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Author Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953- author.

Title Blackbird's song : Andrew J. Blackbird and the Odawa people / Theodore J. Karamanski.

Publication Info. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012.
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages)
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary For much of U.S. history, the story of native people has been written by historians and anthropologists relying on the often biased accounts of European-American observers. Though we have become well acquainted with war chiefs like Pontiac and Crazy Horse, it has been at the expense of better knowing civic-minded intellectuals like Andrew J. Blackbird, who sought in 1887 to give a voice to his people through his landmark book History of the Ottawa and Chippewa People. Blackbird chronicled the numerous ways in which these Great Lakes people fought to retain their land and culture, first with military resistance and later by claiming the tools of citizenship. This stirring account reflects on the lived experience of the Odawa people and the work of one of their greatest advocates.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Forest Youth; 2. The Crisis; 3. A New World; 4. We Now Wish to Become Men; 5. Citizen Blackbird; 6. Doing Good amongst My People; 7. Light and Shadows; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Blackbird, Andrew J., 1810-
Blackbird, Andrew J., 1810-
Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- Biography.
Ottawa Indians.
Michigan.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Indian authors -- Michigan -- Biography.
Indian authors.
Ottawa Indians -- History.
History.
Ottawa Indians -- Social life and customs.
Ottawa Indians -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953- Blackbird's song. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011050490
ISBN 9781609173371 (electronic book)
1609173376 (electronic book)
9781628950595 (electronic book)
1628950595 (electronic book)
9781628960594 (electronic book)
1628960590 (electronic book)
9781611860504
1611860504
Standard No. 40021397715