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Our people, our journey : the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClurken, James M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan > History.
Ottawa Indians > Michigan > History.
Ottawa Indians > Michigan > Government relations.
Ottawa Indians > Michigan > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The analytical paradigm
  • When the Europeans came
  • Kinsmen and confederates
  • Coexistence and conquest
  • The will of the grand council
  • "Civilizing" the Ottawas
  • "Strong titles" and the government "swan"
  • "Not a tent, a wigwam, nor a camp fire--"
  • New communities, established leaders
  • A "great excitement among the Indians"
  • Accidents of history
  • The opposite of intentions
  • The council of ogemuk
  • On the outskirts
  • Teaching the children
  • A small victory
  • Community councils to business committees
  • A desperate decade
  • New deal, renewed hope
  • No one's responsibility
  • The whole of the Holst report
  • "Indian problems"
  • "An 'advocate' and 'attorney for the people'"
  • Decades of success and political evolution
  • Distinct, separate, and sovereign
  • Constructing a new government
  • An ancient community, a new century.