Always a People
Subtitle: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians
Contributors: Rita Kohn (Compiler); W. Lynwood Montell (Editor); Michelle Mannering (Editor); Evelyn J. Ritter (Illustrator); R. David Edmunds (Introduction)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: October 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780253332981
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Oral history; Native Americans - Northeast; History - General History; History: American; History: World; North America; USA; Anthropology - Cultural; Native American; Biography; History; Portraits; Woodland Indians
First sentence: When one looks at a map of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin-states that comprise what was once the Northwest Territory-Native American place names emerge in profusion: Chillicothe, Muncie, Mississinewa, Kankakee, Peoria, Chicago, Decorah, Wausau, Pokagon, and Pontiac: all Native American names (among many others) reflecting the region's significant Indian heritage.