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Ogîmäwkwě mitigwäk : Queen of the woods : a novel / by Simon Pokagon; with a foreword by Philip J. Deloria ; and essays by John N. Low, Margaret Noori, and Kiara M. Vigil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899.
- Series:
- American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)
- American Indian studies series
- Standardized Title:
- O-gî-mäw-kwě mit-i-gwä-k
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Potawatomi Indians--Biography.
- Potawatomi Indians.
- Potawatomi language.
- Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899.
- Pokagon, Simon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Simon Pokagon, the son of tribal patriarch Leopold Pokagon, was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self-promoter. In 1899, shorty after his death, Pokagon''s novel Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods)-only the second ever published by an American Indian-appeared. It was intended to be a testimonial to the traditions, stability, and continuity of the Potawatomi in a rapidly changing world. Read today, Queen of the Woods is evidence of the author''s desire to mark the cultural, political, and social landscapes with a memorial to the past a
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword to the Current Edition; The Architecture of Simon Pokagon: In Text and on Display; Turn of the Century Indian Intellectualism: Language and Literacy in Simon Pokagon''s ""Queen of the Woods""; Reading Queen of the Woods Today; A Brief Sketch of Chief Simon Pokagon's Life; The Algonquin Language; Editorial Note; Queen of the Woods: Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Appendix 1: Pokagon''s Address at the World''s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
- Appendix 2: Pokagon''s Address at the Cem Opera House at Liberty, Indiana, January 7, 1898 Selected Bibliography
- Notes:
- Originally published: Hartford, Mich. : C.H. Engle, 1899. With new foreword, editorial notes, and appendices.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-102-8
- 1-60917-217-5
- OCLC:
- 774285421
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