Red World and White, Volume 126: Memories of a Chippewa Boyhood

by John Rogers (Chief Snow Cloud) and John Rogers

Book Overview

In reminiscing about his early years on Minnesota's White Earth Reservation at the turn of the century, John Rogers reveals much about the life and customs of the Chippewas. He tells of food-gathering, fashioning bark canoes and wigwams, curing deerskin, playing games, and participating in sacred rituals. These customs were to be cast aside, however, when he was taken to a white school in an effort to assimilate him into white society. In the foreword...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806128917
• ISBN13: 9780806128917
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 7.5"