The Legacy of Shingwaukonse : : A Century of Native Leadership / / Janet E. Chute.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Chute, Janet E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

This book examines the careers of the Ojibwa chief Shingwaukonse, also known as Little Pine, and of two of his sons, Ogista and Buhkwujjenene, at Garden River near Sault Ste Marie. Theirs was a period in which the Great Lakes Ojibwa faced formidable challenges from entrepreneurs, missionaries, and bureaucrats, as well as from new policies set by the Canadian state. Shingwaukonse sought to establish links with the new government agencies, to preserve an environment in which Native cultural values and organizational structures could survive, and to devise strategies to enable the formation of band governments capable of assuming a degree of proprietorship over the resources on Native land. Using an impressive array of evidence from a huge range of government, church, manuscript, and oral sources, Chute reconstructs a period of energetic and sometimes effective Aboriginal resistance to pressures visited on the community. She demonstrates that Shingwaukonse and his sons were vigilant in their attempts to maximize the autonomy and security of the Garden River Ojibwa even while many other parties insisted on their assimilation. The Legacy of Shingwaukonse contributes greatly to anthropological debates about Ojibwa leadership and to a historical understanding of the relationship between Native peoples and newcomers throughout the nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- Shingwaukonse’s children -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Little Pine: Man, Leader, and Legend -- Chapter Two. For the King and the King's Church -- Chapter Three. Years of Testing and Trial -- Chapter Four. Pursuing the Great Spirit's Power -- Chapter Five. The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights -- Chapter Six. Testing the Untried Mettle: Ogista’s Rise to Leadership -- Chapter Seven. Challenging the System from Within -- Chapter Eight. Challenging the System from Within -- Chapter Nine. A Unifying Vision -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index