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This article considers the final disposal of field-recorded tapes that are believed by the informant's family to embody certain dangers to researchers, to the natural world, and to themselves. Motives for keeping or destroying the tapes are discussed in the light of modern concerns such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Navajo worldview, scholarly interests, fieldwork ethics, and personal responsibilities of the fieldworker. I espouse the view that folklorists stand to learn more and do better work when scholarly decisions are guided by the culture we study, even when taking this course causes disruption in our academic assumptions.

En 1992, le festival annuel de « waila » a ete organise au Musee de la societe historique d'Arizona (Tucson). Cette manifestation a permis de faire connaitre cette musique indienne des Tohono O'odham dont la caracteristique est de comporter davantage d'elements europeens (instruments) qu'indiens. Les visiteurs, parmi lesquels les indigenes etaient les plus nombreux, ont pu apprecier, par la musique et les dances, l'interdependance et l'interaction des cultures locales.