Our People, Our Journey : The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians / James M. McClurken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClurken, James M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Our People, Our Journey is a landmark history of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, a Michigan tribe that has survived to the present day despite the expansionist and assimilationist policies that nearly robbed it of an identity in the late nineteenth century.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

In Memory of Margaret Chandler

Preface

Land beneath the Trees

Introduction: The Analytical Paradigm

1. When the Europeans Came

2. Kinsmen and Confederates

3. Coexistence and Conquest

4. The Will of the Grand Council

5. "Civilizing" the Ottawas

6. "Strong Titles" and the Government "Swan"

7. "Not a Tent, a Wigwam, nor a Camp Fire..."

8. New Communities, Established Leaders

9. A "Great Excitement among the Indians"

10. Accidents of History

11. The Opposite of Intentions

12. The Council of Ogemuk

13. On the Outskirts

14. Teaching the Children

15. A Small Victory

16. Community Councils to Business Committees

17. A Desperate Decade

18. New Deal, Renewed Hope

19. No One's Responsibility

20. The Whole of the Holst Report

21. "Indian Problems"

22. "An 'Advocate' and 'Attorney for the People'"

23. Decades of Success and Political Evolution

24. Distinct, Separate, and Sovereign

25. Constructing a New Government

26. An Ancient Community, a New Century

Index of Tribal Councils and Ogemuk since Reaffirmation (1994)

Abbreviations Used in the Notes and References

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: McClurken, James M. Our People, Our Journey

ISBN:

9781609177386

OCLC:

1446799816