Bound, and
recording company.
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Broken Walls Ministries - A
Christian band led by Jonathan Maracle, a Mohawk from Tyendinaga
Territory, Ontario. Performing a fusion of aboriginal and
contemporary rock styles of music.
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Flying Bye, Joseph - Native
American medicine man and spiritual leader recording ceremonial pipe
songs and teachings for future generations. Recorded in
Lakota/English, these songs carry on the oral traditions.
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Hammill, Brian - A traditional Native
American flutist and hoop dancer. With performance schedule, music,
dance and booking information.
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Lady Hawke's Legend Of The Flute
- Links to bands and artists.
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Little Elk, David - A
professional musician/composer and certified Lakota language/culture
teacher in South Dakota. With release information, reviews, and
artist background.
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Loma
- Official site for the Anishinabe recording artist, TV host,
writer, and producer. With profile, news, pictures, lyrics, show
dates, and related links.
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Mauchahty-Ware, Tom -
Traditional singer and dancer, of Kiowa and Comanche descent. This
is single page about one of his albums.
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Miller, Bill - Native
American music albums, tour schedule, merchandise and biography.
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Red Raven Blue -
Contemporary music for flute, inter-tribal drums, and voice.
Includes photos, Windows Media and mp3 audio, and general
information.
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Roybal, Ronald -
Self-taught guitarist, flutist and dancer whose a descendant of
Spanish Colonial and Pueblo (Tewa) peoples.
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TallTree, Robert and Terri
- Native American music, storytelling and culture.
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Two-Hawks, John - A veteran
Lakota musician and singer, who plays cedar flutes, ocarinas, drums,
guitars, mandolins and even dulcimers. With performance schedule, CD
information, pictures, and references.
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Flutetree - Explores the
history of the Native American flute with historical essays,
songbooks, finger guides, scales, instruction, and how flutes are
made and played.
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Native American Flutes - Includes history,
construction, legends, photo gallery, playing, directories of
musicians and makers, audio samples, CD reviews, and links.
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Native Echo Flutes -
Gallery of Native American style flutes hand crafted from exotic
woods from around the world.
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Wind's Song Flutes -
Handcrafted flutes, flute scales, extensive information about the
instrument, and a forum.
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Big East Native Drums -
East coast native american hand drums. Fashioned from elk and
buffalo hide, over white pine frames from the Finger Lakes region.
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Cedar Mountain Drums -
Carrier of drums, rattles, flutes and various instruments. Also,
drum-making workshops and weekly sessions. Special events planned
monthly. On-line catalog.
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Centralia Fur and Hide Indian Traders
- Hand drums, powwow drums, and frames supplies.
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Earth Spirit Partnership -
Gourd rattles and drums, including containers and flute stands.
These are organically grown and crafted.
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Jean Herzel's Nature Spirit Art
- Original watercolors, hand painted drums and limited edition
prints portraying the deeper relationships between nature, spirit
and art. Commissions accepted.
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Living Drums - Hoop drums,
ceremonial drums, rattles and beaters handmade and painted by local
artists. Custom orders available. Suppliers of drum hoops and
rawhide.
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Mojave Drums - Offering
handmade drums, also provides weekend drum-making retreats.
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Shamanic Art - Drums and
rattles made in a traditional way.
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Amon Olorin Flutes - ABS
resin and contemporary Native American models by Ken Light,
handcrafted from western red cedar. Includes information on
workshops, tips and facts.
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Beech Creek Studio -
Offering handcrafted flutes, whistle blocks, and cases, by Rick
Heller. Includes tips and instructions.
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Blue Bear Flutes - Offering
handmade North and South American indigenous models. Instructional
courses available.
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Blue Star - Native American
style spirit flutes, handcrafted from a variety of woods.
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Bruce Becker Flutes -
Plains Indian style, hardwood, and cases. Offers lessons, dealer
pricing available.
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Butch Hall Flutes -
Featuring a variety of handcrafted models, as well as CDs, books and
accessories.
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Cedar Croft's - Handmade
flutes, drums, rattles, smudge fans and accessories.
