Native Americans tribes are distinctive groups of people who have migrated to North America across the Bering Strait. They have adapted to local environments and have been manipulated by western civilization. Music is their culture in reference to ceremonies and spiritual gatherings. Alice Fletcher a train anthropologist has transcribed Indian music and wrote about the music in the spiritual aspect.
The Pan Indian movement led to widespread Pow Wows, in which that term is widely used today. Pow Wow is a huge celebration surrounded with music and huge crowds. Ceremonies in our society have a similar role in a way music is played as role of action. Like birthday parties having happy birthday song, meaning a birthday cake is being cut. Or here comes the bride at a wedding, which an image of a bride walking down an aisle comes to mind. Drums and rattles are significant instruments that have a correlation with Native American music. Native American music has vocables which is an utterance. Vocables are in reference to nonsense syllables. Nonsense syllables can be wa, ni or hi, which means words without a meaning.
Ethnic diversities among the tribes are characterized by the types of music. For example the east coast seems to favor music that is relaxed versus the northwest which likes the music to be more complex. That brings in relation to music played in various areas in America. For example country music versus pop music, regions play a huge role in how music is composed.
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