| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) |
| Series |
American Indian studies series |
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American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)
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| Contents |
Foreword to the current edition / Philip J. Deloria -- The architecture of Simon Pokagon : in text and on display / John N. Low -- Turn of the century Indian intellectualism : language and literarcy in Simon Pokagon's Queen of the woods / Kiara M. Vigil -- A brief sketch of Chief Simon Pokagon's life : from the original publisher's notes -- The Algonquin language / Simon Pokagon -- Editorial note to the current edition -- Ogimawkwe mitigwaki = Queen of the woods : a novel -- Appendix 1 : Pokagon's address at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 -- Appendix 2 : Pokagon's address at the Gem Opera House at Liberty, Indiana, January 7, 1898 -- Selected bibliography |
| Summary |
Simon Pokagon, the son of tribal patriarch Leopold Pokagon, was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self-promoter. In 1899, shorty after his death, Pokagon''s novel Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods)-only the second ever published by an American Indian-appeared. It was intended to be a testimonial to the traditions, stability, and continuity of the Potawatomi in a rapidly changing world. Read today, Queen of the Woods is evidence of the author''s desire to mark the cultural, political, and social landscapes with a memorial to the past a |
| Notes |
Originally published: Hartford, Mich. : C.H. Engle, 1899. With new foreword, editorial notes, and appendices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| SUBJECT |
Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98094455
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Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899 fast |
| Subject |
Potawatomi Indians -- Biography
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Potawatomi language.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Native American.
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Potawatomi Indians
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Potawatomi language
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Deloria, Philip Joseph.
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Low, John N
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Noodin, Margaret.
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Vigil, Kiara M
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| LC no. |
2010021397 |
| ISBN |
9781609172176 |
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1609172175 |
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9781628951028 |
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1628951028 |
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9781628961027 |
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1628961023 |
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