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> This is pretty "off-the-wall" but this song is driving me nuts! Does anyone
> watch "Northern Exposure" and remember the episode where Marilyn went to
> Seattle? What is that song?
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> Anybody that saw that episode will know what I'm talking about. It keeps
> running through my head,....
the song was sung by georgia larson. it's a square dance melody--turkey in
the straw. it's sung in ojibwe it's about going to the jackpine country
and taking a pillow and a blanket. when georgia sang the song here for
high school students during 'indian week' program, she said that she left
out the part where the young man and young woman come back with a baby.
square dances were 'acceptable' forms of social dancing on the rez where
the christians outlawed traditional social dancing.
when our grandchildren learned to sing the song from the tv episode. our
elder aunt covered her mouth and laughed. she said, "oh that's a bad song."
feather eaglerock
leech lake rez (a sovereign anishinabe nation surrounded by the state of
minnesota)
english is a foreign language! reclaim your language. reclaim your
heritage and send it to the future with your grandchildren as your gift to
their grandchildren.
ha-htv-gi di-ka-ne'-tsv a'-qua-tse'-li wa-do' do-da-da-go'-hv