Ogîmäwkwě mitigwäkî = Queen of the woods : a novel / by Simon Pokagon ; with a foreword by Philip J. Deloria ; and essays by John N. Low, Margaret Noori, and Kiara M. Vigil.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899
Other Authors:	Deloria, Philip Joseph, Low, John N., Noodin, Margaret, Vigil, Kiara M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2011.
Series:	American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)
Subjects:	Pokagon, Simon, > 1830-1899. Pokagon, Simon, > 1830-1899 Potawatomi Indians > Biography. Potawatomi language. LITERARY CRITICISM > Native American. Potawatomi Indians Potawatomi language Biographies
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Uniform Title:	O-gî-mäw-kwě mit-i-gwä-kî

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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.
Item Description:	Originally published: Hartford, Mich. : C.H. Engle, 1899. With new foreword, editorial notes, and appendices.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 215 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781609172176 1609172175 9781628951028 1628951028 9781628961027 1628961023

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