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Ojibwa - People of Forests and Prairies (Hardcover)
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Ojibwa - People of Forests and Prairies (Hardcover)
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Ojibwa describes the history and culture of the people, and
introduces their most important figures. It offers the most
up-to-date and essential facts on identity, kinships, locations,
populations and cultural characteristics. It presents extensive
visual coverage of tribal dress and cultural artifacts, dozens of
colour and archival photographs, specially commissioned colour
illustrations, regional maps that show prehistoric cultural and
historic sites, and maps showing tribe distribution and major
historical events. Now and in the past, the Ojibwa challenge the
Navajo and Cherokee as the largest 'tribe' north of Mexico, and
taken as a whole, likely the largest before European contact. At
the zenith of their expansion - about 1800 - they claimed an estate
probably greater than any other native American people north of the
Rio Grande, with the possible exception of the Algonkian-speaking
Cree. In the United States the Ojibwa are referred to as the
Chippewa, and in Canada by a variety of names depending on where
they live (Ojibway, Saulteaux, Plains Cree, Bungi, Mississauga and
'Cree-Chip').Today, many Ojibwa today identify themselves as
Anishinaubag (Anishinaabe), 'Original Men' in their own tongue.
Today approximately one third of a million people are descendants
of the numerous bands of the Ojibwa Indian peoples. Many are
enrolled members of reservation agencies within the U.S. or
registered as band members of First Nation reserves in Canada.
Others are self-identified in the U.S. census, or in Metis
communities in both the U.S. and Canada. This is one of the most
comprehensive, up-to-date and useful references published in recent
years. Scholarly and accessible, it is an important record of the
Native American peoples and an essential purchase for schools and
libraries.
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