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• ISBN: 9780873517799
• ISBN: 0873517792
• ISBN: 9780873518437 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 0873518438 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xix, 295 p. : maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Borealis Books, c2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: Archives, oral history, and the Ojibwe language -- Prologue -- The nature of Ojibwe leadership -- Becoming chief : the rise of Bagone-giizhig the Elder -- Testing his mettle : Bagone-giizhig the Elder in the early treaty period -- Pride and power : Bagone-giizhig's inheritance -- The art of diplomacy : Bagone-giizhig and the conflict of 1862 -- The enemy within : assassinating Bagone-giizhig -- Epilogue: The leadership vacuum and dispossession -- Appendix A: Participants in the assassination of Bagone-giizhig -- Appendix B: Principal figures -- Appendix C: Important event chronology -- Appendix D: More on language : the meaning of Ojibwe and Anishinaabe.

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Hole-in-the-Day, Chief, 1828-1868 > Assassination.
Ojibwa
Ojibwa Indians
Ojibwa Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Ojibwa Indians > History > 19th century.
Ojibwa Indians > Government relations.
Ojibwa Indians > Treaties.
Indian leadership > Minnesota > History > 19th century.
Ojibwa language.
Oral history.
Minnesota > History > 19th century.
Minnesota > Race relations > History > 19th century.