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On the Mourning Pleas of Elders

Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-10-10 18:41

There are three major social issues of concern to Amerindian Elders that can and should be addressed by music academia and the wider music community.
These issues have a major impact upon the prevailing state of decay and despair in both Amerindian and Euro-American cultures. Briefly they are , the crying need for more Spiritually Medicinal music within both realms , the tragic and unacceptable rates of burnout and career abandonment by aspiring musicians and an educational system that is too cultually insensitive and Spiritually blind.
The heart of all three problems lays within the methods and ideologies of higher education. Our system of education must be reformed. Due to the Spiritually Medicinal Power of Music the Faculties of Music are best qualified to lead the reform.
To quote one Elder " Both of our communities need Medicinal Music, we mourn and suffer from the loss of our broken spirited former musicians. Music is so much more than an acoustic presentation of mathamatics".
This post will be followed by several others within this thread. The most important ones will include short stories drawn from the real life experiences of victims and advocates.

Nocicetv Nokuse ( Sleeping Bear )
Tionontati ( Tobacco Indian )
Hoapi ( Dreamspeaker )

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