OYATE TA OLOWAN: SONGS OF THE PEOPLE: EDDIE BENTON BANAI {KOSOFSKY ETHNIC RADIO COLLECTION -- NATIVE AMERICAN/ENGLISH} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of radio programs, featuring the
music and voices of individuals from twenty-six
Native-American tribes throughout the United States.
Each program includes musical performances and
interviews with Native-American artists, accompanied
by narration by host Milt Lee. This episode features
singing and commentary by Eddie Benton Banai, a member
of the Fish Clan of the Ojibwe Tribe. Banai was born
and lives in northern Wisconsin. He discusses the
geography of his tribe and then talks about the sound of
the drum and what it means to him. Banai is one of the
elders in his community, listeners learn, and he still
practices the traditional ways of his people; he talks
about these traditions and explains that they are dying
out today. As a young man, Banai was active in the
American Indian Movement (AIM) and was present during
the occupation of Wounded Knee village in 1973. Banai
talks about the musical traditions of his tribe and
about the original "creator songs," singing one of these
songs. He discusses the spirituality and religious
beliefs of the Ojibwe, their musical instruments and
rhythm patterns, powwow music, and the concept of the
drum as a symbol of the heartbeat. He sings several
songs, including social songs and a hunting song.
Includes promos.
(This program is in the English and Ojibwe languages.)
The acquisition and cataloging of this program were
made possible by Marvin and Jacqueline Kosofsky.
Details
- NETWORK: PRI Public Radio International AIROS
- DATE: November 30, 1997
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:27
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:17771
- GENRE: Radio - Music; Radio - Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drummers; Indians of North America - Music; Indians of North American - Religion and mythology; Indians of North America - Social life and customs; Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwa language; Wounded Knee (S.D.) - Indian occupation, 1973; Indigenous Peoples Collection
- SERIES RUN: PRI - Radio Series, 1998
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Promos - "Oyate Ta Olowan: Songs of the People"
CREDITS
- Milt Lee … Producer
- Jamie Lee … Written by
- Milt Lee … Host
- Eddie Benton Banai … Guest, Singer, Percussionist, Instrumentalist