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Review Of Ojibway Music From Minnesota: Continuity And Change, Kenton Bales
Review Of Ojibway Music From Minnesota: Continuity And Change, Kenton Bales
Music Faculty Publications
According to an old Native American axiom cited by Jamake Highwater, "An ear of corn is a very complicated organism. But for the corn plant, it is simple." Likewise, much Native American music seems mysterious and exotic, since it comes from a culture vastly dissimilar to that of Anglo- and Afro-Americans. This book and the accompanying tape do a great deal to clarify the role of music among the organism we call the Ojibways.