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Our people, our journey : the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians / James M. McClurken.

by McClurken, James M.

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East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2009.

Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- History.

Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- Government relations.

Ottawa Indians -- Michigan -- Social life and customs.

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan -- History.

9780870138553 (cloth : alk. paper)

0870138553 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780870138560 (paper : alk. paper)

0870138561 (paper : alk. paper)

xxiii, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

In memory of Margaret Chandler -- Preface -- Land beneath the trees -- Introduction: Analytical paradigm -- 1: When the Europeans came -- 2: Kinsmen and confederates -- 3: Coexistence and conquest -- 4: Will of the grand council -- 5: Civilizing the Ottawas -- 6: Strong titles and the government "swan" -- 7: Not a tent, a wigwam, nor a camp fire -- 8: New communities, established leaders -- 9: Great excitement among the Indians -- 10: Accidents of history -- 11: Opposite of intentions -- 12: Council of Ogemuk -- 13: On the outskirts -- 14: Teaching the children -- 15: Small victory -- 16: Community councils to business committees -- 17: Desperate decade -- 18: New deal, renewed hope -- 19: No one's responsibility -- 20: Whole of the Holst report -- 21: Indian problems -- 22: Advocate and 'attorney for the people' -- 23: Decades of success and political evolution -- 24: Distinct, separate, and sovereign -- 25: Constructing a new government -- 26: Ancient community, a new century -- Index of tribal councils and Ogemuk since reaffirmation (1994) -- Abbreviations used in the notes and references -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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