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Summary: Manitous are mysteries and spirits - the essences - that infuse and safeguard plants and animals, including humans, in all aspects of life. The tales of the manitous are simple in narration and complex in spirit, rich with incident and detail, and attempt to explain the mysterious ways of the natural world. Here are wily tricksters, timorous tree spirits, wise grandmothers, seductive maidens,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.783 JOHBenton-Banai, Edward
Summary: Recounts the legends, customs, and history of the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BENKawbawgam, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: John M. Longyear Research Library, Marquette County Historical Society 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 KAW1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 KAW
Wargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: "This is the story of an enduring friendship between an Ojibwe girl and a Dakotah boy, and how their kindness towards one another brings healing to a tribe, and gives the beautiful land of Minnesota its name"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Native WarginOtto, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 OTT1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 398.2 OTT
Summary: "Sometimes things come to people out of the blue and seemingly for a reason. The Anishinaabe word for this is nigika. The stories contained in this collection reached Howard Webkamigad nearly eighty years after they were recorded, after first being kept in their original copper wire format by the American Philosophical Society and later being converted onto cassettes and held by Dr. James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Phyllis Weliver was in the vanguard of those who first became ill from the novel coronavirus. Ten months later, she had recovered enough to return to work. Moving from the city to a woodland cottage above a glacier lake in order to regain health, Weliver reflects on the process of integrating mind/body health with the natural world. As she recovers from long-haul COVID, the author draws...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Medical WeliverEsbensen, Barbara Juster.
Summary: Tired of wandering in the sky, the star maiden searches for the perfect home on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.26 ESBWargin, 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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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.242 WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Native WarginCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WAROtto, Simon
Summary: Eighteen legends of the Ojibwe tribe of Michigan
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Michigan Indian Press 1990
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Summary: Eighteen legends of the Ojibwe tribe of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Michigan Indian Press 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 OttCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 OTTJohnston, Basil
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Publisher / Publication Date: Royal Ontario Museum 1993
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 398.2 WALHellman, Matthew
Summary: In 1842, every resident of Copper Harbor, MI disappeared without a trace. In 2019, Bill Hitze and his son Brandon make a gruesome discovery while fishing on Lake Superior that starts to shed light on the old mystery. According to Professor Stephanie Crowe, an Ojibwa legend predicts that the town's residents will be lost again. Together, Bill and Stephanie strive to discover the truth about what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELWalker, Louise Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hillsdale School Supply 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 WALGeniusz, Mary Siisip
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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.6 GENWargin, 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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3 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 WARCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI WarginCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE 398.24 WARVan 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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 VANLBlack, Julie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 BLAOtto, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Talking Leaves 1990
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 OTTLunge-Larsen, Lise.
Summary: In this retelling of an Ojibwe tale, a girl's act of bravery to save her family leads to the appearance in the world of the delicate and tender flower called the lady's slipper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.242 LUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Michigan Lunge-Larsen 1999San Souci, Robert D.
Summary: Although she is mocked and mistreated by her two older sisters, an Indian maiden wins a mighty invisible warrior for her husband with her kind and honest heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SANBeardslee, Lois.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 BEA1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 398.2 BEA
Shaw, Stephanie
Summary: "Vain Beaver is inordinately proud of his silky tail, to the point where he alienates his fellow woodland creatures with his boasting. When it is flattened in an accident (of his own making), he learns to value its new shape and seeks to make amends with his friends. Based on an Ojibwe legend"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2015