Module 2 - Lakota National Anthem (Flag Song) and Veteran's Song, The Porcupine Singers

Title of Piece: Lakota National Anthem (Flag Song) and Veteran's Song
Performers: The Porcupine Singers
Culture or Origin: Lakota Native American flag song, as part of the powwow ceremony
Orchestration: unison high-register (seemingly male) vocals, drum(s?)(membranophones)

With the minimal instrumentation of this piece, the only real classifications that one needs to consider are vocal and instrumental.  In this case, according to the Sachs-Hornbostel classification system, the instruments are voice and membranophone, because the accompanying instrument is a drum.  According to the Perea, the flag song occurs in the powwow after the grand entry and a prayer.  The song is for the purpose of the flag processional, hence the title as a "flag song." The tempo begins rather slowly with what Perea calls an "honor beat" and sets a new faster tempo at 1:25 in the video. The "honor beat" is meant to be more reflective than faster tempos and is for contemplation rather than dancing. The language of this flag song is Lakota.

Reference:
Perea, J.C. (2014). Intertribal Native American Music in the United States. New York: Oxford.