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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLELeBeau, Patrick Russell
Summary: Rethinking Michigan Indian History is a teaching tool that honors the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi and the twelve federally recognized tribes of Michigan by recognizing their role and place in Michigan history--exploring what most people know (or do not know) about them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 LEBSummary: 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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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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WALSummary: In 1994, President Clinton signed a bill which reaffirmed the government to government relationship between the United States and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa. This chronicles the tribe's struggle from the 1836 treaty of Detroit to the 1994 signing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOUBarber, Sally.
Summary: This selection of 12 stories from Michigan's past explores some of the Great Lakes State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 BARBarton, Barbara J.
Summary: This is the first book of its kind to bring forward the rich tradition of wild rice in Michigan and its importance to the Anishinaabek people who live there. Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan focuses on the history, culture, biology, economics, and spirituality surrounding this sacred plant. The story travels through time from the days before European colonization and winds its way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633.1 BARKent, Timothy J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Fox Enterprises 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.401 KEN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.401 KEN
McGraw, Jennifer S.
Contents: Calendar of events -- Introduction -- The village -- The missions -- Lawless and and French values -- Women and men -- The forts -- Food and starvation -- Life and Michilimackinac -- Traders -- War and migration -- English attack Michilimackinac -- Travel -- Slaves and captives -- Brandy and vices -- Lawless Mackinac -- After.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011