Wisconsin Indian literature : anthology of native voices / edited by Kathleen Tigerman ; foreword by Jim Ottery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tigerman, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Indian authors.

Indians of North America--Literary collections.

Indians of North America.

American literature.

Wisconsin.

Wisconsin--Literary collections.

American literature--Wisconsin.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xxv, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2006]

Summary:

Wisconsin Indian Literature is a unique anthology that presents the oral traditions, literature, and historically significant documents of the current twelve independent bands and Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Kathleen Tigerman sought input from tribal elders and educators to provide an accurate chronological portrait of each nation, including the Siouan Ho-Chunk; the Algonquian Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi; and three groups originally from what is now New York State: the Iroquoian Oneida, the Stockbridge-Munsee band of the Mohican Nations, and the Brothertown.

This original collection introduces us to a vivid and unforgettable group of voices, bringing together an impressive selection of Native American oral traditions, legends, speeches, myths, and histories. Some of these works feature a cultural hero or refer to very ancient times-more than six thousand years ago-and others are contemporary. These pieces focus on issues of Wisconsin Native communities by sharing Native knowledge and dialogue about sovereignty, decolonization, cultural genocide, forced removals, assimilation, and other concerns. Wisconsin Indian Literature aims to foster cross-cultural understanding among non-Native readers and the people of the First Nations.

Contents:

Wisconsin Indian Nation Chronology xxiii

Part 1 Literature of the Menominee Nation

1.1 Creation Story-Verna Fowler, Menominee 11

1.2 The People Who Live with the Seasons-Verna Fowler, Menominee 13

1.3 From Native Copper to the Fur Trade-Waioskasit, Menominee 14

1.4 Manabozho and the Wolves-Louis Pigeon, Menominee 16

1.5 Trickster Tales-John V Satterlee, Menominee 19

1.6 Manabozho Plays Lacrosse-John V Satterlee, Menominee 21

1.7 Me'napus and the Buzzard-Jerome Lawe, Menominee 24

1.8 Menominee Medicine Bundle-Anonymous, Menominee 26

1.9 Struggle for Land and Timber-Verna Fowler, Menominee 28

1.10 You Do Not Seem to Know Us - Kaushkannaniew (or Grizzly Bear), Menominee 29

1.11 Resistance to the Timber Barons-Neopit, Menominee 30

1.12 Termination and Restoration-Verna Fowler, Menominee 31

1.13 The Power Came from the People-Ada Deer, Menominee 32

1.14 Menominee Termination-DRUMS Committee, Menominee 34

1.15 Current Resource Extraction-John Teller, Menominee 38

1.16 The Power Comes from Within-Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee 39

Part 2 Literature of the Ho-Chunk Nation

2.1 Sovereignty in a Spiritual Landscape-Lyle Greendeer, Ho-Chunk 47

2.2 Not an Ordinary Place-Tom Hopinkah, Ho-Ghunk 49

2.3 Gottschall Rockshelter and the Epic of Red Horn - Sam Blowsnake, Ho-Chunk 50

2.4 Origin Story of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Ghunk 59

2.5 Frenchmen Arrive-Anonymous, Ho-Chunk 60

2.6 It Was Not a Sale; It Was a Loan-Four Legs, Ho-Ghunk 62

2.7 Theft of the Lead Mining District-Nawkaw Garamani, Ho-Chunk 63

2.8 Red Bird Surrenders-Red Bird, Ho-Chunk 64

2.9 The Treaty of 1829-Waukon Decora, Ho-Chunk 65

2.10 Do You Want Our Wigwams? You Live in Palaces!- Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk 66

2.11 Where in the Name of God Shall We Live?-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk 67

2.12 The Black Hawk War-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk 68

2.13 If They Did Not Sign, He Would Kill Them-Dandy Ho-Chunk 72

2.14 Forced Removals: The Ho-Chunk Trail of Tears- Winneshiek, Shaking Earth Garamani, Big Hawk, and Black Hawk; Ho-Chunk 74

