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Title: Lando (Richard) Audio Recordings
Dates: 1968
Accession number: 2002.005
Creator:
Lando, Richard
Apodaca, Paul
Collection Size:
1 linear feet
Repository:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Palm Springs, California 92262
Abstract: Surrogate audio recordings of Cahuilla bird songs recorded by Richard Lando in May, 1968. Originally recorded on reel to reel
tape at the Malki Fiesta on the Morongo Indian Reservation and in private session. Participants include Joe Patencio, Alvino
Siva, Katherine Siva Saubel, Saturnino Toro, Matt Pablo, and Lloyd Marcos. Restored and transferred to digital format by Paul
Apodaca, PhD.
Physical location: Stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Ownership of the physical collection belongs to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. Other rights, including copyright and cultural
rights, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds these
rights and pursue the rights owner(s) or his or her heir for permission to publish or reproduce where the Agua Caliente Cultural
Museum does not hold these rights.
For research purposes only. All copies and reproductions by permission of rights holder[s].
[Identification of item], Lando (Richard) Audio Recordings, 2002.005, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
Donation. Restored and Given by Paul Apodaca, PhD.
Biography / Administrative History
Richard Lando, a graduate student from the University of California at Riverside, made a fieldwork study by recording Cahuilla
bird songs at the Malki Fiesta on the Morongo Indian Reservation. Lando, with assistance from Katherine Siva Saubel, recorded
Kauisik ceremonial singer Joe Patencio singing bird songs while accompanied by Alvino Siva, Saturnino Toro, Matt Pablo, and
Lloyd Marcos. These recordings were made on May 26, 1968 (the Sunday before Memorial Day Weekend). Lando also recorded a private
singing session at a later date.
In 1998, Paul Apodaca discovered a cache of reel to reel tapes in the offices of Eugene Anderson, PhD of the Department of
Anthropology at the University of California at Riverside. Anderson offered the unmarked tapes to Apodaca. These tapes were
found to contain performances of Cahuilla bird songs and were determined to be the described audio recordings by Richard Lando.
Apodaca then proceeded to digitally restore and transfer the original recordings to digital format. Packaged with these surrogate
recordings are audio introductions to the project by Paul Apodaca, PhD and recordings of Alvino Siva listening (and responding)
to digitally restored tracks.
Scope and Content of Collection
Surrogate audio recordings of Cahuilla bird songs. Recorded at the Malki Fiesta on the Morongo Indian Reservation by Richard
Lando in 1968. Participants include Joe Patencio, Alvino Siva, Katherine Siva Saubel, Saturnino Toro, Matt Pablo, and Lloyd
Marcos. Collection consists of eight Compact Discs, each with an introductory track recorded by Paul Apodaca, PhD.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Apodaca, Paul
Patencio, Joseph
Siva Saubel, Katherine
Lando, Richard
Siva, Alvino
Toro, Saturnino
Pablo, Matt
Marcos, Lloyd
Morongo Indian Reservation
Cabazon
Cahuilla
Bird Songs
Bird Singing
Malki Fiesta
Ceremonial Singer
Kauisik
Kauisiktum