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1. Plains and Southwest Area Indian songs (Jul 1956) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-114
   • Date: Jul 1956
   • Contributors: Harvey Beartrap (consultant); Harvey Pesho (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Languages: Cheyenne (chy); Mescalero (apm)
   • Description: Contents include: announcement, round dance song with drum, 4 war dance songs with drum, 2 slow war dance songs with drum, fast war dance with drum, 'two step' buffalo dance, snake dance, 2 round dance songs, unidentified, slow war dance songs, slow war dance, unidentified, round dance. Performed by Harvey Beartrap (Cheyenne), Harvey Pesho (Mescalero Apache), and a group of Kiowas. Remainder of Frank Quinn tapes are at UC Davis.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-114 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Plains and Southwest Area Indian songs, 24-114, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/11290.

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2. Pomo story of the Bloody Island Massacre (March, 1955) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-126
   • Date: March, 1955
   • Contributors: Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Language: Central Pomo (poo)
   • Description: The Bloody Island Massacre occurred at the northern end of Clear Lake in 1850. The narration is transcribed in handwritten notes by Samual Barrett. See accession envelope #1488. Remainder of Frank Quinn tapes are at UC Davis. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 7, side B.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-126 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Pomo story of the Bloody Island Massacre, 24-126, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/11351.

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3. Various Central Pomo songs and text commentary (Mar 1955 to Apr 1955) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-121
   • Date: Mar 1955 to Apr 1955
   • Contributors: Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Language: Central Pomo (poo)
   • Description: All proceeding tracks performed by Stephen Knight. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 7, side A.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Pomo Song'
     (2) 'War Song': Various forms of the war dance occured among California tribes.
     (3) 'Further explanation of the War Song and comments on the Love Song that follows.': Further explanation of the War Song and comments on the Love Song that follows [track 4].
     (4) 'Love song in Lake County (Indian) language': Singer describes his own voice as "half-crying".
     (5) 'Further explanation of the Love Song and use of rhythm in it': Translation of text: "When you hear my song, turn around and look backward for me... (etc.)".
     (6) 'Explanation of Whiskey Dance': Subject says explanation of Whiskey Dance (also called Crazy Dance) below [track 7].
     (7) 'Whiskey Dance Song'
     (8) 'Deer Hunting in Pieta language': Spelling from Barrett's notes (see Accession envelope #1488).
     (9) 'Explanation of the song and its use': Translation of text: "(After naming the different deer) You come to me, you walk under this rock, and while you walk under this rock I'll shoot you."
     (10) 'Explanation of Grass Game gambling'
     (11) 'Grass Game Song': Interrupted by explanations of the game context.
     (12) 'Further discussion of the Grass Game': comparing it with a type of gambling among Indians of Modoc County.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-121 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Central Pomo songs and text commentary, 24-121, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33878.

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4. Various Central Pomo sound recordings (Mar 1955) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-123
   • Date: Mar 1955
   • Contributors: Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Language: Central Pomo (poo)
   • Description: All proceeding tracks performed by Stephen Knight. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 7, side B.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Pomo sound recording'
     (2) 'Names of the birds and other animals': many of which were onomatopoetic.
     (3) 'Techniques of preserving (drying) deer meat and fish'
     (4) 'Discussion of fishing and hunting rights': Knight's rather conservative opinion that Indians do not require special hunting or fishing rights, nor tax exemptions, etc.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-123 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Central Pomo sound recordings, 24-123, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33880.