2.15 Mountain Wolf Woman: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian-Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk 78

2.16 A Ho-Chunk Autobiography-Sam Blowsnake (a.k.a. Crashing Thunder), Ho-Chunk 84

2.17 Trickster Tales-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Chunk 35

2.18 Wak'djunk'aga and the Car-Dawn Makes Strong Move, Ho-Chunk 87

2.19 How It Is Today-Jim Funmaker, Ho-Chunk 88

Part 3 Literature of the Ojibwe Nation

3.1 The Anishinabe-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe 91

3.2 The Great Flood-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 92

3.3 Where Food Grows on Water-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe 95

3.4 The Indian Always Talks to the Spirit-Archie Mosay (or Niibaa-giizhig), St. Croix Ojibwe 97

3.5 Creation Story-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 99

3.6 Spearfishing-Walt Bresette, Red Cliff Chippewa 101

3.7 It Gives Me a Strong Feeling-Nick Hockings, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe 104

3.8 The Flooding of Pahquahwong-William Wolf, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 105

3.9 Abrogating the Treaty-Pimosegejig, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 106

3.10 Cultural Genocide -Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe 107

3.11 Elders Refuse to Move-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 108

3.12 Dealing with Mooskadoojiigan (The Place That Was Flooded)-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 109

3.13 Drum of the People-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 110

3.14 Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa-Fred Ackly, Sokaogon Chippewa 111

3.15 From Aboard the Night Train-Kimberly Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe 112

3.16 Avian Messiah and Mistress Media-Andrew Connors, Bad River Ojibwe 120

3.17 My Mother and I Had a Discussion One Day-Denise Sweet, White Earth Ojibwe 139

3.18 Sage Dreams-Danielle M. Hornett, Bad River Ojibwe 141

3.19 The Importance of Madeline Island-William Whipple Warren, Madeline Island Ojibwe 151

Part 4 Literature of the Potawatomi Nation

4.1 The Creation of the World-Wapuka, Potawatomi 155

4.2 We All Sing-Anonymous, Potawatomi 158

4.3 Now We All Move-Anonymous, Potawatomi 159

4.4 The Trail of Death: Potawatomi Diaspora-Susan Campbell, Citizen Potawatomi Nation 160

4.5 Chief Menominee's Petition-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi 166

4.6 I Am Not Going to Leave My Lands-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi 167

4.7 The Story of a Faithful Wife-John Nuwi, Wisconsin Potawatomi 168

4.8 How Mko Lost His Tail-Lee White, Forest County Potawatomi 170

4.9 Now I Raise My Hand-Anonymous, Potawatomi 171

4.10 Dance with Our Mother Earth-Anonymous, Potawatomi 172

4.11 One People: The Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi 173

4.12 The Origin of Tobacco-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi 177

4.13 The Adventure of a Poor Man-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi 180

4.14 They Will Sometime Find Their Mistakes-Shawequet, Potawatomi 182

4.15 Queen of the Woods-Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi 183

Part 5 Literature of the Oneida Nation

5.1 The Thanksgiving Address-The Oneida Nation 191

5.2 The Oneida Creation Story-Demus Elm and Harvey Antone, Oneida 193

5.3 People of the Standing Stone-Thelma Cornelius McLester, Oneida 197

5.4 Jigonsaseh, Mother of Nations-John C. Mohawk, Seneca 198

5.5 The Peacemaker-Mohawk People, Haudenosaunee Oral Tradition 200

5.6 The Great Law of Peace-Peacemaker, Huron 205

5.7 Matriarchy-Peacemaker, Huron 207

5.8 Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?: An Oneida Song of Spring-Sandra De Coteau Orie, Oneida 215

