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| This translation is by Herbert Spinden of Nez Percé work from "Essay on American Indian Poetry" in //Songs of the Tewa: New York: Exposition of the Tribal Arts//, which was released in the 1930s, and because of this, it's important to note how important this decade was in American Indian History. The Nez Percé were a North American Indian people and resided in what is now northeastern Oregon, southwestern Washington, and central Idaho, U.S. In the 1930s, with Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, there was reform for it that wished to improve the Indian American programs in the country, and this spawned the Indian New Deal. So, with this heavy consideration of American Indians during the 1930s by Americans and particularly John Collier, U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs at the time, this collection of songs Nez Percé people released could be a possible reaction to the release of this Indian New Deal. With the embrace and consideration of American Indians, as well as the U.S. realizing the importance of existing tribes and the ways they live, more facets of their culture such as hunting, wildlife, as well as oral poems like "Three Songs of Mad Coyote" could've been more encouraged and made more prominent. Coming off of the Great Depression, which may have involved more hunting of wildlife, there was hope and a foundation that was built not just for Americans, but Indian Americans and their cultures, too. | This translation is by Herbert Spinden of Nez Percé work from "Essay on American Indian Poetry" in //Songs of the Tewa: New York: Exposition of the Tribal Arts//, which was released in the 1930s. |
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| | The Nez Percé are a North American Indian people and resided in what is now northeastern Oregon, southwestern Washington, and central Idaho, U.S. |
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| | In the 1930s, with Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, there was reform for it that wished to improve the Indian American programs in the country, and this spawned the Indian New Deal. So, with this heavy consideration of American Indians during the 1930s by Americans and particularly John Collier, U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs at the time, this collection of songs Nez Percé people released could be a possible reaction to the release of this Indian New Deal. With the embrace and consideration of American Indians, as well as the U.S. realizing the importance of existing tribes and the ways they live, more facets of their culture such as hunting, wildlife, as well as oral poems like "Three Songs of Mad Coyote" could've been more encouraged and made more prominent. Coming off of the Great Depression, which may have involved more hunting of wildlife, there was hope and a foundation that was built not just for Americans, but Indian Americans and their cultures, too. |
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| [[contributors:john_m._phillips|Page Creator: John Phillips]] | [[contributors:john_m._phillips|Page Creator: John Phillips]] |
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