To be the main leaders of our people
Subtitle: a history of Minnesota Ojibwe politics, 1825-1898
By: Rebecca Kugel.
Series: Michigan State University Press Native American series; Native American series (East Lansing, Mich.)
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: East Lansing, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Ojibwa Indians -- Politics and government; Ojibwa Indians -- Kings and rulers; Ojibwa Indians -- Government relations; White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.) -- History; White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.) -- Politics and government; White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.) -- Social life and customs
Description: In the spring of 1868,people from Ojibwe villages located along the upper Mississippi River were relocated to a new reservation at White Earth, more than 100 miles to the west. In many public declarations that accompanied their forced migration, these people appeared to embrace the move, as well as their conversion to Christianity and the new agrarian lifestyle imposed on them.

Beneath the surface piety and apparent acceptance of change, however, lay deep and bitter political divisions that were to define fundamental struggles that shaped Ojibwe society for several generations. In this volume, the Ojibwe "speak for themselves", as their words were recorded by governmental officials, Christian missionaries, fur traders, soldiers, lumberman, homesteaders, and journalists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.