5.9 Oneida Counsel Peace between Two Brothers-Oneida Headmen 217

5.10 Oneida Reject Offer of Christian Education-Oneida Headmen 219

5.11 Forced from New York in the 1820s-Daniel Bread, Oneida 222

5.12 No! You Will Not Drive Us from Our Lands-Onon-gwat-go (or Reverend Cornelius Hill), Oneida 224

5.13 The Way They Used to Get Married-Katie Cornelius, Oneida 225

5.14 Broken Spine and His Wife-Sarah Summers, Oneida 227

5.15 Philadelphia Flowers-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida 228

5.16 The Long Parenthesis-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida 233

5.17 Evening at the Warbonnet-Bruce King, Haudenosaunee-Oneida Nation of Wisconsin 235

5.18 Interview with a Midwife - Carol Cornelius, Oneida/Mahican; and Katsi Cook, Mohawk 245

Part 6 Literature of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican

6.1 Traditional Teachings-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 253

6.2 Mama's Little One-Kristina Heath Potrykus, Mohican and Menominee 256

6.3 Ancestral Voices-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 258

6.4 Historical Overview-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 260

6.5 We Have No More Land-Mohican Headmen 263

6.6 That Our Children Not Be Taken Away from Us for Debt-Chief Konkapot, Mohican 265

6.7 Watching My Daughter Sleep-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 267

6.8 Not Tyrants over Any Nation-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 268

6.9 Hunting Now Is Grown Very Scarce-Stockbridge Headmen 270

6.10 Return to Me That Land That Is Justly Mine-Johannis Mtohksin, Jacob Naunauphtaunk, and Solomon Uhhaunauwaunmut; Stockbridge 271

6.11 Former Concentration Camp and Cemetery: Now a Recreation Area?-Muhheconneuk Intertribal Committee on Deer Island 273

6.12 Thanksgiving-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 274

6.13 Mohican Diplomat-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 276

6.14 Daniel Nimham, Mohican Sachem-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 279

6.15 Chief Nimham, Hero of Van Cortlandt's Woods-Eva Jean Bowman, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 280

6.16 Conversion-Dorothy W Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 283

6.17 Matrilineage and Democracy-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 284

6.18 Grandmother Moon-Cathy J.

Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 286

6.19 Eunice Stick-Nicole Hirthe and Brad Pecore, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 288

Part 7 Literature of the Brothertown Nation

7.1 Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin-Brothertown Indian Nation 293

7.2 Mission Statement-Brothertown Indian Nation 294

7.3 First of the Mohegans-Uncas, Mohegan 295

7.4 To Settle My Posterity to Walk in the Straight Path-Uncas, Mohegan 297

7.5 Massacre of Pequot at Mystic in 1637-Miantonomi, Narragansett 298

7.6 Narragansett Act of Submission-Canonicus, Pessicus, and Mixam; Narragansett 299

7.7 Our Forefathers Had Everything in Great Plenty-Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Mohegan 301

7.8 A Mohegan Minister's Autobiography-Samson Occum, Mohegan 303

7.9 The Diary of Samson Occum-Jim Ottery, Brothertown 307

7.10 An Execution Sermon-Samson Occum, Mohegan 310

7.11 Nation Building and Cultural Adaptation-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan 313

7.12 Second Speech to the Oneidas-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan 316

7.13 Eulogy on King Philip-William Apess, Pequot 318

7.14 Protectors of Mary Rowlandson-Sam Sachem, Kutquen, Quassohit, and Peter Jethro; Algonquians 343

7.15 Out-Skating the Devil-Caroline K. Andler, Brothertown 345

7.16 Makia'wisag, or "Little People"-Fidelia Fielding, Mohegan 346

7.17 A Son of the Forest-William Apess, Pequot 348

7.18 Sketch of the Brothertown Indians-Thomas Commuck, Brothertown 355

7.19 Rhetorical Sovereignty-Jim Ottery, Brothertown 360

7.20 Petition for Federal Acknowledgement as an American Indian Tribe-Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin 362.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-389) and index.

ISBN:

0299220605

9780299220600

0299220648

9780299220648

OCLC:

64896878

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