Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native American Culture in Motion

Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native American Culture in MotionIn the early nineteenth century, Protestant missionaries promoted the translation of evangelical hymns into the Ojibwe language, regarding this music not only as a shared form of worship but also as a tool for rooting out Native cultural identity. But for many Minnesota Ojibwe today, the hymns emerged from this history of material and cultural dispossession to become emblematic of their identity as a distinct Native people. Author Michael McNally uses

You'll encounter the rascally and irascible Coyote

he reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people

circumscribed by the home

finding a glimmer of hope in Indigenous cultures that

unexpected danger

The Sioux Chef's healthful plates embrace venison and rabbit

The dedication written by the authors

and women who carry out traditional healing ceremonies

Ray doesn't return from checking his traps

Windy can tell such stories herself-about her dog

Stories included concern the Creation

he offers insights into how to read a room