Cleland, Charles E.

Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992

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Summary: Overview: Offering insight into the arts of Great Lakes Native nations, this collection of stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiographies, and fiction, spans the centuries from deep past to the present. Elders, war chiefs, religious leaders, and contemporary artists share stories of the creation, stars, animals, heroes, and monsters, along with narratives of hunting, fishing, food-gathering,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper 2011

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Mason, Ronald J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Academic Press 1981

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Cleland, Charles E.

Contents: The treaty -- The foundations of treaty making -- The invention of Euro-American and Indian treaty making -- Treaties and American law -- The treaties of 1836 and 1855 -- United States v. Michigan / by Bruce R. Greene -- United States v. Michigan / by Marc Slonim -- The treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe -- Lac Courte Oreilles band v. Wisconsin / by Kathryn L. Tierney -- Milles Lacs...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2011

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Reese, Ted.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 2001

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cranbrook Institute of Science 2004

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Van Laan, Nancy.

Summary: Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997

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Mitchell, John C.

Summary: History of the Indian tribes found along the Great Lakes from prehistoric times through the present day, complete with colorful illustrations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Suttons Bay Publications 1994

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Judson, Katharine Berry.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Northern Illinois University Press 2000

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Wargin, Kathy-jo.

Summary: In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1998

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Oldenburg, E. William

Summary: Six children find themselves transported back several centuries to a time in which the forests around their home were inhabited by Potawatomi Indians.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans 1975

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Quimby, George Irving

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1960

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Smithyman, Kathryn

Summary: This book introduces children to the traditional lifestyles of Native nations who lived in the western Great Lakes region, as well as the impact of colonization on Native peoples.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2003

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Kubiak, William J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Book House 1970

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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University 2004

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Summary: A publication of news, events and community services by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians 2016

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Wargin, Kathy-jo.

Summary: One winter, when the people of her village become terribly ill, Running Flower braves the snow and freezing cold to race to the village on the other side of the forest for medicine. Based on an Ojibwe legend.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2001

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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Newberry Library by the University of Oklahoma Press 1987

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Ritzenthaler, Robert Eugene

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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press 1970

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Publisher / Publication Date: Institute for the Development of Indian Law 1974

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 341.37 TRE

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.01 SIX

Hensler, Christy Ann

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hancock House 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 Hensler