Blackbird's song : Andrew J. Blackbird and the Odawa people / Theodore J. Karamanski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ottawa Indians--Michigan--Biography.

Ottawa Indians.

Indian authors--Michigan--Biography.

Indian authors.

Ottawa Indians--History.

Ottawa Indians--Social life and customs.

Blackbird, Andrew J., approximately 1820-1908.

Blackbird, Andrew J.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For much of U.S. history, the story of native people has been written by historians and anthropologists relying on the often biased accounts of European-American observers. Though we have become well acquainted with war chiefs like Pontiac and Crazy Horse, it has been at the expense of better knowing civic-minded intellectuals like Andrew J. Blackbird, who sought in 1887 to give a voice to his people through his landmark book History of the Ottawa and Chippewa People. Blackbird chronicled the numerous ways in which these Great Lakes people fought to retain their land and culture, first with

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Forest Youth; 2. The Crisis; 3. A New World; 4. We Now Wish to Become Men; 5. Citizen Blackbird; 6. Doing Good amongst My People; 7. Light and Shadows; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-059-5

1-60917-337-6

OCLC:

797834551