The Woman Who Saved Native Song “We understand the people better if we know their music, and we appreciate the music better if we understand the people themselves.”

When the American government set out to erase indigenous culture, one woman set out to save tribal music, traveling far & wide with her cylinder phonograph, trousers, & bow tie. On #InternationalWomensDay, Frances Densmore's remarkable story: #NativeSong, #FrancesDensmore, #Indigenous, #TribalMusic

Sometimes I go about pitying myself,
and all the time
I am being carried on great winds across the sky.

- #Ojibway Prayer (tr. #RobertBly and #FrancesDensmore)