Choctaw Music and Dance
- ISBN-10
- 0585198845
- ISBN-13
- 9780585198842
- Category
- Choctaw Indians
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Authors
- James Henri Howard, Victoria Lindsay Levine
Description
Describes dance forms among the Mississippi and Oklahoma Choctaw Indians as they were practiced between 1965 and 1982, providing information about the organization of the troupes, costumes, instruments, and choreography; and includes an overview of Choctaw dance music, with transcriptions of thirty songs.
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