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Holding our world together : Ojibwe women and the survival of community / Brenda J. Child.

By: Series: Penguin library of American Indian historyPublication details: New York : Viking, 2012.Description: xxviii, 209 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780670023240
  • 0670023248
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 977.004/97333 23
LOC classification:
  • E99.C6 C48 2012
Contents:
Women of the Great Lakes and Mississippi : everything was very systematic -- Madeline Island : Ojibwe women in fur trade society -- Reservations : holding our world together -- Nett Lake : wild rice and the Great Depression -- Mount Pleasant : metaphor of the muskrat -- Minneapolis : a renaissance of spirit.
Summary: Highlights the impact women have had on Native American life, describing the lives of Madeleine Cadotte, who mediated fur trades and Gertrude Buckanaga, a community activist who helped impoverished Indian families.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks E99 .C6 C48 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001201986

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women of the Great Lakes and Mississippi : everything was very systematic -- Madeline Island : Ojibwe women in fur trade society -- Reservations : holding our world together -- Nett Lake : wild rice and the Great Depression -- Mount Pleasant : metaphor of the muskrat -- Minneapolis : a renaissance of spirit.

Highlights the impact women have had on Native American life, describing the lives of Madeleine Cadotte, who mediated fur trades and Gertrude Buckanaga, a community activist who helped impoverished Indian families.

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