Ojibwe Singers

Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion

By:

Michael McNally

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Hardback

Series:

Religion in America

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The Ojibwe of Anishinaabe are a native American people who were taught by 19th-century missionaries to sing evangelical hymns translated into the native language both as a means of worship and as a tool for eradicating the "Indianness" of the native people. Rather than Americanizing the people, however, these songs have become emblematic of Anishinaabe identity. In this text, McNally uses the Ojiwbe's hymn-singing as a lens to examine how this native American people has creatively drawn on the resources of ritual to negotiate identity and survival within the structures of colonialism. Drawing on both archival research and fieldwork, he traces the historical development of ritualized singing and how this distinctive practice has come into play at various moments in Ojiwbe history. This important study re-examines the contested nature of "tradition," arguing that despite its origins hymn-singing has now become "traditional" through the agency of today's elders, who have asserted their role as cultural critics on the reservation through their singing.

Release date Australia

October 5th, 2000

Author

Michael McNally

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

17 halftones, 3 maps

Pages

264

Series

Religion in America

Dimensions

164x242x25

ISBN-13

9780195134643

Product ID

2199018

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