Er... Amazon UK, HMV, Virgin (before they were Zavvi and collapsed), Foyles... all have Native American music classified as 'World'... I know because I had the jolly task of hunting some down for someone last summer.

World Music tends to mean all those traditional music genres that don't fall into other categories and are not mainstream, such as Indian music, Chinese, Japanese and African tribal music. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that's how it is. Some places may have it labelled as 'World/Folk' (as Amazon UK does) but it's not what your average folkie is looking for.

Native American culture is not being 'rewritten into obscurity' - Amazon UK alone has 197 items for sale under 'Native American music', it's just not folk.

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