Books written by Jennifer S. H. Brown
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An Ethnohistorian in Rupert’s Land: Unfinished Conversations
In polar contrast, Stevens portrayed “Namawun” (Fair Wind) as “a celebrated conjuror” who “with his women, sons, and daughters lived at Opowangasse, and held the Indians round about in terror.” Influenced by the Deer Lakers' negative ...
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Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country
Jennifer Brown's Strangers in Blood is the first work to look systematically at these parents and their children.
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Col. William Marsh Vermont Patriot and Loyalist
"This book tells, for the first time, the life story of William Marsh, a little-known but intriguing Revolutionary figure.
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"The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823
When any one of them ( of the Indians I mean ) is thus favored , he appears first at these rivers , when the head or chief of the mountain comes out , accost [ s ] him in a freindly manner , and after some conversation he is introduced ...
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Col. William Marsh: Vermont Patriot & Loyalist
"This book tells, for the first time, the life story of William Marsh, a little-known but intriguing Revolutionary figure.
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The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North America
The New Peoples contains essays tracing the origins and expressions of identity among the metis people of mixed Indian and European ancestry.
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The Fur Trade Revisited: Selected Papers of the Sixth North American Fur Trade Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1991
Underscoring the work's multifaceted approach is an introductory essay by Lily McAuley titled "Memories of a Trapper's Daughter." This vivid and compelling account of the fur-trade life sets a level of quality for what follows.
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Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River: A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in Conversation
In 2004 James Waldram in his Revenge of the Windigo (18) offered a strong critique of windigo psychosis as possibly “the most perfect example of the construction of an Aboriginal mental disorder by the scholarly professions.
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Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River: A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in Conversation
In Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River Jennifer S. H. Brown presents the dozens of stories and memories that A. Irving Hallowell recorded from Adam (Samuel) Bigmouth, son of Ochiipwamoshiish (Northern Barred Owl), at Little Grand ...
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Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country
Describes the social world of the traders in the 18th and 19th centuries. Examines differences between the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company and their effects on Indian-white relations.
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Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History
The first edition of this highly praised collection presented some of the best new efforts to examine critically the possible interpretations of Native North American history and Native-European encounters over 500 years.
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Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country: Memories of a Mother and Son
In May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her new husband, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton, Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville.
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A Short History of the Middle Ages: Transparencies
Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people's history, culture, and values.