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5. Various Central Pomo sound recordings (Apr 1957) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-128
   • Date: Apr 1957
   • Contributors: Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Language: Central Pomo (poo)
   • Description: All proceeding tracks performed by Stephen Knight. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 8, side A.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Pomo sound recording'
     (2) 'Techniques of group hunting'
     (3) 'Hunting of bears'
     (4) 'Hunting of deer by an individual and use of medicines and deer-head decoy'
     (5) 'Individual specialization in hunting or fishing'
     (6) 'Poisoning of fish with soaproot and other substances'
     (7) 'Techniques of baking small fish in a pit'
     (8) 'Communal fishing techniques (for driving fish into baskets)'
     (9) 'Ritual preparations for hunting': Purification, abstinence, and avoidance of contact with females.
     (10) 'Restrictions against females touching deer meet': Possible consequences that could follow from this include bad luck and accidents.
     (11) 'Signaling techniques used by hunters'
     (12) 'Use of deer hunting songs'
     (13) 'Bad luck from songs of a man who had been bitten by a bear'
     (14) 'Specialized roles of net-makers, arrow-makers, and other craftsmen'
     (15) 'Hunting song in the Pieta language': Includes explanation of how the song would be used for attracting the deer to the hunter.
     (16) 'Translation of the song-text'
     (17) 'Description of bow-making and form of arrows and arrowheads'
     (18) 'Description of the Grass Game and use of songs in it.'
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-128 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Central Pomo sound recordings, 24-128, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33881.

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6. Various Central Pomo sound recordings (Apr 1957) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-129
   • Date: Apr 1957
   • Contributors: Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Language: Central Pomo (poo)
   • Description: All proceeding tracks performed by Stephen Knight. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 8, side B.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Pomo sound recording'
     (2) 'Grass Game song'
     (3) 'How the game is played in Modoc County'
     (4) 'Description of a gambling game for women': in which six sticks are used like dice (stick game). No songs are used in this game.
     (5) 'Description of the Many-Stick game (wichili) played by men': This is distinct from the so called "Many-Stick Game" as played by Indians of northwest California (Yurok, Hupa, etc.) in that one guesses whether the number of sticks is odd or even.
     (6) 'Indian shell money and how it is made'
     (7) 'Burial of money with Indian dead persons and the problem of grave robbery': There is a break in the recording between tracks 7 and 8. Hatch introduces the following segment and states that it was recorded in March 1955.
     (8) 'Deer hunting customs': Professional hunters and use of hunting songs.
     (9) 'Deer head decoys and thier use'
     (10) 'Discussion of deer hunting songs and the stylistic distinctiveness of various song-types used by the Pomo Indians'
     (11) 'Deer hunting song'
     (12) 'Deer hunting song and discussion of the song-text': Deer hunting song (distinct from previous item) and discussion of the song-text. Translation: "I'm going to see you down in this little glen bowing your head up and down, feeding."
     (13) 'Discussion of text of preceding Deer Hunting Song': Discussion of track #11, which is partly in Yokaiah Pomo language. Translation: "You gonna stand on MY hill and there I'm gonna kill you. You gonna be waiting for me there." The remainder of the tape contains a duplicate recording of the discussion of deer hunting (above) on this tape, including performance of the two deer hunting songs.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-129 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Central Pomo sound recordings, 24-129, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33882.

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7. Various Hupa Songs (Apr 1956) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-113
   • Date: Apr 1956
   • Contributors: Ewing Davis (consultant); Glenn Moore Sr. (consultant); Dorothy Moore (consultant); Sam Smoker (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Language: Hupa
   • Description: Performers for 24-113 are Dorothy Moore, Glen Moore, Ewing Davis, Sam Smoker, and Stan Lowen, but the museum catalog does not identify which performers appear in each track. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Northwest region, tape 12, side B.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Hupa song'
     (2) 'Two songs learned from an Indian from Arizona or Oaklahoma one 4th of July'
     (3) 'Orleans Medicine Song'
     (4) 'Story about Eagle'
     (5) 'Eagle Song'
     (6) 'Gambling Song'
     (7) 'Gambling Song'
     (8) 'Gambling Song'
     (9) 'Brush Dance Song'
     (10) 'Brush Dance Song'
     (11) 'Brush Dance Song'
     (12) 'Brush Dance Song'
     (13) 'Gambling Song'
     (14) 'Gambling Song'
     (15) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (16) 'Hupa or Yurok sound recording': Translation: "You better run young man; there's a widow's after you."
     (17) 'Brush Dance Song (Heavy Song)'
     (18) 'Song to help a small tree grow'
     (19) 'Song for a young man to improve his looks'
     (20) 'Gambling Song'
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-113 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Hupa Songs, 24-113, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33871.

