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Podcast: Native ChocTalk
Episode: S5, E1, Pt1: Chris Alvarado, San Pasqual iPai Kumeyaay Nation & the Resurrection of the Bird Songs
Description: Part 1 of 2
Imagine an afterlife where your people sing beautiful “bird songs” to you, as you venture into the next world to comfort you along your journey. And imagine over the decades, these beautiful bird songs – the songs of the Kumeyaay people – slowly drifting away, at risk to be forgotten over time.
My guest, Chris Alvarado, San Pasqual iPai Kumeyaay Nation and Founder, and President of The Yumans, spent many years searching for old recordings of elders singing these ancient songs. And by nothing short of a miracle, he finally discovered these precious recording...