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Author
Publisher
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and U.S. development in the Old Northwest. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates, the credit for Native persistence...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
In 1841 thirteen-year-old Libby and her family begin a new life on the shores of Lake Michigan where her father works as a surveyor for the Ottawa Indians and Libby is reunited with her Indian friend Fawn.
Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Shem spends six months in the Michigan wilderness alone with a dying Indian woman, who helps him, not only to survive, but to mature to the point where he can return to his family and the difficulties of life as a cripple in a frontier village.
11) The Ottawa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, culture, and present-day status of the Ottawa Indians, one of the Northeast Woodland tribes of the Great Lakes.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009.
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Shem spends six months in the wilderness alone with a dying Indian woman, who helps him, not only to survive, but to mature to the point where he can return to his family and the difficulties of life as a person with a physical handicap in a frontier village.
Author
Publisher
Westholme Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The book chronicles the history of Ohio's Indians and their interactions with settlers and U.S. agents in the years leading up to their official removal, and sheds light on the complexities of the process, with both individual tribes and the United States taking advantage of opportunities at different times. It is also the story of how the native tribes tried to come to terms with the fast pace of change on America's western frontier and the inevitable...
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