What Jane knew : Anishinaabe stories and American imperialism, 1815-1845 / Maureen Konkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konkle, Maureen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston, 1800-1842--Criticism and interpretation.

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864.

American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.

Ojibwa literature--Michigan--History--19th century.

White people--Relations with Indians--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The children of an influential Ojibwe-Anglo family, Jane Johnston and her brother George were already accomplished writers when the Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft arrived in Sault Ste. Marie in 1822. Charged by Michigan's territorial governor with collecting information on Anishinaabe people, he soon married Jane, "discovered" the family's writings, and began soliciting them for traditional Anishinaabe stories. But what began as literary play became the setting for political struggle. Jane and her family wrote with attention to the beauty of Anishinaabe narratives and to their expression of an Anishinaabe world that continued to coexist with the American republic. But Schoolcraft appropriated the stories and published them as his own writing, seeking to control their meaning and to destroy their impact in service to the "civilizing" interests of the United States. In this dramatic story, Maureen Konkle helps recover the literary achievements of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and her kin, revealing as never before how their lives and work shed light on nineteenth-century struggles over the future of Indigenous people in the United States."-- Provided by the publisher.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on July 11, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9798890887375

OCLC:

1429720565

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.