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, Jane Johnston.

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864.

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.

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

American literature.

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

Ojibwa literature.

Ojibwa literature--Political aspects.

Ojibwa literature--Social aspects.

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

White people.

Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston, 1800-1842.

American literature--Indian authors.

White people--Relations with Indians.

Michigan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Physical Description:

429 pages : illustrations, map : 24 cm

Other Title:

Anishinaabe stories and American imperialism, 1815-1845

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 publisher.

Contents:

This vain and transitory world

Belles lettres

Of Mrs. Schoolcraft, you have heard

A precious wild flower

New creation

Story of Manahbohsho

Leech Lake

O Mr. C!

Treaty of Washington

Paup-Puk-Kewiss

Mercenary and stupid white man

Six Indians visit to the sun and moon

Wauchusco and the spirits

Mukakee Mindemoea

At the depot

A narrative of Wabwindigo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469675381

1469675382

9781469678436

1469678438

OCLC:

1402022214