[Algonquiana] Liturgical language in Algonquian languages

[Richard RHODES]

Dear Mela,
      I have worked extensively on Ojibwe documents from the 19th century,
including liturgical materials. Algonquin is a dialect of Ojibwe, and I am
willing to help.
      All my life, I have sung in choirs and vocal ensembles—even directed
a few, so I understand all too well the linguistic horrors perpetrated in
the name of music.

      I cannot, however, help with the Iroquois, about which I know next to
nothing.

Stay safe,
Rich

On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 9:37 AM Mela Sarkar, Dr. <mela.sarkar at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> On behalf of a choir in Quebec: does anybody know about the language of
> the Catholic liturgy in any Algonquian language?
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> I am rather reluctant to put forward this request, given the current
> situation in Canada.
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> However, the choir director who asked me to help him find someone is, I
> know, well motivated, and hopes to make the language(s) heard in musical
> venues where they have perhaps never been heard. He has a document of
> liturgical material from the 19th century with texts in both "langues
> algonquines" and "langues iroquois" that he is very keen to use in a
> concert next year, so he is looking for help with translations of bits here
> and there. The choir has a budget for the language work. The document, le
> Livre des 7 nations, looks interesting, though I don’t have enough
> expertise to say much about it. It’s rather large so I’m not uploading it
> here, but anybody who wants it is very welcome.
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> If anybody on this list has and ideas about this, or perhaps knows other
> people I could get in touch with, please let me know—many thanks,
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> Mela
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> Mela Sarkar, Associate Professor
> Department of Integrated Studies in Education
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