Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki: Queen of the Woods elders uncovering misunderstandings and outright deceptions

uncovering misunderstandings and outright deceptions that helped lead to war in 1862

This landmark anthology celebrates the indigenous peoples of North America

and dyeing among the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota and Wisconsin show the great extent to which they understood and utilized natural resources

But after a series of tragic losses

with a sensibility so sure of itself that I find myself simply standing back in admiration

Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki: Queen of the Woods elders uncovering misunderstandings and outright deceptionsSimon Pokagon was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self promoter. In 1899, shortly 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