Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point

by Gerald Vizenor

Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, acclaimed poet Gerald Vizenor illuminates the 1898 battle at Sugar Point in Minnesota in this epic poem. Fought between the Pillagers of the Leech Lake Reservation (one of the original five clans of the Anishinaabe tribe) and U.S. soldiers, the battle marked a turning point in relations between the government and Native Americans. Although out-numbered by more than three to one, the Pillager...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816646996
• ISBN13: 9780816646999
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"