Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-286) and index.
Contents
Preface: Archives, oral history, and the Ojibwe language -- Prologue -- The nature of Ojibwe leadership -- Becoming chief : the rise of Bagone-giizhig the Elder -- Testing his mettle : Bagone-giizhig the Elder in the early treaty period -- Pride and power : Bagone-giizhig's inheritance -- The art of diplomacy : Bagone-giizhig and the conflict of 1862 -- The enemy within : assassinating Bagone-giizhig -- Epilogue: The leadership vacuum and dispossession -- Appendix A: Participants in the assassination of Bagone-giizhig -- Appendix B: Principal figures -- Appendix C: Important event chronology -- Appendix D: More on language : the meaning of Ojibwe and Anishinaabe.
