Chesley Goseyun Wilson

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Chesley Goseyun Wilson (born July 31, 1932, Bylas, San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, United States) is a maker and player of the Apache fiddle. Wilson received the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989.[1]

Publications

  • When the earth was like new: Western Apache songs & stories. 1994

Discography

  • Apache Eagle Dream (Eagle Clan Music)
  • The Singing Winds (Eagle Clan Music)
  • Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music Of The Americas (Smithsonian Folkways, 1997)

References

  1. NEA Lifetime Honors, 1989 NEA National Heritage Fellow - Chesley Goseyun Wilson - Tucson, AZ - Apache Fiddle Maker

Further reading