The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories

by Gerald Vizenor

Book Overview

Ranging in time and space from Madeline Island and the reservations of northern Minnesota to the urban reservation of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Vizenor recounts the experiences of the Chippewa and their encounters with the white people who "named" them.

"Through some very funny moments, Vizenor raises serious questions for the pan-Indian movements and 'radical' academics. A teacher and scholar wishing to avoid and to correct the mistakes of twentieth-century scholarship in discussing 'Indians, ' 'Native Americans' or 'Amerindians' would do well to begin with these stories; they are the strength of the Anishinaabeg." World Literature Today

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816613060
• ISBN13: 9780816613069
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"