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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Wisconsin Indian Nation Chronology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Literature of the Menominee Nation | |
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| Creation Story-Verna Fowler, Menominee | |
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| The People Who Live with the Seasons-Verna Fowler, Menominee | |
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| From Native Copper to the Fur Trade-Waioskasit, Menominee | |
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| Manabozho and the Wolves-Louis Pigeon, Menominee | |
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| Trickster Tales-John V Satterlee, Menominee | |
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| Manabozho Plays Lacrosse-John V Satterlee, Menominee | |
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| Me'napus and the Buzzard-Jerome Lawe, Menominee | |
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| Menominee Medicine Bundle-Anonymous, Menominee | |
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| Struggle for Land and Timber-Verna Fowler, Menominee | |
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| You Do Not Seem to Know Us - Kaushkannaniew (or Grizzly Bear), Menominee | |
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| Resistance to the Timber Barons-Neopit, Menominee | |
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| Termination and Restoration-Verna Fowler, Menominee | |
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| The Power Came from the People-Ada Deer, Menominee | |
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| Menominee Termination-DRUMS Committee, Menominee | |
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| Current Resource Extraction-John Teller, Menominee | |
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| The Power Comes from Within-Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee | |
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| Literature of the Ho-Chunk Nation | |
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| Sovereignty in a Spiritual Landscape-Lyle Greendeer, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Not an Ordinary Place-Tom Hopinkah, Ho-Ghunk | |
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| Gottschall Rockshelter and the Epic of Red Horn - Sam Blowsnake, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Origin Story of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Ghunk | |
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| Frenchmen Arrive-Anonymous, Ho-Chunk | |
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| It Was Not a Sale; It Was a Loan-Four Legs, Ho-Ghunk | |
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| Theft of the Lead Mining District-Nawkaw Garamani, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Red Bird Surrenders-Red Bird, Ho-Chunk | |
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| The Treaty of 1829-Waukon Decora, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Do You Want Our Wigwams? You Live in Palaces!- Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Where in the Name of God Shall We Live?-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk | |
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| The Black Hawk War-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk | |
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| If They Did Not Sign, He Would Kill Them-Dandy Ho-Chunk | |
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| Forced Removals: The Ho-Chunk Trail of Tears- Winneshiek, Shaking Earth Garamani, Big Hawk, and Black Hawk; Ho-Chunk | |
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| Mountain Wolf Woman: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian-Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk | |
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| A Ho-Chunk Autobiography-Sam Blowsnake (a.k.a. Crashing Thunder), Ho-Chunk | |
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| Trickster Tales-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Wak'djunk'aga and the Car-Dawn Makes Strong Move, Ho-Chunk | |
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| How It Is Today-Jim Funmaker, Ho-Chunk | |
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| Literature of the Ojibwe Nation | |
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| The Anishinabe-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe | |
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| The Great Flood-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Where Food Grows on Water-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe | |
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| The Indian Always Talks to the Spirit-Archie Mosay (or Niibaa-giizhig), St. Croix Ojibwe | |
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| Creation Story-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Spearfishing-Walt Bresette, Red Cliff Chippewa | |
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| It Gives Me a Strong Feeling-Nick Hockings, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe | |
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| The Flooding of Pahquahwong-William Wolf, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Abrogating the Treaty-Pimosegejig, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Cultural Genocide -Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe | |
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| Elders Refuse to Move-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Dealing with Mooskadoojiigan (The Place That Was Flooded)-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Drum of the People-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe | |
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| Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa-Fred Ackly, Sokaogon Chippewa | |
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| From Aboard the Night Train-Kimberly Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe | |
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| Avian Messiah and Mistress Media-Andrew Connors, Bad River Ojibwe | |
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| My Mother and I Had a Discussion One Day-Denise Sweet, White Earth Ojibwe | |
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| Sage Dreams-Danielle M. Hornett, Bad River Ojibwe | |
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| The Importance of Madeline Island-William Whipple Warren, Madeline Island Ojibwe | |
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| Literature of the Potawatomi Nation | |
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| The Creation of the World-Wapuka, Potawatomi | |
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| We All Sing-Anonymous, Potawatomi | |
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| Now We All Move-Anonymous, Potawatomi | |
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| The Trail of Death: Potawatomi Diaspora-Susan Campbell, Citizen Potawatomi Nation | |
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| Chief Menominee's Petition-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi | |
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| I Am Not Going to Leave My Lands-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi | |
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| The Story of a Faithful Wife-John Nuwi, Wisconsin Potawatomi | |
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| How Mko Lost His Tail-Lee White, Forest County Potawatomi | |
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| Now I Raise My Hand-Anonymous, Potawatomi | |
