Oneida Tribe's Hymns Keeping Heritage Alive (fwd link)

[Renae Dearhouse]

My apologies for the last message- I was sending it onto an Oneida elder,
and somehow also sent it back to ILAT-

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Renae Dearhouse <rdearhouse at gmail.com>wrote:

> CONGRATULATIONS on your newest grandbaby!
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> From: phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>
> Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM
> Subject: [ILAT] Oneida Tribe's Hymns Keeping Heritage Alive (fwd link)
> To: ILAT at listserv.arizona.edu
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> Oneida Tribe's Hymns Keeping Heritage Alive
>
> By Jacqueline L. Salmon
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Saturday, September 20, 2008; Page B09
>
> It is official: According to the National Endowment for the Arts, the
> Oneida
> Hymn Singers are "national living treasures."
>
> The singers, members of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, perform
> Christian hymns a cappella in the Oneida language. With a repertoire of
> more
> than 100 songs, such as "Amazing Grace," "Jesus Loves Me," and "Abide With
> Me,"
> the Hymn Singers were scheduled to take the stage at the Music Center at
> Strathmore in Bethesda last night during the National Heritage Fellowships
> Concert.
>
> With 10 other groups or individuals, they are recipients of a 2008 NEA
> National
> Heritage Fellowship, the highest honor that the nation bestows on folk and
> traditional artists.
>
> Access full article below:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903456.html
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