The Murder of Joe White: Ojibwe Leadership and Colonialism in Wisconsin

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T H E M U R D E R O F J O E W H I T E american indian studies series Gordon Henry, series editor Editorial Board Kimberly Blaeser Joseph Bruchac Heid E. Erdrich Matthew L. M. Fletcher P. Jane Hafen Winona LaDuke Patrick Lebeau Michael D. Wilson Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets Edited by Adrian C. Louis | 978-0-87013-823-2 Writing Home: Indigenous Narratives of Resistance Michael D. Wilson | 978-0-87013-818-8 National Monuments Heid E. Erdrich | 978-0-87013-848-5 The Indian Who Bombed Berlin and Other Stories Ralph Salisbury | 978-0-87013-847-8 Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30 Edited by Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel, and Kathryn E. Fort | 978-0-87013-860-7 Dragonfly Dance Denise K. Lajimodiere | 978-0-87013-982-6 Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods) Simon Pokagon | 978-0-87013-987-1 Plain of Jars and Other Stories Geary Hobson | 978-0-87013-998-7 Document of Expectations Devon Abbott Mihesuah | 978-1-61186-011-5 Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World through Stories Edited by Jill Doerfler, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark | 978-1-61186-067-2 Follow the Blackbirds Gwen Nell Westerman | 978-1-61186-092-4 Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature Margaret Noodin | 978-1-61186-105-1 Sacred Wilderness Susan Power | 978-1-61186-111-2 Ottawa Stories from the Springs: anishinaabe dibaadjimowinan wodi gaa binjibaamigak wodi mookodjiwong e zhinikaadek Translated and Edited by Howard Webkamigad | 978-1-61186-138-9 The Murder of Joe White: Ojibwe Leadership and Colonialism in Wisconsin Erik M. Redix | 978-1-61186-145-7 T H E M U R D E R O F J O E W H I T E O j i b w e L e a d e r s h i p a n d C o l o n i a l i s m i n W i s c o n s i n Erik M. Redix Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan Copyright © 2014 by Erik M. Redix ♾ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5245 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014936051 ISBN: 978-1-61186-145-7 (pbk.) ISBN: 978-1-60917-432-3 (ebook: PDF) ISBN: 978-1-62895-032-8 (ebook: ePub) ISBN: 978-1-62896-031-0 (ebook: Mobi/prc) Book design by Scribe Inc. (www.scribenet.com) Cover design by Shaun Allshouse, www.shaunallshouse.com Cover art is “Still Crazy for the Red, White, and Blue” ©2004 Gordon M. Coons (Lac Courte Oreilles/Chippewa) and is used with permission of the artist. All rights reserved. GMichigan State University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative and is committed to developing and encouraging ecologically responsible publishing practices. For more information about the Green Press Initiative and the use of recycled paper in book publishing, please visit www.greenpressinitiative.org. Visit Michigan State University Press at www.msupress.org For Ogie Martin and Aanakwad Redix ...