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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784495203321

Autore

Vizenor Gerald Robert <1934->

Titolo

The people named the Chippewa : narrative histories / / Gerald Vizenor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1984

©1984

ISBN

0-8166-8205-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (172 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

970.004/97

Soggetti

Ojibwa Indians - History

Ojibwa Indians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Traditional Origins; The People Named the Chippewa; Shadows at La Pointe; Three Anishinaabeg Writers; Old Crow Wing to White Earth; Boarding School Remembrance; Firewater Labels and Methodologies; Dennis of Wounded Knee; The Shaman and Terminal Creeds; Epilogue; Bibliography: Books about the Anishinaabeg; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ranging in time and space from Madeline Island and the reservations of northern Minnesota to the urban reservation of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Vizenor recounts the experiences of the Chippewa and their encounters with the white people who "named" them.