Three Kwakwaka‘wakw songs recorded at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The Hamsamala Song (a variation on the Song of the Raven’s Mask) was recorded in 1998 in Alert Bay, BC.
Hamsamala Song
Performed by Bruce Alfred, Ernest Alfred Jr., Randy Bell, Kevin Cranmer, Tyler Cranmer, William Cranmer, Harold Nelson, Henry Nelson, William Wasden Jr., and Michael Willie. Recorded in Alert Bay, 1998.
Track and cover from the CD “Rising from the Ashes…”, produced by the U’mista Cultural Society, Alert Bay, BC, 1998.