To Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics, 1825-1898 (Native American Series (East Lansing, Mich.).)
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In the spring of 1868, people from several Ojibwe villages located along the upper Mississippi River were relocated to a new reservation at White Earth, more than 100 miles to the west. In many public declarations that accompanied their forced migration, these people appeared to embrace the move, as well as their conversion to Christianity and the new agrarian lifestyle imposed on them. Beneath this surface piety and apparent acceptance of change, however, lay deep and bitter political divisions that were to define fundamental struggles that shaped Ojibwe society for several generations. To Be The Main Leaders of Our People reconstructs the political and social history of these Minnesota Ojibwe communities in order to reveal the nature and extent of this struggle for legitimacy and authority.
To Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics, 1825-1898 (Native American Series (East Lansing, Mich.).),Rebecca Kugel,Michigan State University Press,0870134310,Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies,Government relations,History,History - U.S.,Kings and rulers,Minnesota - State Government,Native American,Native Americans - Southwest,Ojibwa Indians,Politics and government,Reference,United States - State & Local - General,White Earth Indian Reservation,American history,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Indigenous peoples,Local government,North America,USA
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