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8. Various Hupa and Yurok songs (Apr 1956) (2 digital files, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-112
   • Date: Apr 1956
   • Contributors: Ewing Davis (consultant); Glenn Moore Sr. (consultant); Dorothy Moore (consultant); Sam Smoker (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Languages: Hupa; Yurok (yur)
   • Description: Performers for 24-112 are Dorothy Moore, Glen Moore, Ewing Davis, and Sam Smoker, but the museum catalog does not identify which performers appear in each track. All proceeding tracks are performed in Hupa unless specified otherwise. All tracks distributed on California Indian Music Project, Northwest region, tape 12, side A.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Hupa song'
     (2) 'Gambling Song'
     (3) 'Brush Dance Song (Heavy Song)'
     (4) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (5) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (6) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (7) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (8) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (9) 'Flower Dance Song'
     (10) 'Flower Dance Song'
     (11) 'Flower Dance Song'
     (12) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (13) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)': This track contains a segment (formula?) spoken in Hupa.
     (14) 'Two Money Songs'
     (15) 'Deerskin Dance Song'
     (16) 'Deerskin Dance Song'
     (17) 'Deerskin Dance Song'
     (18) 'Brush Dance Song (Heavy Song)'
     (19) 'Brush Dance Song (Heavy Song)'
     (20) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (21) 'Brush Dance Song (Light Song)'
     (22) 'Kick Dance Song': Yurok
     (23) 'Kick Dance Song': Yurok
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-112 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Hupa and Yurok songs, 24-112, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/36773.

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9. Various Nomlaki and Pomoan songs ([unspecified]) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-119
   • Date: [unspecified]
   • Contributors: Leland Fullwider Jr. (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
   • Languages: Nomlaki (nol); Pomoan
   • Description: All proceeding tracks are performed in Nomlaki unless indicated otherwise. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, Northwest region, tape 13, side B.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Wintun song'
     (2) 'Deer Dance Song': from the Nomlaki.
     (3) 'Deer Dance Song': of the Wintun from Stony Ford.
     (4) 'Deer Dance Song': of the Pomo from Laytonville area. Performed in Pomoan.
     (5) 'Grass Game Song'
     (6) 'Grass Game Song': from the Sacramento Valley area.
     (7) 'Grass Game Song'
     (8) 'Unidentified song': Probably a Grass Game song.
     (9) 'Love Song': The song is preceded by rather lengthy account of how it was conceived.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-119 by request.
   • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Nomlaki and Pomoan songs, 24-119, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33876.

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10. Various Pomoan sound recordings and songs (Mar 1955 to May 1957) (1 digital file, with audio)  
    • Item identifier: 24-130
    • Date: Mar 1955 to May 1957
    • Contributors: Leland Fullwider Jr. (consultant); William Graves (consultant); Stephen Knight (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher); Grover Sanderson (researcher)
    • Language: Pomoan
    • Description: Performers for 24-130 are William Graves, Stephen Knight, and Leland Fullwider, but the museum catalog does not identify which performers appear in each item. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 9, side A.
      Tracks:
      (1) 'Pomo sound recording'
      (2) 'Dance Song': A "lively-up song" (Hutil gane).
      (3) 'Dance Song'
      (4) 'Love Song and explanation': Knight discusses the words (wa-iy wa-iy) that express despair in this song and others. See 24-121 for another rendition of the same song.
      (5) 'Whiskey Dance or Crazy Dance Song': See 24-121 for another rendition of this song. There is a break in the recording between tracks 5 and 6, the announcer stating that the following songs were recorded by Grover Sanderson in May 1957.
      (6) 'Grass Game Song (hani ani nowe)'
      (7) 'Love Song and story of its conception'
      (8) 'Love Song': Same as previous (24-130, track 7), but incomplete.
    • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-130 by request.
    • Collection: The Frank Quinn and Grover Sanderson collection of Pomo sound recordings
    • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
    • Suggested citation: Various Pomoan sound recordings and songs, 24-130, in "The Frank Quinn and Grover Sanderson collection of Pomo sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33883.

