Formatted Contents Note:
ch. 1. Coming to this place -- The origin of the Anishinabe -- The people's journey : migrations of the Ojibwe -- ch. 2. Perspectives of the Ojibwe at Fond du Lac -- A book review of Sr. Bernard Coleman's Where the water stops -- Fond du Lac Reservation on the St. Louis River (Fond du Lac village in West Duluth) -- The location of the reservation boundaries -- Prairie Island -- Old Indian Hospital -- Blueberry stories -- ch. 3. The great fire of 1918 -- Milepost 62 and the fires of Brookston and Fond du Lac -- Fond du Lac and the fire of 1918 -- Department of Interior documents on the fire of 1918 (letters and reports) -- ch. 4. The written record -- Department of Interior documents (letters and reports) on territorial descriptions, schooling and scholars, small pox epidemic, early tribal government, Indians of Wisconsin Point, early treaty rights claims -- ch. 5. Traditional and contemporary leadership -- Fond du Lac chiefs and headmen 1690-1890 -- Tribal Council leaders 1894-present -- ch. 6. A people's story -- The Nagahnub family -- Angeline January -- Clement Gurnoe -- August and Mildred Lemieux -- The Lord Family of Solon Springs -- The Posey Family -- Dave Savage -- Elizabeth (Betty) Gurnoe -- Jack and Mary LaFave -- James Martin -- Cecelia Robinson -- Rupert Smith -- Fred Pellerin -- Rob Northrup -- Simon Whitebird -- Les Northrup -- Clem Beargrease and Joe Naganub -- Leo Rabideaux -- ch. 7. Calling each other names -- Fond du Lac nicknames -- Epilogue : a forever story.