Authors: Kathleen Tigerman (Editor), Jim Ottery
ISBN-13: 9780299220600, ISBN-10: 0299220605
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Date Published: December 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Kathleen Tigerman is associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. She developed a course on Wisconsin Indian Literature, which is now a permanent course offering at UW–Platteville.
Book Synopsis
Literature of the Indian Nations of Wisconsin is a unique anthology that presents the oral traditions, legends, speeches, myths, histories, literature, and historically significant documents of the current twelve independent bands and Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Kathleen Tigerman sought input from tribe elders and educators to provide an accurate chronological portrait of each nation, including the Siouan Ho-Chunk; the Algonquian Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi; and three groups originally from what is now New York State: the Iroquoian Oneida, the Stockbridge-Munsee band of the Mohican Nations, and the Brothertown Nation.
Some of these works feature a cultural hero or refer to very ancient times—more than six thousand years ago—and others are contemporary. These pieces focus on issues of Wisconsin Native communities by sharing Native knowledge and dialogue about sovereignty, decolonization, cultural genocide, forced removals, assimilation, and other concerns.
This anthology introduces us to a vivid and unforgettable group of voices, enhanced by many maps, photographs, and chronologies. Literature of the Indian Nations of Wisconsin fosters cross-cultural understanding among non-Native readers and the people of the First Nations.
KLIATT
The most important aspect of this rich and widely diversified volume is that all of the pieces are written or retold by members of the seven tribal groups now living in Wisconsin: the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Potowawatomi, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohicans, and Brotherton nations. These writings are acts of "survivance," a combination of survival and resistance, and they speak for the humanity of the speaker and writer. Within the sections dedicated to each of these nations, the reader finds creation stories, folk stories, poetry, short stories and contemporary commentaries. This range allows teachers of all levels to find material appropriate to their classrooms. Historical or explanatory notes accompany each piece. In addition, the pieces are annotated and there is an extensive bibliography.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xiii
Foreword xv
Acknowledgments xix
Wisconsin Indian Nation Chronology xxiii
Introduction 3
Literature of the Menominee Nation
Creation Story-Verna Fowler, Menominee 11
The People Who Live with the Seasons-Verna Fowler, Menominee 13
From Native Copper to the Fur Trade-Waioskasit, Menominee 14
Manabozho and the Wolves-Louis Pigeon, Menominee 16
Trickster Tales-John V Satterlee, Menominee 19
Manabozho Plays Lacrosse-John V Satterlee, Menominee 21
Me'napus and the Buzzard-Jerome Lawe, Menominee 24
Menominee Medicine Bundle-Anonymous, Menominee 26
Struggle for Land and Timber-Verna Fowler, Menominee 28
You Do Not Seem to Know Us - Kaushkannaniew (or Grizzly Bear), Menominee 29
Resistance to the Timber Barons-Neopit, Menominee 30
Termination and Restoration-Verna Fowler, Menominee 31
The Power Came from the People-Ada Deer, Menominee 32
Menominee Termination-DRUMS Committee, Menominee 34
Current Resource Extraction-John Teller, Menominee 38
The Power Comes from Within-Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee 39
Literature of the Ho-Chunk Nation
Sovereignty in a Spiritual Landscape-Lyle Greendeer, Ho-Chunk 47
Not an Ordinary Place-Tom Hopinkah, Ho-Ghunk 49
Gottschall Rockshelter and the Epic of Red Horn - Sam Blowsnake, Ho-Chunk 50
Origin Story of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Ghunk 59
Frenchmen Arrive-Anonymous, Ho-Chunk 60
It Was Not a Sale; It Was a Loan-Four Legs, Ho-Ghunk 62
Theft of the Lead Mining District-Nawkaw Garamani, Ho-Chunk 63
Red Bird Surrenders-Red Bird, Ho-Chunk 64
The Treaty of 1829-Waukon Decora, Ho-Chunk 65
Do You Want Our Wigwams? You Live in Palaces!- Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk 66
Where in the Name of God Shall We Live?-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk 67
The Black Hawk War-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk 68
If They Did Not Sign, He Would Kill Them-Dandy Ho-Chunk 72
Forced Removals: The Ho-Chunk Trail of Tears- Winneshiek, Shaking Earth Garamani, Big Hawk, and Black Hawk; Ho-Chunk 74
Mountain Wolf Woman: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian-Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk 78
A Ho-Chunk Autobiography-Sam Blowsnake (a.k.a. Crashing Thunder), Ho-Chunk 84
Trickster Tales-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Chunk 35
Wak'djunk'aga and the Car-Dawn Makes Strong Move, Ho-Chunk 87
How It Is Today-Jim Funmaker, Ho-Chunk 88
Literature of the Ojibwe Nation
The Anishinabe-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe 91
The Great Flood-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 92
Where Food Grows on Water-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe 95
The Indian Always Talks to the Spirit-Archie Mosay (or Niibaa-giizhig), St. Croix Ojibwe 97
Creation Story-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 99
Spearfishing-Walt Bresette, Red Cliff Chippewa 101
It Gives Me a Strong Feeling-Nick Hockings, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe 104
The Flooding of Pahquahwong-William Wolf, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 105
Abrogating the Treaty-Pimosegejig, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 106
Cultural Genocide -Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe 107
Elders Refuse to Move-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 108
Dealing with Mooskadoojiigan (The Place That Was Flooded)-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 109