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| Dance with Our Mother Earth-Anonymous, Potawatomi | |
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| One People: The Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi | |
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| The Origin of Tobacco-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi | |
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| The Adventure of a Poor Man-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi | |
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| They Will Sometime Find Their Mistakes-Shawequet, Potawatomi | |
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| Queen of the Woods-Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi | |
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| Literature of the Oneida Nation | |
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| The Thanksgiving Address-The Oneida Nation | |
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| The Oneida Creation Story-Demus Elm and Harvey Antone, Oneida | |
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| People of the Standing Stone-Thelma Cornelius McLester, Oneida | |
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| Jigonsaseh, Mother of Nations-John C. Mohawk, Seneca | |
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| The Peacemaker-Mohawk People, Haudenosaunee Oral Tradition | |
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| The Great Law of Peace-Peacemaker, Huron | |
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| Matriarchy-Peacemaker, Huron | |
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| Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?: An Oneida Song of Spring-Sandra De Coteau Orie, Oneida | |
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| Oneida Counsel Peace between Two Brothers-Oneida Headmen | |
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| Oneida Reject Offer of Christian Education-Oneida Headmen | |
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| Forced from New York in the 1820s-Daniel Bread, Oneida | |
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| No! You Will Not Drive Us from Our Lands-Onon-gwat-go (or Reverend Cornelius Hill), Oneida | |
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| The Way They Used to Get Married-Katie Cornelius, Oneida | |
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| Broken Spine and His Wife-Sarah Summers, Oneida | |
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| Philadelphia Flowers-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida | |
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| The Long Parenthesis-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida | |
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| Evening at the Warbonnet-Bruce King, Haudenosaunee-Oneida Nation of Wisconsin | |
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| Interview with a Midwife - Carol Cornelius, Oneida/Mahican; and Katsi Cook, Mohawk | |
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| Literature of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Traditional Teachings-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican | |
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| Mama's Little One-Kristina Heath Potrykus, Mohican and Menominee | |
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| Ancestral Voices-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Historical Overview-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| We Have No More Land-Mohican Headmen | |
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| That Our Children Not Be Taken Away from Us for Debt-Chief Konkapot, Mohican | |
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| Watching My Daughter Sleep-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Not Tyrants over Any Nation-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican | |
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| Hunting Now Is Grown Very Scarce-Stockbridge Headmen | |
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| Return to Me That Land That Is Justly Mine-Johannis Mtohksin, Jacob Naunauphtaunk, and Solomon Uhhaunauwaunmut; Stockbridge | |
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| Former Concentration Camp and Cemetery: Now a Recreation Area?-Muhheconneuk Intertribal Committee on Deer Island | |
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| Thanksgiving-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Mohican Diplomat-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican | |
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| Daniel Nimham, Mohican Sachem-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Chief Nimham, Hero of Van Cortlandt's Woods-Eva Jean Bowman, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Conversion-Dorothy W Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Matrilineage and Democracy-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican | |
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| Grandmother Moon-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Eunice Stick-Nicole Hirthe and Brad Pecore, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican | |
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| Literature of the Brothertown Nation | |
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| Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin-Brothertown Indian Nation | |
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| Mission Statement-Brothertown Indian Nation | |
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| First of the Mohegans-Uncas, Mohegan | |
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| To Settle My Posterity to Walk in the Straight Path-Uncas, Mohegan | |
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| Massacre of Pequot at Mystic in 1637-Miantonomi, Narragansett | |
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| Narragansett Act of Submission-Canonicus, Pessicus, and Mixam; Narragansett | |
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| Our Forefathers Had Everything in Great Plenty-Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Mohegan | |
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| A Mohegan Minister's Autobiography-Samson Occum, Mohegan | |
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| The Diary of Samson Occum-Jim Ottery, Brothertown | |
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| An Execution Sermon-Samson Occum, Mohegan | |
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| Nation Building and Cultural Adaptation-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan | |
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| Second Speech to the Oneidas-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan | |
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| Eulogy on King Philip-William Apess, Pequot | |
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| Protectors of Mary Rowlandson-Sam Sachem, Kutquen, Quassohit, and Peter Jethro; Algonquians | |
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| Out-Skating the Devil-Caroline K. Andler, Brothertown | |
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| Makia'wisag, or "Little People"-Fidelia Fielding, Mohegan | |
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| A Son of the Forest-William Apess, Pequot | |
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| Sketch of the Brothertown Indians-Thomas Commuck, Brothertown | |
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| Rhetorical Sovereignty-Jim Ottery, Brothertown | |
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| Petition for Federal Acknowledgement as an American Indian Tribe-Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |