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Cherokee Indians Indians of North America Indians of North America Ethnobotany Indians of North America Government relations Indians of North America Michigan Indians of North America Michigan History Indians of North America Social conditions Michigan Michigan History North AmericaCleland, Charles E.
Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLEEwing, Wallace K.
Contents: Foreword -- Author's notes -- Place and time -- Furs, bibles, and time -- Leaders of the bands -- Deserted villages -- Potawatomis v. The United States -- The Circle continues -- Directory of Native Americans in Footprints -- Directory of Non-Native Americans in Footprints.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377464 EwingLeBeau, Patrick Russell
Summary: Rethinking Michigan Indian History is a teaching tool that honors the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi and the twelve federally recognized tribes of Michigan by recognizing their role and place in Michigan history--exploring what most people know (or do not know) about them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 LEBMcDuffie, Mary Kay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Megissee County Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.485 MCDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.485 MCD1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.485 MCD
Crawford, Kim
Contents: Witness to Murder : Saginaw, 1802 -- The Saginaw Trail -- Trouble in Detroit -- War Clouds -- War in the Michigan Territory -- The Arrest of Jacob Smith -- I Pray You Inform Me ... : The Character of Jacob Smith -- Abduction to Saginaw -- The Return of the Boyer Children -- Jacob Smith versus Louis Campau, 1815 -- Peace -- Conclude a Treaty for the Country upon the Saginac Bay -- The Treaty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.403 SMITH, JACOB CRADunlop, Bill
Summary: These are stories of survival, community, sharing, and caring. The situations are often dire: winter in the middle of the Depression; an Indian settlement illegally taken from its inhabitants and set on fire; boaters stranded by bad weather and threatened with death. But if the situations are extreme, the telling of the stories is consistently optimistic yet completely without self-pity or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.488 DUN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.488 DUN
Schonberg, Marcia.
Summary: Discusses the traditions, clothing, food, tools, and current status of the different tribes of Native Americans who made their home in what became the state of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.1 SCHDeur, Lynne.
Summary: Traces the history and customs of Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and other Michigan Indian tribes from prehistory to the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: River Road Publications 1981
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native DeurFasquelle, Ethel Rowan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 FASFrazier, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herman E. Cameron Memorial Foundation 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.474 FRA1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.474 FRA
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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 970.47 FRAKent, Timothy J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Fox Enterprises 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.401 KEN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.401 KEN
Hollands, Hulda T. (Hulda Theodate)
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Flanagan company 1906
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 HOLTurrill, David A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Adventure Books 1989
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC TURAnthony, George A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaver Island Historical Society 2009
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.486 ANTClifton, James A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Indian Press, Grand Rapids Inter-Tribal Council 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 CLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 970.004 CLICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.1 CLICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Stacks, Call number: MI 970.1 CLICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native CliftonGilbert, Helen Frances.
Contents: [v. 1] A story of early d'Etroit, pioneers, and Michigan Indians -- v. 2. A story of the struggle for d'Etroit and the Ohio Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pilgrim Heritage Press 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 GILFasquelle, Ethel Rowan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans 1950
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History FasquelleCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 FASSummary: Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRACobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 WESSummary: Pocahontas, the young daughter of Chief Powhatan, wonders what adventures await just around the riverbend. She is joined by her playful pals, raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit. A chance meeting with Captain Smith leads to a friendship that will change history, as the Native Americans and English settlers learn to live together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD POCGilio-Whitaker, Dina
Summary: "Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and structure of the U.S. and ways Indigenous peoples continue to resist, and ways the mainstream environmental movement has been an impediment to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 GILTreuer, David
Summary: The received idea of Native American history -- as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's 1970 mega-bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee -- has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 970.004 TRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 TREWeller, Theresa Lynn
Summary: "This book tells a story of the Native and Metis inhabitants of Mackinac Island based on the people (mostly women) enumerated in the Agatha Biddle Band of 1870. Theresa Weller provides a genealogy of the Band members and their families. Adding to their stories, she has provided images, stories, and newspaper accounts to provide a larger picture of people in a time and place-Mackinac Island in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2021