History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J Blackbird Books
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History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J Blackbird Books
Once I started reading this book, I could not stop. Mr. Blackbird's history, written in 1887, provides a detailed, astonishing, and sometimes tragic, account of the Ottawa and Chippewa peoples of Michigan. The author understood the trappings of white society and participated in it, during times when additional white settlers were moving into the area. Thus, he was in positions where he could be a frequent advocate for his people, but these interactions also provided opportunities for him to be treated unjustly at times. However, his strong spirit persevered; he sometimes realized success from his advocacy.Andrew Blackbird's writing makes clear as well that he never forgot the moral and pure traditional life in his boyhood village, before outside white influences moved in. His roots were always with his people, traditions, and language.
As a historical narrative, the book conveys detailed information regarding numerous unjust situations (broken treaties, outright lies, thievery) for American Indians, and some personal tragedies are described as well. The author's style of writing is calm, without browbeating the reader. It is not necessary to do more. The detailed, very credible facts speak all too well for themselves.
Some interesting oral histories are also part of the book. Mr. Blackbird's personal family history traces back to captive "Underground" people from the West, brought back to Michigan a few generations past, when Ottawa often traveled far and sometimes fought other tribes. He says his ancestors lived in a very organized society, with their own government and well established agriculture. The author also refers to past peoples of some areas, where the Ottawa would sometimes find artifacts that past, unknown inhabitants had left. Fascinating!
On a personal level, as a sixty year old white person, I think the history in this book, as well as in other truthful accounts, should be required reading in school. Doubt it will happen, but these accounts from the past should not be forgotten.
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History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J Blackbird Books Reviews
Being the recorded word of a native american who lived in that time, the book is priceless.
Being an educated man, the author enables us to read his added incite of this culture.
Being human the author must and does express his personal bias and we get to filter for that.
Having started reading on my cell phone, I never stopped until I finished his telling.
As valuable as his lesson of the native language is I did not need it but do cherish it.
Nice binding job and cover but you better buy a magnifying glass if you want to read the text. The font is so small (4-6 pt type?) and sentences so crowded together it's actually hard to read. Actual size of the book is 6" x 9." I'd look for another volume of the book as this seems to be a
print-on-demand that was already printed or something.
My book arrived in good condition, and looked brand new. While I thought the book had some great information, the layout of the book was a little odd. It was a non traditional layout, but still an easy read.
Good story, found out some history they don't teach in schools, tried to figure out which tribe or tribes were behind me.
The content of the book is good BUT the print is very tiny. My husband will need a magnifying glass to read it.
I appreciated this book as a memoir of the author's life an interesting Native american man. I enjoyed all of the content until the last chapter, which was (suddenly) a dirge for all that was lost after the wave of European immigration. I would have loved a chapter before that, to transition from the (relatively) good times to the clearly bad times.
The writing is light and clear. The legends are well recounted, and the anecdotes are well-told.
Interesting supplement to a longer and more complex book focused on the same author and time period. That book is called Blackbird's Song by T. Karamanski. The author of the second book basically situated Blackbird's text which is the foundation of the first book.
Once I started reading this book, I could not stop. Mr. Blackbird's history, written in 1887, provides a detailed, astonishing, and sometimes tragic, account of the Ottawa and Chippewa peoples of Michigan. The author understood the trappings of white society and participated in it, during times when additional white settlers were moving into the area. Thus, he was in positions where he could be a frequent advocate for his people, but these interactions also provided opportunities for him to be treated unjustly at times. However, his strong spirit persevered; he sometimes realized success from his advocacy.
Andrew Blackbird's writing makes clear as well that he never forgot the moral and pure traditional life in his boyhood village, before outside white influences moved in. His roots were always with his people, traditions, and language.
As a historical narrative, the book conveys detailed information regarding numerous unjust situations (broken treaties, outright lies, thievery) for American Indians, and some personal tragedies are described as well. The author's style of writing is calm, without browbeating the reader. It is not necessary to do more. The detailed, very credible facts speak all too well for themselves.
Some interesting oral histories are also part of the book. Mr. Blackbird's personal family history traces back to captive "Underground" people from the West, brought back to Michigan a few generations past, when Ottawa often traveled far and sometimes fought other tribes. He says his ancestors lived in a very organized society, with their own government and well established agriculture. The author also refers to past peoples of some areas, where the Ottawa would sometimes find artifacts that past, unknown inhabitants had left. Fascinating!
On a personal level, as a sixty year old white person, I think the history in this book, as well as in other truthful accounts, should be required reading in school. Doubt it will happen, but these accounts from the past should not be forgotten.
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