Summary: "For the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing along a broad narrative spectrum, from aadizookaanag (traditional or sacred narratives) to dibaajimowinan (histories and news)--as well as everything in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 CENTanner, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0497 TANCleland, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2001
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 CLEDwyer, Helen.
Summary: Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Ojibwa Indians, covering their customs, beliefs, and government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 DWYJohnson, Michael
Summary: Ojibwa describes the history and culture of the people, and introduces their most important figures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 JOHKawbawgam, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: John M. Longyear Research Library, Marquette County Historical Society 1994
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Vizenor, Gerald Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 VIZTodd, Anne M.
Summary: Explores the history and culture of these Indians from the woodlands of the Midwest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 TODClifton, James A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Indian Press, Grand Rapids Inter-Tribal Council 1986
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native CliftonLevine, Michelle.
Summary: The Ojibwe have lived in North America for hundreds of years. These native peoples originally grew crops, gathered wild rice, and tapped maple trees for their sap. But in 1783, when the United States gained its independence, it simultaneously gained control of the Ojibwe homeland. Government leaders forced the Ojibwe to live on reservations, sent Ojibwe children to boarding schools, and made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 LEVDanziger, Edmund Jefferson
Summary: This book tells the story of the Chippewa Indians in the regions around Lake Superior-the fabled land of Kitchigami. It tells of their woodland life, the momentous impact of three centuries of European and American societies on their culture, and how the retention of their tribal identity and traditions proved such a source of strength for the Chippewas that the federal government finally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 DANWarren, William W. (William Whipple)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1984
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 WARBroker, Ignatia.
Summary: In the accounts of the lives of several generations of Ojibway people in Minnesota is much information about their history and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.08997 BROLaDuke, Winona.
Summary: A novel on the Anishinaabe Indians, tracing their struggle to restore their culture and regain their land. From the Great Sioux Uprising of the 1860s, to the 1970s occupation by Indian militants of the Minnesota White Earth Reservation, to the present problems of alcoholism and sexual abuse. A first novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LADDownes, Robert
Summary: "Together, Wolf and Willow battle their brutal captors in an odyssey up the Mississippi River, with their fate to be decided at the ancient Indian city of Cahokia near present-day St. Louis. Ranging from the coast of Morocco to the shores of Lake Superior, The Wolf and the Willow weaves a tale of Native America at first contact with Spanish explorers, a time when a thriving Indian civilization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wandering Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction DownesWarren, William W. (William Whipple)
Summary: Overview: First Published in 1885 by the Minnesota Historical Society, William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People has long been recognized as a classic source on Ojibwe history and culture. Warren, the son of an Ojibwe woman, wrote his history in the hope of saving traditional stories for posterity even as he presented to the American public a sympathetic view of a people he believed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.004 WARSummary: We are excited to bring you Diba Jimooyung. Found here are many of the stories of Anishinabe men and women from older times & before the coming of Europeans & along with stories and accounts that happened after European and American contact. It is our story of our experience here on Turtle Island (North American), our homeland. The writing of Diba Jimooyung has been no small undertaking, nor is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, Ziibiwing Cultural Society 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.446 DIBEwing, Wallace K.
Contents: Foreword -- Author's notes -- Place and time -- Furs, bibles, and time -- Leaders of the bands -- Deserted villages -- Potawatomis v. The United States -- The Circle continues -- Directory of Native Americans in Footprints -- Directory of Non-Native Americans in Footprints.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377464 EwingWalker, Sally M.
Summary: "More than 20,000 American Indians served in the Civil War, yet their stories have often been left out of the history books. In [this book, the author] explores the extraordinary lives of Michigan's Anishinaabe sharpshooters. These brave soldiers served with honor and heroism in the line of duty, despite enduring broken treaties, loss of tribal lands, and racism. Filled with fascinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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Summary: This book is filled with stories, teachings, culinary and medicinal recipes from Anishinaabe traditions, handed down from past generations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Bunge, Nancy L.
Contents: Preparation for the journey -- The reality of mission life -- Building a home alone in the forest -- Standing with the Ojibwe against removal and smallpox -- Struggling against sickness -- Harriet's children -- Life without a mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 BUNWeller, Theresa Lynn
Summary: "This book tells a story of the Native and Metis inhabitants of Mackinac Island based on the people (mostly women) enumerated in the Agatha Biddle Band of 1870. Theresa Weller provides a genealogy of the Band members and their families. Adding to their stories, she has provided images, stories, and newspaper accounts to provide a larger picture of people in a time and place-Mackinac Island in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2021
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.37749 WELFletcher, Matthew L. M.
Contents: Introduction -- The story of the 1836 Treaty of Washington -- The story of the 1855 Treaty of Detroit -- The story of the dispossession of the Grand Traverse Band land base -- The story of the federal recognition of the Grand Traverse Band -- The story of the Grand Traverse Band's treaty rights fight -- The story of the development of modern tribal law and justice systems -- The story of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 FLECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.464 FLETreuer, David
Summary: Novelist David Treuer examines Native American reservation life--past and present--illuminating misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation while also exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2012