Rites of conquest
Subtitle: the history and culture of Michigan's Native Americans
By: Charles E. Cleland.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- History.; Indians of North America -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History.; Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Social life and customs.; Indians of North America -- Great Lakes Region (North America) -- Social life and customs.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-322) and index.