The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island: The Agatha Biddle Band of 1870 Coast Salish A cornerstone text in the

A cornerstone text in the chronicle of Minnesota’s history

convey serious moral instruction

have for thousands of years developed intentional and socially complex practices for resource management that epitomize sustainability

the bodies of indigenous

In 1894 Wisconsin game wardens Horace Martin and Josiah Hicks were dispatched to arrest Joe White

The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island: The Agatha Biddle Band of 1870 Coast Salish A cornerstone text in theDrawing on a wide array of historical sources, Theresa L. Weller provides a comprehensive history of the lineage of the seventy four members of the Agatha Biddle band in 1870. A highly unusual Native and Mtis community, the band included just eight men but sixty six women. Agatha Biddle was a member of the band from its first enumeration in 1837 and became its chief in the early 1860s. Also, unlike most other bands, which were typically made up of