Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195134643)

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.

Author: Michael D. McNally
ISBN-10: 0195134648
ISBN-13: 9780195134643
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/21/2000
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.38w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2001 pg. 165