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A little history of my forest life : an Indian-white autobiography / Eliza Morrison ; edited by Victoria Brehm.
- Title
- A little history of my forest life : an Indian-white autobiography / Eliza Morrison ; edited by Victoria Brehm.
- Author
- Morrison, Eliza, 1837-1921.
- Publication
- Tustin, Mich. : Ladyslipper Press, c2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E59.M66 M67 2002 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Brehm, Victoria, 1947-
- Description
- 207 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Written in 1894 and recently recovered from the archives of the University of Minnesota, this autobiography tells the story of a Chippewa-Scots-French woman from Madeline Island in Lake Superior. The child and grandchild of fur traders, the author describes her family's starving time on their homestead, and her travels by boat, dog sled, and on foot. She gives her views of the Wisconsin Death March, the Dream Dance, Native American marriage and burial customs, making maple sugar, and the Chippewa-Dakota War. She also relates two never-before-recorded Indian stories, complete with songs.
- Alternative Title
- My forest life
- Subject
- Frontier and pioneer life > Great Lakes Region (North America)
- Frontier and pioneer life > Wisconsin
- Morrison, Eliza, 1837-1921
- Ojibwa Indians > Mixed descent > Madeline Island > Biography
- Ojibwa Indians > Social life and customs
- Ojibwa women > Biography
- Ojibwa women > Madeline Island > Biography
- Ojibwa women > Mixed descent
- Racially mixed women > Great Lakes Region (North America) > Biography
- Racially mixed women > Wisconsin > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-202) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0970260628
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library