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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781568603321

Autore

Pokagon Simon <1830-1899.>

Titolo

Ogîmäwkwě mitigwäk [[electronic resource] =] : Queen of the woods : a novel / / by Simon Pokagon; with a foreword by Philip J. Deloria ; and essays by John N. Low, Margaret Noori, and Kiara M. Vigil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-62895-102-8

1-60917-217-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

American Indian studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

DeloriaPhilip Joseph

LowJohn N

NooriMargaret

VigilKiara M

Disciplina

977.004/97316

B

Soggetti

Potawatomi Indians

Potawatomi language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Hartford, Mich. : C.H. Engle, 1899. With new foreword, editorial notes, and appendices.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword to the Current Edition; The Architecture of Simon Pokagon: In Text and on Display; Turn of the Century Indian Intellectualism: Language and Literacy in Simon Pokagon''s ""Queen of the Woods""; Reading Queen of the Woods Today; A Brief Sketch of Chief Simon Pokagon's Life; The Algonquin Language; Editorial Note; Queen of the Woods: Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Appendix 1: Pokagon''s Address at the World''s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Appendix 2: Pokagon''s Address at the Cem Opera House at Liberty, Indiana, January 7, 1898 Selected Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Simon Pokagon, the son of tribal patriarch Leopold Pokagon, was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self-promoter.  In 1899, shorty after his death, Pokagon''s novel Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods)-only the second



ever published by an American Indian-appeared. It was intended to be a testimonial to the traditions, stability, and continuity of the Potawatomi in a rapidly changing world. Read today, Queen of the Woods is evidence of the author''s desire to mark the cultural, political, and social landscapes with a memorial to the past a