Drum of the People-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe 110
Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa-Fred Ackly, Sokaogon Chippewa 111
From Aboard the Night Train-Kimberly Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe 112
Avian Messiah and Mistress Media-Andrew Connors, Bad River Ojibwe 120
My Mother and I Had a Discussion One Day-Denise Sweet, White Earth Ojibwe 139
Sage Dreams-Danielle M. Hornett, Bad River Ojibwe 141
The Importance of Madeline Island-William Whipple Warren, Madeline Island Ojibwe 151
Literature of the Potawatomi Nation
The Creation of the World-Wapuka, Potawatomi 155
We All Sing-Anonymous, Potawatomi 158
Now We All Move-Anonymous, Potawatomi 159
The Trail of Death: Potawatomi Diaspora-Susan Campbell, Citizen Potawatomi Nation 160
Chief Menominee's Petition-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi 166
I Am Not Going to Leave My Lands-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi 167
The Story of a Faithful Wife-John Nuwi, Wisconsin Potawatomi 168
How Mko Lost His Tail-Lee White, Forest County Potawatomi 170
Now I Raise My Hand-Anonymous, Potawatomi 171
Dance with Our Mother Earth-Anonymous, Potawatomi 172
One People: The Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi 173
The Origin of Tobacco-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi 177
The Adventure of a Poor Man-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi 180
They Will Sometime Find Their Mistakes-Shawequet, Potawatomi 182
Queen of the Woods-Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi 183
Literature of the Oneida Nation
The Thanksgiving Address-The Oneida Nation 191
The Oneida Creation Story-Demus Elm and Harvey Antone, Oneida 193
People of the Standing Stone-Thelma Cornelius McLester, Oneida 197
Jigonsaseh, Mother of Nations-John C. Mohawk, Seneca 198
The Peacemaker-Mohawk People, Haudenosaunee Oral Tradition 200
The Great Law of Peace-Peacemaker, Huron 205
Matriarchy-Peacemaker, Huron 207
Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?: An Oneida Song of Spring-Sandra De Coteau Orie, Oneida 215
Oneida Counsel Peace between Two Brothers-Oneida Headmen 217
Oneida Reject Offer of Christian Education-Oneida Headmen 219
Forced from New York in the 1820s-Daniel Bread, Oneida 222
No! You Will Not Drive Us from Our Lands-Onon-gwat-go (or Reverend Cornelius Hill), Oneida 224
The Way They Used to Get Married-Katie Cornelius, Oneida 225
Broken Spine and His Wife-Sarah Summers, Oneida 227
Philadelphia Flowers-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida 228
The Long Parenthesis-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida 233
Evening at the Warbonnet-Bruce King, Haudenosaunee-Oneida Nation of Wisconsin 235
Interview with a Midwife - Carol Cornelius, Oneida/Mahican; and Katsi Cook, Mohawk 245
Literature of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican
Traditional Teachings-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 253
Mama's Little One-Kristina Heath Potrykus, Mohican and Menominee 256
Ancestral Voices-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 258
Historical Overview-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 260
We Have No More Land-Mohican Headmen 263
That Our Children Not Be Taken Away from Us for Debt-Chief Konkapot, Mohican 265
Watching My Daughter Sleep-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 267
Not Tyrants over Any Nation-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 268
Hunting Now Is Grown Very Scarce-Stockbridge Headmen 270
Return to Me That Land That Is Justly Mine-Johannis Mtohksin, Jacob Naunauphtaunk, and Solomon Uhhaunauwaunmut; Stockbridge 271
Former Concentration Camp and Cemetery: Now a Recreation Area?-Muhheconneuk Intertribal Committee on Deer Island 273
Thanksgiving-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 274
Mohican Diplomat-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 276
Daniel Nimham, Mohican Sachem-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 279
Chief Nimham, Hero of Van Cortlandt's Woods-Eva Jean Bowman, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 280
Conversion-Dorothy W Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 283
Matrilineage and Democracy-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican 284
Grandmother Moon-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 286
Eunice Stick-Nicole Hirthe and Brad Pecore, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican 288
Literature of the Brothertown Nation
Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin-Brothertown Indian Nation 293
Mission Statement-Brothertown Indian Nation 294
First of the Mohegans-Uncas, Mohegan 295
To Settle My Posterity to Walk in the Straight Path-Uncas, Mohegan 297
Massacre of Pequot at Mystic in 1637-Miantonomi, Narragansett 298
Narragansett Act of Submission-Canonicus, Pessicus, and Mixam; Narragansett 299
Our Forefathers Had Everything in Great Plenty-Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Mohegan 301
A Mohegan Minister's Autobiography-Samson Occum, Mohegan 303
The Diary of Samson Occum-Jim Ottery, Brothertown 307
An Execution Sermon-Samson Occum, Mohegan 310
Nation Building and Cultural Adaptation-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan 313
Second Speech to the Oneidas-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan 316
Eulogy on King Philip-William Apess, Pequot 318
Protectors of Mary Rowlandson-Sam Sachem, Kutquen, Quassohit, and Peter Jethro; Algonquians 343
Out-Skating the Devil-Caroline K. Andler, Brothertown 345
Makia'wisag, or "Little People"-Fidelia Fielding, Mohegan 346
A Son of the Forest-William Apess, Pequot 348
Sketch of the Brothertown Indians-Thomas Commuck, Brothertown 355
Rhetorical Sovereignty-Jim Ottery, Brothertown 360
Petition for Federal Acknowledgement as an American Indian Tribe-Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin 362
Notes 363
Bibliography 375
Index 391
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