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Rites of conquest : the history and culture of Michigan's Native Americans

Title

Rites of conquest : the history and culture of Michigan's Native Americans / Charles E. Cleland.

Author

Cleland, Charles E., 1936-

Publication

Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [1992]
©1992

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Description

viii, 333 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm

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 unique traditions in the wake of contact with Euro-Americans. The French quest for furs, the colonial aggression of the British, and the invasion of native homelands by American settlers is the backdrop for this fascinating saga of their resistance and accommodation to the new social order. Minavavana's victory at Fort Michilimackinac, Pontiac's attempts to expel the British, Pokagon's struggle to maintain a Michigan homeland, and Big Abe Le Blanc's fight for fishing rights are a few of the many episodes recounted in the pages of this book. -- from back cover.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-322) and index.

Contents

In the beginning -- A sense of time, a sense of place -- Coming of the Wemitigoji -- Foreign invasion: the Jagonash and the Chemokmon -- The end of power -- Not the feelings of their hearts -- On white man's road -- From yesterday to tomorrow.

ISBN

0472094475
9780472094479
0472064479
9780472064472

LCCN

92016201

OCLC

ocm25832013
25832013
SCSB-1967611

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library