scholarly journals Reflections on the Anthropology of Sovereignty and Settler Colonialism: Lessons from Native North America

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Circe Sturm
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Native North America

Southern Sounds, Northern Voices

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-190
Author(s):  
Ryan Ben Shuvera
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Rock Music ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Country Music ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
New West ◽  
White Settler ◽  
History Of ◽  
Native North America

Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) crossed the Canadian-U.S. border in 1935 to further his career as a country musician. Hank Snow moved to Nashville in 1945, reaching the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. Twenty-one years later Neil Young settled into Nashville’s Quadraphonic Sound Studio to record songs that would be featured on the album Harvest. Today, Nashville’s New West Records represents country-inspired Canadian musicians Daniel Romano and Corb Lund. These artists make up part of a notable history of northerners blending North American identities through country music. A significant and overlooked part of this history came to light in 2014 with the release of the Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985 compilation from Light In The Attic Records. NNA (Vol. 1) is a collection of limited releases from Indigenous musicians from across Canada and Alaska. It is significant because it makes audible that Indigenous musicians performed—and continue to perform—country, folk, and rock music, challenging the borders and identities forced on them through settler-colonialism. These artists bring together southern sounds and northern voices—often using northern Indigenous languages—to articulate different experiences under North American colonization. This paper begins to explore how artists such as Willie Dunn, John Angaiak, and William Tagoona unsettle North American boundaries and identities through country music. This paper also begins to explore the opportunities and challenges this compilation presents to white settler listeners.

Book Reviews

Focaal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (46) ◽  
pp. 176-186
Author(s):  
Franz Wojciechowski ◽  
Sarah Stohlman ◽  
Djamila Schans ◽  
David O'Kane ◽  
Ludwien Meeuwesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Land Reforms ◽  
Native North America ◽  
Anthropology Of Tourism

Hermanten Kate, Travels and researches in Native North America, 1882–1883Rainer Ohliger, Karen Schönwälder, and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, European encounters: migrants, migration and European societies since 1945Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune, Student mobility and narrative in Europe: the new strangersMarja J. Spierenburg, Strangers, spirits and land reforms: conflicts about land in Dande, Northern ZimbabweRenée R. Shield and Stanley M. Aronson, Aging in today’s world: conversations between an anthropologist and a physicianShinji Yamashita, Bali and beyond: explorations in the anthropology of tourism

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