TY  - BOOK
AU  - McClurken,James M.
TI  - Our people, our journey: the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 
SN  - 9780870138553 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - E99.O9 M355 2009
U1  - 977.4004/97336 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - East Lansing
PB  - Michigan State University Press
KW  - Ottawa Indians
KW  - Michigan
KW  - History
KW  - Government relations
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The analytical paradigm -- When the Europeans came -- Kinsmen and confederates -- Coexistence and conquest -- The will of the grand council -- Civilizing the Ottawas -- Strong titles and the government swan -- Not a tent, a wigwam, nor a camp fire -- New communities, established leaders -- A great excitement among the Indians -- Accidents of history -- The opposite of intentions -- The council of ogemuk -- On the outskirts -- Teaching the children -- A small victory -- Community councils to business committees -- A desperate decade -- New deal, renewed hope -- No one' responsibility -- The whole of the Holst report -- Indian problems -- An advocate and attorney for the people -- Decades of success and political evolution -- Distinct, separate, and sovereign -- Constructing a new government -- An ancient community, a new century
ER  -