Native American Indian Music

considered good in another tribe. Some tribes think the quality of the voice is most important. Others think it is the loudness.

Music as valuable treasures
Many Native American Indians tribes think of their songs as treasured possessions. They believe that a song belongs to a person. The owner of a song can give it away, sell it or pass it on his children. The Native Americans of the northwest coast buy and sell songs for large sums. They believe that music is something of the spirit and that a song has something to do with a person’s soul. So to give a song away, or even to let someone hear it, is to give away part of one’s soul.

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