Indian Story and Song, from North America presents the pioneering ethnomusicological work of Alice C. Fletcher, who lived among and studied the music of several Native American peoples. The book pairs traditional songs, transcribed into notation, with the stories and ceremonies to which they belong.
Fletcher was among the first to record and analyse Native American music with care and respect, and her transcriptions preserve melodies that might otherwise have been lost. The volume gathers songs of love, war, ritual, and daily life, set in their cultural context. It stands as an important early document in the study and preservation of indigenous North American musical traditions.