Abstract
Until recently, few ethnographies have paid any attention to the music of and participation in musical activities by children and young people. This statement is particularly true of Amerindian peoples. A major aim of my two field trips to Dogrib territory in 1984 was to obtain songs used and maintained by children and to observe the participation of children in the musical events of the communities. Although I did not find many songs that had been used specifically by children, I did record two examples. In addition, contrary to reports I had read on the Ti Dance, the main traditional musical event among the Dogrib, I observed active participation of children and youths, particularly in starting this event. The Dogrib, a Northern Athapaskan group of Amerindians in the subarctic region, live in Canada's Northwest Territories, east of the Mackenzie River and between Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes.
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