Musical Interactions

Pan-Indianism, pantribalism, and intertribalism are terms used to describe a Native American strategy for effecting musical and cultural change. This strategy involves the adoption by one community of a musical repertoire indigenous to another, in a process that facilitates the renegotiation of ethnic boundaries and perpetuates native concepts, beliefs, values, and aesthetic expression in new social or geographical environments. Many Native Americans choose to participate in one or more...