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Cedar Song Flutes - Also
offers drums, Wampum jewelry, cedar wood art and an e-book.
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Cedar
Spirit Flutes - Hand-crafted designs
offering personalized totems. Includes sound samples, and care
information.
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Chris ti Coom - Makers of
Native American wooden flutes, penny whistles, and shakers.
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Clayzeness Whistleworks -
Offering porcelain transverse flutes, as well as ocarinas. Includes
video and a songbook.
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Courting Flutes by Jim Taylor
- Hand crafted Native American models, made from hard woods.
Includes burl walnut, oak, or mahogany.
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Coyote Oldman - Four styles
of the Native American flutes offered. Includes recordings.
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Dreamwind Flutes - Offering
handmade designs in single chamber or drone. Includes a photo
gallery.
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Eagle Turtle Flutes -
Specializing in six hole styles, available in a variety of woods
with a choice of fetishes. Includes a variety of totem designs.
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Earth
Tone Flutes - Specializing in designs
utilizing primarily Eastern Red Cedar, Douglas Fir and Redwood.
Tuned to traditional minor scales, with a major scale available.
Offers sound samples.
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Falcon Flutes and Drums -
High quality standard and custom native american style. Drums also
available with many options.
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Fallen Branch - Native
style and branch flutes, as well as art and crafts. Includes
information on workshops, news, and stories.
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FluteSpirit - A selection
of handcrafted wooden designs. Includes a poem, and audio bytes.
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Fretwell Flutes - Offering
a choice of size and wood, with 6 and 5 holes instruments available.
Includes advice, workshop, and performance schedule.
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Ghost Owl Flutes - Hand
crafted wooden styles, made of cedar or other specified woods.
Traditional pentatonic or diatonic tunings.
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Hawk Hurst - Native
American style flutes made of rivercane or bamboo. Also offering CDs
and books.
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Heartsong Flutes - Concert
and custom handcrafted designs made from a variety of woods, by JP
Gomez.
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High Spirits Flutes -
Offers designs handcrafted from cedar. Includes accessories, books,
music, and recordings. Workshops and show schedules.
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Jim Gilliland - Offering
cane flutes, as well as styles made from mahogany and Black
Mesquite. Includes sound bytes.
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Juniper Flute Accessories -
Featuring a variety of racks and stands, made from alligator or Utah
Juniper wood. Includes beaded deer hide bags or quivers.
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Kamama Spirit Flutes -
Offering designs utilizing yellow, black and unique rootend bamboo.
All keys available, with photos on how the product is made.
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Laughing Crow - Offering
digitally tuned flutes, created from traditional and exotic woods.
Handcrafted by Richard Maynard. Includes a photo gallery.
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MacNaughtan Flutes and Creations - Native
american style, handcrafted in wood. One of a kind originals. Each
carved one is signed and numbered by the artist, Alan Mac Naughtan.
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Metta Flutes - Hand-made
Native American style flutes by Jason Gianfriddo. Custom orders
welcome.
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Mockingbird Flutes - Native
American style models, made using non-toxic oils. Offers custom and
concert tuned designs.
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Mountain Spirit Flutes -
Featuring handmade woodland styles, including rivercane. Includes
stories, blog, photos, and show schedule.
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Native Love Flutes -
Offering a variety keys and woods, as well as an instruction book,
recordings, and cases. Includes reviews.
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OM Flutes - Native american
style, in english hard woods and exotic woods from around the world.
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Oregon Flute Store -
Includes accessories, instructional materials and songbooks. Offers
Native whistles, music, and resources.
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Orion's Gate - Hand crafted
American Indian flutes featuring cedar in major tunings, including
other available woods.
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Querencia Woodwinds -
Specializing in handmade concert tuned designs by Rich Halliburton.
Includes a blog and sound bytes.
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Raven Flutes - Hand crafted Native
American style flutes in a variety of hard and soft woods and in
many keys. Custom made to order.
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Raven Song Flutes - Native
American designs by Gerry Ouellette. Includes stands, information on
how to play, and workshops.
