In this highly original and moving volume, an anthropologist, a
historian, and a Native singer come together to reveal the personal
and cultural power of Christian faith among the Kiowas of
southwestern Oklahoma and to show how Christian members of the
Kiowa community have creatively embraced hymns and made them their
own.
Kiowas practice a unique expression of Christianity, a blending
that began with the arrival of missionaries on the
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation in the 1870s. In these pages,
historian Clyde Ellis offers a compelling look at the way in which
many Kiowas became Christian over the past century and have woven
that faith into their identity. The personal and cultural
significance of traditional songs and their close connection to the
power of hymns is then illuminated by anthropologist Luke Eric
Lassiter. Like traditional Kiowa songs, Christian hymns help
restore and minister to the community; they also can be highly
individualistic since many are composed and shared by church
members themselves at different times in their lives. In the final
section of the book, which is accompanied by a CD of twenty-six
Kiowa hymns, Kiowa singer Ralph Kotay tells of the personal meaning
and value of the hymns and of the Christian faith in general.
This remarkable, sensitive book makes an important contribution
to our understanding of the complexity of Native lives today and
offers a subtle yet penetrating look at the legacy of Christianity
among Native peoples.
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