Echoes of the Ant People: Vocal Traces and Writing Practices in a Translation of ’O’odham Orature

Abstract

On the Ant Songs of the 'Akimel 'O'odham people of the southwestern United States. "The Ant Songs have passed through different mediums as they were performed, recorded, copied, exchanged, translated, interpreted, and translated again. In each of the moments of circulation and transference, the songs have a different impact and context, each of which illuminates particular formations of history and power that are essential to an understanding the life of the Ant Songs."