21 Aboriginal Popular Music in Quebec: Influences, Issues, and Rewards

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. list of tables and figures xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 3
6. Recent Studies of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Music in Canada 10
7. Innovating Tradition
8. Continuity and Innovation in the Dane–ẕaa Dreamers’ Song and Dance Tradition: A Forty–Year Perspective 31
9. From Tea Dance to iTunes: Recomposing Dane–ẕaa Dreamers’ Songs 61
10. Localizing Intertribal Traditions: The Powwow as Mi’kmaw Cultural Expression 70
11. Contemporary Northern Plains Powwow Music: The Twin Influences of Recording and Competition 89
12. Aboriginal Women and the Powwow Drum: Restrictions, Teachings, and Challenges 109
13. Teaching and Transmission
14. The sound of what I hear on earth 133
15. Reflecting on Reflexivity: Teaching and Conducting Research in an Inuit Community 150
16. Moose Trails and Buffalo Tracks: Métis Music and Aboriginal Education in Canada 174
17. One Strong Woman: Finding Her Voice, Finding Her Heritage 194
18. Learning about and Supporting Aboriginal Music and Culture: A Personal Journey 206
19. Cultural Interactions and Negotiations
20. Intercultural Collaboration 218
21. Listening to the Politics of Aesthetics: Contemporary Encounters between First Nations/Inuit and Early Music Traditions 222
22. Musical Form as Theatrical Form in Native Canadian Stage Plays: Moving through the Third Space 249
23. Music and Narrative in The Unnatural and Accidental Women 271
24. Music, Religion, and Healing in a Mi’kmaw Community 281
25. “No Heartaches in Heaven”: A Response to Aboriginal Suicide 300
26. Arnie Strynadka, “The Uke–Cree Fiddler” 323
27. Bits and Pieces of Truth: Storytelling, Identity, and Hip Hop in Saskatchewan 346
28. Why Do the Innu Sing Popular Music? Reflections on Cultural Assertion and Identity Movements in Music 372
29. Aboriginal Popular Music in Quebec: Influences, Issues, and Rewards 408
30. Gilles Sioui: Supporting and Performing with Aboriginal Artists in Quebec 419
31. Bibliography 431
32. Interviews cited 467
33. Internet Sites 469
34. Discography 471
35. Videography 475
36. Contributors 477
37. Index 487