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RD Enterprises - Handmade,
custom flutes of red cedar and other woods from around the world.
Also offering recorded music.
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Russ Venable - Offering
single barrel, drone and contra bass models. Includes flute tips and
care.
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Saggio Healing Arts -
Offering handcrafted flutes in various keys and woods, as well as
recorded music. Includes crystal singing bowls, and music books.
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Sampson Woodland Flutes -
Offering handmade models from 18 to 22 inches in a variety of wood
types. Also offers organic cotton carrying cases.
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Searching Bear Flutes -
Offering handmade wood styles, as well as Native music by Michael
Searching Bear. Includes video, press kits, and discography.
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Spirit Of The Woods Flutes - Offering
custom-made Native designs by Ed Hrebec. Includes care products, and
CDs. Includes a picture gallery.
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SpiritWinds - Australian
maker of Native and drone style flutes, as well as the Outback Sax.
Includes sample wood items.
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Stellar Flutes -
Handcrafted Native American style flutes and kits, made in different
keys and woods. Includes sound samples.
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Storyteller Flutes -
Offering a variety of models made from various woods. Also includes
original CDs, as well as books.
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Stroud Flutes - Offering
pre-made models as well as kits, how-to videos and books. Also
offers sheet music.
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Sun Heart Flutes -
Featuring double and quad cedar models, as well as custom orders.
Also offering CDs.
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Thunder Bear Flutes - An
array of Native American style flutes made mostly from aromatic
cedar.
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Tsunami Flutes - Offers 5
hole hand-crafted models, made from soft and hard woods.
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Two Towers Instruments -
Offering handcrafted Native flutes using cedar and hardwoods.
Includes a variety of shapes, sizes and musical keys. Photo gallery,
song books and audio samples.
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Waking Spirit - Handcrafted
Native American style flutes offered in many different woods, styles
and keys.
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Walking Wind Flutes -
Traditional Native American, handmade, with personalized artwork.
Both Northern Plains and Woodlands style.
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Walt Laforet - Offers
Native American flutes, songbooks, accessories and CDs. Features
pictures, FAQ, and care information.
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Warrior Wind Flutes - Offering designs
crafted from polyvinylchloride. Includes a photo gallery. [Does not
work on all browsers, best viewed in IE]
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White Crow Flutes -
Featuring hand crafted and concert tuned Native American models.
Options include single, double and triple in many keys, woods and
styles.
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Wind Dancer Flutes - Also
includes fine art, and limited edition bronze sculptures by Roger
McGee. Includes a photo gallery, and poem.
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Windpony Flutes - Offers
different styles by a variety of makers, as well as wholesale
information. Includes instruction and history.
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Wind's Song Flutes -
Includes flutes tuned to traditional minor scales. Offers a forum,
workshops, links and tips.
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WindWalker Music - Offering
a book about learning to play the Native American flutes, as well as
musical CDs by Tim R. Crawford.
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The
Wooden Flute Case Shop - Offering a
variety of cases, display stands, and feather boxes. Most designs
are adorned with Native American symbols or made from deer antlers.
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Woodland Voices -
Handcrafted flutes are digitally tuned, in a choice of keys and
wood. Offers a variety of wood-burned designs to choose from.
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Woodpecker Creations - Custom carved,
woodland style Native American flutes by Billy Crowbeak.
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Woodsounds - Native
American flutes using a variety of woods with options available on
designs and totems.
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International Flute Listserv
- E-mail based listserv with specific instructions on how to
"subscribe". This listserv is for people interested in talking about
native american flutes.
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International Native American Flute Association
- The mission of INAFA is to encourage the primary continuation of
the traditional and contemporary Native American flute, along with
identifying, collecting, restoring, maintaining, preserving, and
classifying these instruments. A quarterly newsletter given with
membership.
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Scott Loomis's Native American Flute Forum
- An information and forum page for Native American flute players,
makers, and others interested in the flute.
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Yahoo Club Native Woodworking Forum
- A private forum, for members only, on flute construction and
related topics.
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Yahoo Groups: Native American Flute Musicsheet
- Discussion focused on playing, composing, and recording.
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