Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Ojibwa people of the Great Lakes Region, covering their customs, beliefs, and government.
She bases the work on fur-trade-company and government documents, traders' and missionaries' journals and diaries, letters, reminiscences, as well as ethnographic and archaeological data, material culture, and photographic and art images - ...
First published in 1885 by the Minnesota Historical Society, the book has also been cirticized by Native and non-Native scholars, many of whom do not take into account Warren's perspective, goals, and limitations.
Initially published in 1982 in the Smithsonian Folklife Series, Thomas Vennum's The Ojibwa Dance Drum is widely recognized as a significant ethnography of woodland Indians.-From the afterword by Rick St. Germaine
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Ojibwa people, covering their daily life, customs, and relations with the government. Includes information on spearfishing.
In the 1930s, young anthropologist Ruth Landes crafted this startlingly intimate glimpse into the lives of Ojibwa women, a richly textured ethnography widely recognized as a classic study of gender relations in a native society.
As a result, although there were many accounts of the Midewiwin published in the 19th century, they were often riddled with misinterpretations and inaccuracies.Historian Michael Angel compares the early texts written about the Midewiwin, ...
"Explains Ojibwe history and highlights Ojibwe life in modern society"--
The "little People" of the Ojibwa Nation: An Historical Perspective
Explore the history and culture of the Ojibwa people. The Ojibwa form one of the largest tribal groups in North America.
She describes wars that her tribes were involved in and the loss of most of her family. At the end of the story, Leelanau and what is left of her family disappear.