05624nam 22006493 450 991086088860332120230226050519.09781452968575(electronic bk.)9781517913885(MiAaPQ)EBC30239137(Au-PeEL)EBL30239137(CKB)26079744900041(OCoLC)1369642244(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100731(EXLCZ)992607974490004120230204d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaking the Carry The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater1st ed.Minneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,2023.©2023.1 online resource (341 pages)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Cochrane, Timothy Making the Carry Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,c2023 9781517913885 Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- The Families of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater -- Maps -- Linklaters' Home Region -- Linklaters' Canoe Country -- Basswood Lake Anishinaabeg, circa 1910 -- Linklaters' Isle Royale, circa 1930 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Out of the North: The Linklater Family's Metis Roots -- Chapter 2. The Anishinaabeg Family and Artistry of Tchi-​Ki-​Wis -- Chapter 3. Finding Their Way: The Linklaters' Early Years -- Chapter 4. "Talk to John": Guide, Teacher, Warden -- Chapter 5. Making the Carry -- "An Old Indian Prophecy" (1924)Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Color Plates"John Linklater, of Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Scottish ancestry, and his wife, Tchi-Ki-Wis, of the Lac La Croix First Nation, lived in the canoe and border country of Ontario and Minnesota from the 1870s until the 1930s. With broad geographical sweep, historical significance, and biographical depth, Making the Carry tells their story, overlooked for far too long"--Provided by publisher."An extraordinary illustrated biography of a Métis man and Anishinaabe woman navigating great changes in their homeland along the U.S.-Canada border in the early twentieth century John Linklater, of Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Scottish ancestry, and his wife, Tchi-Ki-Wis, of the Lac La Croix First Nation, lived in the canoe and border country of Ontario and Minnesota from the 1870s until the 1930s. During that time, the couple experienced radical upheavals in the Quetico-Superior region, including the cutting of white and red pine forests, the creation of Indian reserves/reservations and conservation areas, and the rise of towns, tourism, and mining. With broad geographical sweep, historical significance, and biographical depth, Making the Carry tells their story, overlooked for far too long. John Linklater, a legendary "Indian game warden" and woodsman without peer, was also the bearer of traditional ecological knowledge and Indigenous heritage, both of which he was deeply committed to teaching others. He was sought by professors, newspaper reporters, museum personnel, and conservationists-among them Sigurd Olson, who considered Linklater a mentor. Tchi-Ki-Wis, an extraordinary craftswoman, made a sweeping array of necessary yet beautiful objects, from sled dog harnesses to moose calls to birch bark canoes. She was an expert weaver of large Anishinaabeg cedar bark mats with complicated geometric designs, a virtually lost art. Making the Carry traces the routes by which the couple came to live on Basswood Lake on the international border. John's Métis ancestors with deep Hudson's Bay Company roots originally came from Orkney Islands, Scotland, by way of Hudson Bay and Red River, or what is now Winnipeg. His family lived in Manitoba, northwest Ontario, northern Minnesota, and, in the case of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis, on Isle Royale. A journey through little-known Canadian history, the book provides an intimate portrait of Métis people. Complete with rarely seen photographs of activities from dog mushing to guiding to lumbering, as well as of many objects made by Tchi-Ki-Wis, such as canoes, moccasins, and cedar mats, Making the Carry is a window on a traditional way of life and a restoration of two fascinating Indigenous people to their rightful place in our collective past"--Provided by publisher.MétisMinnesotaBiographyMétisOntarioBiographyOjibwa womenMinnesotaBiographyOjibwa womenOntarioBiographyCanoes and canoeingBasswood Lake (Minn. and Ont.)BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / IndigenousbisacshHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)bisacshElectronic books. MétisMétisOjibwa womenOjibwa womenCanoes and canoeingBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / IndigenousHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)971.004/97BBIO028000HIS036090bisacshCochrane Timothy1740358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910860888603321Making the Carry4166019UNINA