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11. Various Pomoan, Hupa, and Tolowa songs (undated) (1 digital file, with audio)  
    • Item identifier: 24-120
    • Date: undated
    • Contributors: William Graves (consultant); Sam Lopez (consultant); Ernest Marshall (consultant); Frank Quinn (researcher)
    • Languages: Hupa; Pomoan; Tolowa (tol)
    • Description: Performers for 24-120 are William Graves, Sam Lopez, Red Turtle, Ernest Marshall, and Tom Stone, but the museum catalog does not identify which performers appear in each item. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, Northwest region, tape 14, side A.
      Tracks:
      (1) 'Pomo Song': Performed by William Graves. Pomoan.
      (2) 'Lively-Up Song': Used near end of dance. Performed by William Graves. Pomoan.
      (3) 'Unidentified Song': Performed by William Graves. Pomoan.
      (4) 'Explanation of Tolowa dance customs': Performed by Sam Lopez. Tolowa.
      (5) 'Tolowa Dance Song': Performed by Sam Lopez. Tolowa.
      (6) 'Tolowa Dance Song': This song is the same as the previous song (24-120, track 5). Performed by Sam Lopez. Tolowa.
      (7) 'Chanted Prayer and Song': Language not identified.
      (8) 'Gambling Song': Language not identified.
      (9) 'Gambling Song': Pomoan.
      (10) 'Gambling Song': Language not identified.
      (11) 'Unidentified Song': Possibly two songs (cf. Medicine Song on 24-117). Mechanical break occurs here. Language not identified.
      (12) 'Unidentified Song': Probably a continuation. Language not identified.
      (13) 'Story of Coyote and Fox': Language not identified.
      (14) 'Story of Gambling Contest between Eel and Sucker Fish (including song)': Language not identified.
      (15) 'Song to make tree grow': Language not identified.
      (16) 'Song to improve looks of a young man': Performed by Marshall Ernest. Hupa.
      (17) 'Gambling Song': Language not identified.
      (18) 'Story of Hand Game (including song)': Language not identified.
    • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-120 by request.
    • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
    • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
    • Suggested citation: Various Pomoan, Hupa, and Tolowa songs, 24-120, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33877.

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12. Various Tolowa songs (Oct 1956) (1 digital file, with audio)  
    • Item identifier: 24-117
    • Date: Oct 1956
    • Contributor: Frank Quinn (researcher)
    • Language: Tolowa (tol)
    • Description: All following tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, Northwest region, tape 13, side A.
      Tracks:
      (1) 'Tolowa dance song': This and other 'dance songs' on 24-117 probably refer to the so-called Ten-Day Dance mentioned in Gould (1978:133), Bommelyn et. al. (1976, 1977), Spott and Kroeber (1942:182).
      (2) 'Dance Song'
      (3) 'Prayer': Includes a spoken segment followed by sung or chanted segment.
      (4) 'Gambling Song'
      (5) 'Gambling Song'
      (6) 'Gambling Song'
      (7) 'Medicine Song'
      (8) 'Medicine Song'
      (9) 'Gambling Song'
      (10) 'Tolowa song': This song is part of track #9 sung separately.
      (11) 'Tolowa sound recording': This song is part of track #9 that is sung separately, this item seems to be spoken (cf. track #3 above).
      (13) 'Dance Song': This is the same song as track #1.
      (14) 'Prayer': This is the same song as track # 3.
      (15) 'Gambling Song (The Lagoon Song)'
      (16) 'Dance Song'
      (17) 'Dance Song'
    • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-117 by request.
    • Collection: The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings
    • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
    • Suggested citation: Various Tolowa songs, 24-117, in "The Frank Quinn collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33874.

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