Charlotte Heth

Charlotte Anne Wilson Heth (1937-) is a North American ethno-musicologist, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is notable for her scholarship in and teaching of the traditional music, dance, and ceremonies of indigenous North Americans and for her publications and recordings in this field.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] She has worked to strengthen Native American studies for K-12 and has also curated exhibitions in museums such as the Smithsonian Institute and the Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix. She was the director of UCLA's American Indian Studies Center. She set up the first American Indian Studies Master’s degree program and was the assistant director for public programs at the National Museum of the American Indian.[8][9]

  1. ^ Heth, Charlotte (1976). "The Mosquito Dance". Chronicles of Oklahoma. 54 (4): 519–524.
  2. ^ "Powwow Songs - Music of the Plains Indians". store.arcmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  3. ^ "Native American Music Traditions of Oklahoma. Songs of Indian Territory". www.ressources-mcm.com. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  4. ^ "Books by Charlotte Heth (Author of Native American Dance)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  5. ^ "Social Dances of the Lenape and Other North-Eastern Indian Tribes". Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  6. ^ "Creation's Journey: Native American Music". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  7. ^ "Summer@Eastman 2020: THE UNBROKEN CIRCLE Native American Song and Dance Workshop". Eastman School of Music. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  8. ^ Society, American Folklore (2022-12-12). "Charlotte Wilson Heth Receives AFS Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  9. ^ "Highlights from the Ethnomusicology Archive: the Charlotte Heth collection". Ethnomusicology Review. Retrieved 2024-10-22.