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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784393703321

Autore

Vizenor Gerald Robert <1934->

Titolo

Bear Island [[electronic resource] ] : the war at Sugar Point / / Gerald Vizenor ; foreword by Jace Weaver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8166-9793-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 p.)

Collana

Indigenous Americas

Disciplina

811/.54

Soggetti

Ojibwa Indians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; Bear Island; INTRODUCTION: The War at Sugar Point; OVERTURE: Manidoo Creations; BAGWANA: The Pillagers of Liberty; HOLE IN THE DAY: Grafters and Warrants; BEARWALKERS: 5 October 1898; GATLING GUN: 6 October 1898; WAR NECKLACE: 9 October 1898

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, acclaimed writer Gerald Vizenor illuminates the 1898 battle at Sugar Point in this epic poem. Fought between the Pillagers of the Leech Lake Reservation and U.S. soldiers, the battle marked a turning point in relations between the government and Native Americans. Bear Island brings back to light a key moment in Minnesota's history.