To what extent did Native Americans contribute and influence American Music? Also, discuss any challenges faced by Native Americans during these time periods.

Student’s Name Instructor Name Course Number Date Native Americans’ Contribution to American Music and Challenges The conventional and the prevailing Native American music has become integrated into other diverse cultures and music styles. The style of indigenous Americans music is predominantly vocal art and choral. It involves a melodic antiphonal singing that does not contain any harmony (Ponce). The rhythm is devoid of pitch and is irregular. Drums and various types of flutes and whistles mostly accompany the singing. The conventional indigenous Americans mostly sang to interconnect with their supernatural to make it rain, cure diseases and succeed in battles. Ponce demonstrates how the indigenous American music influences the American music. The author illustrates that the prevailing American folk music is affiliated with a typical emotion from the indigenous music (Ponce). One of the most influential aspects that American music has taken from the Native Americans is its choral capabilities as well as the utilization of symbolism used in most sexual songs, which cannot directly discuss the theme. The Native Americans faced various challenges during the colonial period. Talia Nelson displays that the governing morals of the colonizers were essentially contrasting the Native American ethnicity. Their culture was classified as discriminative as it was steered by excessive racialism (Nelson). The colonizers, therefore, attempted to integrate the Native Americans and force them to embrace their ethnic values. The main challenges faced in the contemporary period is the division in the Native American culture. The individuals face contradictory perceptions within their societal ethnic group...