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The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress through Public Law 94-201 and charged to "preserve and present American folklife." The Center incorporates the Archive
of Folk Culture, which was established at the Library of Congress in 1928, and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world.
Collections
The collections of the American Folklife Center contain rich holdings
of Native American materials, including unique recordings from North Dakota
of Mandan and Hidatsa tribal songs, and Lakota songs recorded at Nishu,
Standing Rock, and other Siouan communities. In 1982, the Center's field project Ethnic
Heritage and Language Schools Project documented a Russian-German school
in Strasburg.
North Dakota participated in the Library's Bicentennial Local Legacies
project, which includes documentation of local traditions and celebrations
for the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture.
Concert Webcast
- August 16, 2006: Mary
Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear. Sioux and Mandan
Hidatsa storytelling and music from North Dakota. Webcast. Event flier (pdf). Catalog record.
Field Research Project
Publications
- "German-Russian Ethnic Studies at Emmons Central High School, Strasburg,
North Dakota," Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America. Catalog record.
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