Table of Contents

List of Photographs
Foreword, by Stephen Butler
Preface
1. Fingerprints
2. Anthropologists
3. Assimilation
4. Stereotypical
5. Defiance
6. Beating of the Heart
7. Sound of the Wind
8. Ancestral Voices
9. Sing It Loud
10. Rockin’ the Rez
11. Rocksteady
12. Tongue Twisters
13. Connections
Coda
List of Interviews
Notes
Index
 

About the Author

Craig Harris is a music historian, a skilled percussionist, and the author or coauthor of several books, including Heartbeat, Warble, and the Electric Powwow: American Indian Music and Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music. He is a former music educator who taught for a quarter of a century and currently plays with Gaea Star Band, with whom he cohosts the weekly Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour for Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network. Stephen Butler founded Buffalo Jump Records after thirty years at Canyon Records and was awarded the Best Producer Award by the Native American Music Association in 2011.
 

Reviews

"A unique exploration of Indigenous music traditions and artists weaving history and tradition to contemporary expressions within North American society."—Carol A. Markstrom, Roundup Magazine

“Spanning from its origins and early documentation to its renewed interest in the twenty-first century, Rise Up! brings Indigenous music full circle for the first time. The ancient heartbeat of the drum that connects each Indigenous person to the earth is finally explored.”—Dom Flemons, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter

“Rise Up! takes us on a journey into the deepest part of ourselves, beyond the wounds of our recent past, and into the heartbeat of our history, toward an unrestricted future full of possibility. . . . This book will be a help to many on our educational, healing, and reconciliation journeys.”—Sandra Sutter, Métis singer-songwriter

“Craig Harris has done a remarkable job in opening the door for anyone and everyone who reads this excellent book, introducing the reader to this amazing music as well as the lives of many who have created it and preserve it.”—David Amram, renowned multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor