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William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People has long been recognized as a classic source on Ojibwe History and culture. Warren, the son of an Ojibwe woman, wrote his history in the hope of saving traditional stories for posterity even as he presented to the American public a sympathetic view of a people he believed were fast disappearing under the onslaught of a corrupt frontier populaton. He collected firsthand descriptions and stories from relatives, tribal leaders, and acquaintances and transcribed this oral history in terms that nineteenth-century whites could understand, focusing on warfare, tribal organizations, and political leaders. First published in 1885 by the Minnesota Historical Society, the book has also been cirticized by Native and non-Native scholars, many of whom do not take into account Warren's perspective, goals, and limitations. Now, for the first time since its initial publication, it is made available with new annotations researched and written by professor Theresa Schenck. A new introduction by Schenck also gives a clear and concise history of the text and of the author, firmly establishing a place for William Warren in the tradition of American Indian intellectual thought.

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  1. cover
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  1. title page
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  1. copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. vii-xxiv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. 3-8
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  1. 1 General Account of the Present Local Position and Numbers of the Ojibways, and Their Connection with Other Tribes
  2. pp. 9-16
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  1. 2 Totemic Division of the O-jib-ways
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  1. 3 Origin of the Ojibways
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  1. 4 Emigration of the Ojibways from the Shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to Their Occupation of the Area of Lake Superior
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  1. 5 The Ojibway Town at La Pointe
  2. pp. 58-66
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  1. 6 Dispersion of the Ojibways from the Island of La Pointe
  2. pp. 67-70
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  1. 7 Era of the Discovery
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  1. 8 The Immediate Consequence of Their First Intercourse with the White Race
  2. pp. 81-89
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  1. 9 Account of the First French Trading Posts Built on Lake Superior
  2. pp. 90-96
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  1. 10 Wars of the Ojibways with the Iroquois and O-dug-am-ees, or Foxes
  2. pp. 97-103
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  1. 11 Taking of Mille Lacs by the Ojibways
  2. pp. 104-109
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  1. 12 Occupation of the St. Croix River Country by the Ojibways
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  1. 13 The Country about the Source of the Mississippi
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  1. 14 Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi
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  1. 15 Occupation of the Wisconsin and Chippewa River Valleys by the Ojibways
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  1. 16 Ending of the French Supremacy
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  1. 17 Commencement of British Supremacy
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  1. 18 Grand Expedition of the Dakotas to the Sources of the Mississippi, against the Ojibways
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  1. 19 Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi
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  1. 20 Closing of the War between the Ojibways and Odugamies
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  1. 21 Origin of the Distinctive Name of Pillagers Applied to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibways; and Era of the Smallpox
  2. pp. 180-184
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  1. 22 Continued Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi during the End of the Eighteenth Century
  2. pp. 185-193
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  1. 23 Attack of a War Party of Dakotas on a French Trading House, on the Upper Mississippi, in the Year 1783
  2. pp. 194-196
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  1. 24 The Sources of the Mississippi Become Open to the Enterprise of the Fur Trade, 1792
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  1. 25 John Baptiste Cadotte
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  1. 26 Progress of the Ojibways on the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers
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  1. 27 Ojibways of the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers
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  1. 28 Affairs of the Ojibways on the St. Croix
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  1. 29 The Pillagers
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  1. 30 Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi
  2. pp. 246-250
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  1. 31 Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi
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  1. 32 Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi
  2. pp. 256-263
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  1. 33 Endeavors of the British to Entice the Ojibways of Lake Superior and Mississippi to Join Their Arms in the War of 1812
  2. pp. 264-271
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  1. 34 A Brief Sketch of the Fur Trade and Fur Traders among the Ojibways from the Formation of the Northwest Company in 1787 to 1834
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  1. 35 Events from 1818 to 1826
  2. pp. 280-286
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  1. appendixes
  2. pp. 287-298
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  1. works cited
  2. pp. 299-306
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  1. Index
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