At White Earth, hymns a unique part of a renewed Ojibwe culture (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

*At White Earth, hymns a unique part of a renewed Ojibwe culture*

WHITE EARTH, Minn. – When 30 people gathered recently for an evening
service at St. Columba Episcopal Church, they recited liturgy like
thousands of other church congregations.

By: Dan Gunderson, MPR News 90.3 FM, DL-Online

WHITE EARTH, Minn. – When 30 people gathered recently for an evening
service at St. Columba Episcopal Church, they recited liturgy like
thousands of other church congregations.

But when they began singing, it quickly became clear that theirs was not a
typical Minnesota prayer service.

A visitor would have recognized the melody to “What a friend I have in
Jesus,” but the parishioners sang in Ojibwe, thanks to the translations
early missionaries made to help convert Native Americans to Christianity.

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