Diamond Chapter 5 and Browner Chapter 8 Summaries

I could not find Browner Chapter 8 on moodle.

Chapter five of Diamond extensively discusses pow-wow and the role that they have in the inter-tribal community, as well as how pow-wows jump started contemporary Native American Music.  It also talks about the issues with identity that contemporary Native American musicians have when producing music.  The purpose of pow-wows in the intertribal community is to bring different tribes together for special gatherings to honor individuals or groups, or to mark relationships, or to bring the community together to help someone in need.  They also serve the purpose of honoring "traditional values, as well as kinship and intercommunity ties."  She continues to explain the fundamentals of the Pow-wow, however it is important to note that she gives the explanation from an outsider perspective.  Native American music began the transition to contemporary through early recordings of songs performed during pow-wows.  Eventually Native American artists began to produce Native American music that could reach audiences that consisted of both Indians and non-Indians.  Diamond points out that the main issue with Native American contemporary music is that it is not easily identifiable and categorized into genres because the native american music is being swept up by mainstream music. Also artists face an identity issue when composing and performing their music.  Diamond brings to light several questions that artists must ask themselves.  Many of these questions are personal questions that the artist must resolve in order to reach other non-indian listeners or listeners from other tribes.  A common issue that arises is what language to sing in; does the artist perform in his or her native tongue, or should the artist perform in english or voables so that other non-indians and Indians from other tribes can enjoy the song. Throughout this reading, I was reminding myself that this was written from an outsider perspective, therefore some pieces of information are lost because she does not have total knowledge of the subject matter.