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History of the Ojibway People

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ISBN-10: 0873516435

ISBN-13: 9780873516433

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: William Warren, Theresa M. Schenck

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William W. Warren'sHistory of the Ojibway Peoplehas 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 were fast disappearing under the onslaught of a corrupt frontier populaton. He collected firsthand descriptions and stories from relatives, tribal leaders, and acquaintances and transcribed this oral history in terms that nineteenth-century whites could understand, focusing on warfare, tribal organizations, and political leaders. First published in 1885 by the Minnesota…    
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List price: $22.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication date: 3/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

William Warren has lived in Thailand since 1960 and has designed gardens in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket.Additional chapters are written by Tony Whitten, a Biodiversity Specialist at the World Bank in Washington, DC, and Martin Jenkins, a freelance writer and researcher on environmental and conservation issues worldwide.

Editor's Introduction
Author's Preface
General Account of the Present Local Position and Numbers of the Ojibways, and Their Connection with Other Tribes
Totemic Division of the O-jib-ways
Origin of the Ojibways
Emigration of the Ojibways from the Shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to Their Occupation of the Area of Lake Superior
The Ojibway Town at La Pointe
Dispersion of the Ojibways from the Island of La Pointe
Era of the Discovery
The Immediate Consequence of Their First Intercourse with the White Race
Account of the First French Trading Posts Built on Lake Superior
Wars of the Ojibways with the Iroquois and O-dug-am-ees, or Foxes
Taking of Mille Lacs by the Ojibways
Occupation of the St. Croix River Country by the Ojibways
The Country about the Source of the Mississippi
Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi
Occupation of the Wisconsin and Chippewa River Valleys by the Ojibways
Ending of the French Supremacy
Commencement of British Supremacy
Grand Expedition of the Dakotas to the Sources of the Mississippi, against the Ojibways
Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi
Closing of the War between the Ojibways and Odugamies
Origin of the Distinctive Name of Pillagers Applied to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibways; and the Era of Smallpox
Continued Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi during the End of the Eighteenth Century
Attack of a War Party of Dakotas on a French Trading House, on the Upper Mississippi, in the Year 1783
The Sources of the Mississippi Become Open to the Enterprise of the Fur Trade, 1792
John Baptiste Cadotte
Progress of the Ojibways on the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers
Ojibways of the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers
Affairs of the Ojibways on the St. Croix
The Pillagers
Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi
Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi
Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi
Endeavors of the British to Entice the Ojibways of Lake Superior and Mississippi to Join Their Arms in the War of 1812
A Brief Sketch of the Fur Trade and Fur Traders among the Ojibways from the Formation of the Northwest Company in 1787 to 1834
Events from 1818 to 1826
Appendixes
Works Cited
Index