How Musicians Use Native Languages To Revitalize Their Cultures

At the 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, visitors may not have been surprised to hear musicians striking drums and playing resonant traditional flutes. What may have been surprising about the Indigenous Voices of the Americas program, though, was hearing rap music and bluesy guitar ring out from the Four Directions Stage.

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