Document Type
Document
Publication Date
10-31-2025
Abstract
Static Map with Hōcąk (HoChunk) song “My Heart is Strong”
Tyler LaMere (Indigenous name “Hųųcpįga” translating to “Good Bear) is an enrolled member born and raised in the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (Bear clan) and descendant from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (Caribou clan). Tyler is a Two-Spirited aspiring musician studying a double degree program from University of South Dakota in Music Industry and Native American Studies with an emphasis in Language. On top of Tyler’s full time class schedule, they’re studying Hoocąk language through Hoocąk Academy and Ojibwemowin through the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Aanjibimaadizing online courses. Tyler’s career goals are utilizing contemporary digital music composition with their Indigenous languages and culture as an effort of preservation and revitalization of their Ho-Chunk and Anishinabe languages and cultures.
Recommended Citation
LaMere, Tyler, "Nąącge Haanįna Hįmaįšją “My Heart is Strong” Listening Map Lesson" (2025). Open Music Education Resources. 4.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/musicoer/4
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Note on Materials: These materials are free to use and distribute. They were created by a team of culture bearers, composers, and music educators as part of an Arts Grant Project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.