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 book, Michael 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 reexamines 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.
The Ojibwe are a native American people who were taught by missionaries to sing evangelical hymns in their native language. Rather than "Americanizing" the people, the hymns were adopted by the Ojibwe as their own. This book relates historical and contemporary hymn-singing to broader Ojibwe cultural issues.
The Ojibwe are a native American people who were taught by missionaries to sing evangelical hymns in their native language. Rather than "Americanizing" the people, the hymns were adopted by the Ojibwe as their own. This book relates historical and contemporary hymn-singing to broader Ojibwe cultural issues.
Born in Wisconsin, Philip Bergin Gordon-whose Ojibwe name Tibishkogijik is said to mean Looking into the Sky-became one of the first Native Americans to be ordained as a Catholic priest in the United...
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