The American Indians and Their Music Quotes

“Dream Song of Thunders:

Sometimes
I go about pitying
Myself,
While I am carried by the wind
Across the sky. ”
― Frances Densmore, American Indians and Their Music

“Dream Song:

As my eyes
Search the prairie,
I feel the summer in the spring.
Whenever I pause
The noise
Of the village. ”
― Frances Densmore, American Indians and Their Music

“Dream Song:

The heavens
Go with me. ”
― Frances Densmore, American Indians and Their Music

“Steam Lodge Song of the Sun Dance Ceremony:

A voice,
I will send.
Hear me!
The land
All over,
A voice
I am sending!
Hear me!
I will live! ”
― Frances Densmore, American Indians and Their Music

“Dream Song:

In the heavens
A noise,
Like the rustling of the trees.”
― Frances Densmore, American Indians and Their Music