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Native American Flute Links from across the web

Collections: The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston has a collection of native instruments. The Dayton C. Miller Flute collection is quite extensive and part of the Library of Congress. INSTRUCTIONS: Enter "American Indian" in the search field, then press the search buton. On the next screen, click "Gallery View". Wild Horse Mountain Flutes (Dr. Oliver Jones) has a photographic gallery of historic flutes. Omaha Indian Music at the Library of Congress more soon Essays and other points of view: The American Indian courting flute: revitalization and change by Edward Wapp Wahpeconiah (Comanche/ Sac & Fox) First Nations People: Their Musical Instruments and Instrumental Music by John Sarantos. The history (and story) of the Love Flute by Cedar Spirt Flutes Native American Flutes, stories, and history by Douglas Spotted Eagle The Native American Flute History by Cedar Mesa Music Origin of the Native American flute by Ronnie Payne What Is A Native Flute? Tuning? Definitions? by Ronnie Payne more soon Old flute recordings: May 1937, Jaspar Blowsnake, Thunder clan / Winnebago; this recording is found at Sound Archives of the American Philosophical Society Library, and is a good example of a warbling flute. more soon Organizations: International Native American Flute Association (INAFA) is an active organization whose goal is to foster the preservation, appreciation, and advancement of the Native American flute. INAFA publishes a quarterly newsletter, "Voice of the Wind", which tracks many aspects of this growing community. INAFA also promotes the many flute circles that are organized by its membership. The flute circles provide local and regional venues for people to gather and share in the blessings of the flute. more soon Makers: Amon Olorin Flutes Ken Light and family Butch Hall Flutes Butch and Laura Hall Coyote Oldman Flutes Michael Graham Allen Custom Flute Shop Jeff Calavan Heartsong Flutes J.P. Gomez Moonlight Creek Michael Gulino Querencia Woodwinds Rich Halliburton RV Flutes Russ Venable Spirit of the Woods Flutes Ed Hrebec Stellar Flutes Tom, Erika, Matt and Lily Stewart Stroud Flutes Ward Stroud White Crow Flutes Barry Higgins Woodsongs Flutes Brent Haines more soon Performers: Ash Dargan • Didgeridoo • World flutes Charles Littleleaf Evren Ozan Gary Stroutsos • World flutes Jeff Ball Kevin Locke Mark Holland • "Autumns Child" Michael Allen • "Coyote Oldman" • Ancient flutes and Incan panpipes Mary Youngblood Peter Phippen • World flutes R. Carlos Nakai • Sold more albums than the rest of the whole genre. Robert Tree Cody more soon Flute supplies: Flutecase.com by Mark Slater The Oregon Flute Store by Jeff and JoAnn Calavan more soon Events: The Renaissance of the Native American Flute (RNAF) is the oldest and most influencial Native American flute workshop in America and has spawned many other regional workshops. more soon Songbooks: Flutetree songbooks Other songbooks on the web Other resources: Featured links by INAFA FluteKey.com by Clint Goss Zadjik.com by Ronnie Payne Kokopelli: The Making of an Icon NAFlutomatic tool for flute makers that aids in placing finger holes more soon

 --- Robert Gatliff   

 --- 2006.04.04 - Added Russ Venable and Jeff Calavan to the flute makers.
 --- 2006.03.28 - Added Brent Haines to the flute makers.
 --- 2006.03.27 - Retired the links that no longer worked; fixed some that had moved.
 --- 2005.04.25 - Added Qurencia to flute makers.
 --- 2004.04.26 - Added the performers section.
 --- 2004.04.04 - Added the Blowsnake recording.
 --- 2004.04.03 - Added new links and created a new category: Essays and other points of view.
 --- 2004.03.17 - Expanded the list of flute makers.
 --- 2004.02.10 - Published an inital short list, which will be expanded over the next few weeks.