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About this episode

Waila, the contemporary dance music of southern Arizona’s tribal communities, is often called “chicken scratch.” Played at tribal functions, this fun, lively music extends cross-cultures incorporating polka, Mexican tejano, cumbias and Norteno sounds. This program, which tells the story through the Joaquin family’s four generations of Waila musicians, explores the relationship the music has on contemporary native family, community, and culture.Please contact your local public television (http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html) to find out when they will be scheduling this program. (http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/)

• Release Date

  Mar 23, 2009

• Runtime

  00:36