Review: Michigan Indians
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2012
Interesting book about the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan in the 1800s etc. The Indian author Andrew Blackbird wanted to get an education, and was a hard worker, but the money that was sent by the US Government, was not really available to him, as the system, including agents and friends disposed of it first. Another documented case where the system of Indian Agents really did not work well for the Indians, but rather was used by the agents for their benefit. Typical where the system is captured by the persons operating the system, and not by the people the system was set up to serve. He did an excellent job of collecting historical information, and creating a english to the local indian tongue dictionary. A little gem of a book.