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To Win the Indian Heart: Music at Chemawa Indian School (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
Melissa D. Parkhurst
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Description for To Win the Indian Heart: Music at Chemawa Indian School (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
Paperback. "To Win the Indian Heart: Music At Chemawa Indian School "is an exploration of the crucial role music played at the longest-operating federal boarding school for Indian childrenboth as a tool of assimilation and resilience." Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Since 1879, Indian children from all regions of the United States have entered federal boarding schools—institutions designed to assimilate them into mainstream society. Chemawa Indian School in western Oregon, one of the nation’s oldest and the longest still in continuous operation, is an emblem of a system that has intimately impacted countless lives and communities.
In To Win the Indian Heart: Music at Chemawa Indian School, Melissa Parkhurst records the history of the school’s musical life. She explores the crucial role music was meant to play in the total transformation of Indian children, and the cultural recovery and resiliency ... Read more
Since 1879, Indian children from all regions of the United States have entered federal boarding schools—institutions designed to assimilate them into mainstream society. Chemawa Indian School in western Oregon, one of the nation’s oldest and the longest still in continuous operation, is an emblem of a system that has intimately impacted countless lives and communities.
In To Win the Indian Heart: Music at Chemawa Indian School, Melissa Parkhurst records the history of the school’s musical life. She explores the crucial role music was meant to play in the total transformation of Indian children, and the cultural recovery and resiliency ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870717383
SKU
V9780870717383
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About Melissa D. Parkhurst
Melissa D. Parkhurst is an instructor of music at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, USA, where she teaches courses on World Music and Music History. She earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Her current research interests include First Nations music in the Pacific Northwest, how music promotes personal and community resilience, and the role ... Read more
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