Earlier this year Canyon released two Native American albums of children’s music: Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, I Love You by Randall Paskemin and Navajo Songs for Children by Talibah. While expressions from different traditions, Cree and Navajo, both albums present songs for children in native language and in English. Randall features lullabies and songs for younger children infused with his Cree (Sweetgrass First Nation of Canada) heritage such as Dance Baby, Dance! Talibah includes songs about traditional Navajo ways as well as popular culture such as Spider-Man.  See the video below for a child’s blessing by Talibah.

Both albums are great ways to introduce children to Native American culture in a fun way which they can relate to while learning about other traditions. Both recordings include native language transliterations and English translations.