Mary Louise Perrine Recordings of Navajo Chants, Songs, and Prayers, 1959-1964.

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Mary Louise Perrine Recordings of Navajo Chants, Songs, and Prayers, 1959-1964.

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This collection of sound recordings was taped in 1959 and 1964 by Mary Louise Perrine in Crownpoint, N.M. The two CDs contain Navajo children and adults performing social songs.

2 sound recordings (ca. 3 hrs.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419136

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music

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Perrine, Mary

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Mary Louise Perrine was born in Moscow, Idaho in 1913. She graduated from the University of Idaho in 1934 with a major in English literature. She also took courses in elementary education and then taught first grade on Navajo Reservations in New Mexico and Arizona. She is the author of two children's books about Navajo children, Salt Boy and Nannabah's friend . From the guide to the Mary Louise Perrine Recordings of Navajo Chants, Songs, and Prayers, 1959-1964, (University of New Mex...