Our people, our journey
Subtitle: the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 1615-1994
By: James M. McClurken.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press; Brand: Michigan State Univ Pr; Michigan State Univ Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780870138553
Subjects: Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- History; Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- Government relations; Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- Social life and customs; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The analytical paradigm; title: When the Europeans came; title: Kinsmen and confederates; title: Coexistence and conquest; title: The will of the grand council; title: Civilizing the Ottawas; title: Strong titles and the government swan; title: Not a tent, a wigwam, nor a camp fire; title: New communities, established leaders; title: A great excitement among the Indians; title: Accidents of history; title: The opposite of intentions; title: The council of ogemuk; title: On the outskirts; title: Teaching the children; title: A small victory; title: Community councils to business committees; title: A desperate decade; title: New deal, renewed hope; title: No one' responsibility; title: The whole of the Holst report; title: Indian problems; title: An advocate and attorney for the people; title: Decades of success and political evolution; title: Distinct, separate, and sovereign; title: Constructing a new government; title: An ancient community, a new century.