Murder of Joe White
Subtitle: Ojibwe leadership and colonialism in Wisconsin
By: Erik M. Redix
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: East Lansing, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781611861457
Subjects: Ojibwa Indians; Government relations; Kings and rulers; History; Legal status, laws; Treaties
Description: During the late 1800's in Washburn Co., Wisconsin, a chief of the Ojibwe tribe was confronted by a game warden and a local officer for violation of hunting and fishing limitations set by Wisconsin law. Chief Joe White was killed. This title relays an in-depth study of the confrontation, the outcome and a history of how Joe White and Indian peoples tried to assert their sovereignty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The rise of Nena'aangabi and American expansion in the western Great Lakes, 1825-1837; title: Nena'aangabi and the language of treaties, 1837-1855; title: Waabizheshi's vision of an intercultural community at Rice Lake, 1855-1877; title: Aazhaweyaa and Ojibwe women in transition; title: Giishkitawag confronts removal, 1879-1894; title: The murder of Joe White and the culmination of removal; title: Maggie Quaderer, Steve Grover, and the creation of community at Whitefish, 1894-1920.