Bear Island : the war at Sugar Point

Bear Island : the war at Sugar Point / Gerald Vizenor ; foreword by Jace Weaver.

Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, acclaimed writer Gerald Vizenor illuminates the 1898 battle at Sugar Point in this epic poem. Fought between the Pillagers of the Leech Lake Reservation and U.S. soldiers, the battle marked a turning point in relations between the governme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Series:Indigenous Americas.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 3rd > Poetry.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Ojibwa Indians > Poetry.
POETRY > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Ojibwa Indians
Poetry
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Table of Contents:
  • FOREWORD; Bear Island; INTRODUCTION: The War at Sugar Point; OVERTURE: Manidoo Creations; BAGWANA: The Pillagers of Liberty; HOLE IN THE DAY: Grafters and Warrants; BEARWALKERS: 5 October 1898; GATLING GUN: 6 October 1898; WAR NECKLACE: 9 October 1898.

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