O-gî-mäw-kwě mit-i-gwä-kî (Queen of the woods). Also brief sketch of the Algaic language by Chief Pokagon ... Biography of the chief, by the publisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899.

Contributor:

Engle, C. H.

Language:

Algonquian (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Algonquian languages.

Physical Description:

2 preliminary leaves, viii, [5]-255 pages frontispiece (portrait) plates 19 cm

Other Title:

Queen of the woods

Place of Publication:

Hartford, Mich., C.H. Engle, 1899.

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.

Local Notes:

Library copy contains tipped-in publish

Other Format:

Online version: Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899. O-gî-mäw-kwě mit-i-gwä-kî (Queen of the woods).

OCLC:

2960139