Ojibwe Singers

Abstract The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their “indianness,” but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make...

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Main Author: Mcnally, Michael D
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 2000
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anishina*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195134643.001.0001
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195134643.001.0001 2024-09-09T19:00:49+00:00 Ojibwe Singers Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion Mcnally, Michael D 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195134643.001.0001 en eng Oxford University PressNew York, NY ISBN 9780195134643 9780197740293 edited-book 2000 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195134643.001.0001 2024-08-12T04:25:57Z Abstract The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their “indianness,” but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make the hymns their own. In this book, McNally relates the history and current practice of Ojibwe hymn singing to explore the broader cultural processes that place ritual resources at the center of so many native struggles to negotiate the confines of colonialism. Book anishina* Oxford University Press
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description Abstract The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their “indianness,” but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make the hymns their own. In this book, McNally relates the history and current practice of Ojibwe hymn singing to explore the broader cultural processes that place ritual resources at the center of so many native struggles to negotiate the confines of colonialism.
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