Ogimaag : Anishinaabeg leadership, 1760-1845 / Cary Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Cary, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Politics and government--18th century.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ojibwa Indians--Politics and government--19th century.

Indian leadership--Northeastern States--History--18th century.

Indian leadership.

Indian leadership--Northeastern States--History--19th century.

Ojibwa Indians--Kings and rulers--18th century.

Ojibwa Indians--Kings and rulers--19th century.

Power (Social sciences)--Northeastern States--History--18th century.

Power (Social sciences).

Power (Social sciences)--Northeastern States--History--19th century.

Northeastern States--Politics and government.

Northeastern States.

Northeastern States--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists who had studied Ojibwe leadership practices developed theories about human societies and cultures derived from the perceived Ojibwe model. Scholars believed that the Ojibwes typified an anthropological "type" of Native society, one characterized by weak social structures and political institutions. Miller counters those assumptions by looking at the historical record and examining how leadership was distributed and enacted long before scholars arrived on the scene. Miller uses research produced by Ojibwes themselves, American and British officials, and individuals who dealt with the Ojibwes, both in official and unofficial capacities." "By examining the hereditary position of leaders who served as civil authorities over land and resources and handled relations with outsiders, the warriors, and the respected religious leaders of the Midewiwin society, Miller provides an important new perspective on Ojibwe history."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Power in the Anishinaabeg world

Ogimaag : hereditary leaders

Mayosewininiwag : military leaders

Gechi-Midewijig : Midewiwin leaders

The contest for chiefly authority at Fond du Lac

Glossary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613051110

9781283051118

1283051117

9780803234512

0803234511

OCLC:

693762044