The Art of Tradition: Sacred Music, Dance & Myth of Michigan's Anishinaabe, 1946-1955

by Jane Ettawwageshik, Fred Ettawageshik, Gertrude Kurath, et al.

A half-century ago, three writers--all intimately familiar with the Native American culture of their time and locale--collaborated to produce a 450-page typescript of a study entitled Religious Customs of Modern Michigan Algonquians, together with sound recordings and photographs. Their 1959 work offered a detailed view of the life of Ojibwe and Odawa music, dance, myth, and ceremony at mid-century. Now framed by a substantive editor's introduction,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870138146
• ISBN13: 9780870138140
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 10.1"