Ojibwe Language Links Ojibwe Language Bibliography Baraga, Frederic. A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. 1992. Benton-Banai, Edward. The Mishomis Book. St. Paul, Minnesota: Indian Country Press, Inc., 1979. Bopp, Judie, Michael Bopp, Lee Brown, Phil Lane. The Sacred Tree. Four Winds Development Project, 1984. Brill, Charles. Red Lake Nation, Portraits of Ojibway Life. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1992. Coatsworth, Emerson. The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian Stories. Toronto, Canada: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1979. Coleman, Sister Bernard, Ellen Frogner, Estelle Eich. Ojibwa Myths and Legends. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Ross and Haines Inc., 1961. Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Customs. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1979. Diedrich, Mark. Ojibway Oratory, Great Moments in the Recorded Speech of the Chppewa, 1695-1889. Rochester, Minnesota: Coyote Books, 1990. Fletcher, Alice C. Indian Games & Dances With Native Songs. University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Gawboy, Carl, Ron Morton. Talking Rocks. Duluth, Minnesota: Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, 2000. Johnston, Basil. Ojibway Heritage. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. Johnston, Basil. The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001. Leekley, Thomas B. The World of Manabozho, Tales of the Chippewa Indians. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1965. Mason, Philip P., editor. Schoolcraft’s Ojibwa Lodge Stories. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 1997. Nichols, John, Earl Nyholm, editors. An Ojibwe Word Resource Book. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Archaeological Society, 1979. Prucha, Francis Paul, editor. Documents of United States Indian Policy. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. Tanner, Helen Hornbeck. Indians of North America – The Ojibwa. Chelsea House Publishers, 1992. Treuer, Anton, editor. Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories. Minnestota Historical Society Press, 2001. Treuer, Anton, editor. Oshkaabewis Native Journal. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Department of History Indian Studies Publications, Bemidji State University. Vollom, Judith L., Thomas M. Vollom. Ojibwemowin. Series 1. O.L.P. Native Voice, Inc., 1994. Warren, William W. History of the Ojibway People. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984. Williams, Mentor L., editor. Schoolcraft’s Indian Legends. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 1991. Ojibwe Language Links Ojibwe language site with an online bulletin board, wordlists, and lists of resources http://first-ojibwe.net/ Online Ojibwe lessons including grammar, pronunciation and spelling guides, vocabulary, and/or sample dialogues http://www.msu.edu/user/dearhous/lang.html http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/external/groups/naic.old/ojibway.htm#language http://www.angelfire.com/wa/chippewalanguagebook/index.nav.html http://www.ojibwemowin.com/anishinaabemodaa.html http://www.css.edu/students/pfarell/Ojibwe.html http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/web/language/vtilist.html http://www.citilink.com/~nancyv/ojibwe/o_langua.htm http://www.uwec.edu/Academic/Curric/greidebe/Indigenous/woodlands/Odawa/Language.htm http://my.freeway.net/~fred/wovow.html Homepage of the Ojibwemowin Zagaswe'idiwin (Ojibwe Language Society), offering Ojibwe lessons and resources in the Minnesota area http://www.ojibwemowin.com/ Language program from the Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre for maintaining the Ojibway and Cree languages http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/occc/language-e.htm Ojibwe Forum, it is mostly English-language but there are Ojibwe speakers and students to talk to there http://first-ojibwe.net/bb/index.html Information about Ojibwe and Cree radio broadcasts http://www.angelfire.com/mi/mishomis/radio.html Ojibwa kinship terms http://www.rootsweb.com/~minatam/ojibwa.html Ojibwe place names and their meanings http://vax1.bemidji.msus.edu/~bdonovan/PLACENAMES.HTML http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/ojibwe.html Sample dialogues for language learning, with English translation http://www.msu.edu/user/dearhous/misc.html Oshkaabewis Native Journal, a bi-annual forum for native topics in English and Ojibwe http://www.glrain.net/glrain/onj.htm Portage Lake: a bilingual Ojibwe and English book with Ojibwe glossary and notes, with order information http://www.kstrom.net/isk/books/adult/ad521.html Two Women, a story in Ojibwe with hypertext for language learners http://vax1.bemidji.msus.edu/~bdonovan/Two_Women.html Saga of Iyash in Oji-Cree and English, written in syllabics and recorded in RealAudio http://legends.knet.on.ca/ Play written by students in an Ojibwe class, in Ojibwe and English, about a family's trip to a casino http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/9941/an_ojibwe_play.htm Ojibwe language plaque on the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/tribute/ojib-bay-e.html NPR segment of Ojibwe maintenance efforts in Minnesota http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnps05fm.cfm?SegID=41356 Bibliography of Ojibwe language materials, with samples and brief reviews http://www.manl.mb.ca/WWS/chapter7.html Lists of Ojibwe language resources and materials http://niikaan.fdl.cc.mn.us/anish/index.html http://www.lib.cmich.edu/clarke/iculnala.htm http://www.angelfire.com/mi/mishomis/alinks.html Ojibwe Language Products and Services KIM, an interactive language learning CD for children teaching Ojibwe and other native languages http://www.manl.mb.ca/KIM/kim.html Ojibwe language-learning CD-ROM for sale http://www.css.edu/users/SPIERSON/ojibwe/ojibwe.htm Ojibwe software and videos for sale, also with a writing sample http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/OjibwaOtchipwe.htm Comprehensive list of language learning resources for Ojibwe, with order information http://216.250.229.70/learning/ojibwe.htm Ojibwe language and language learning books for sale http://edwards1.com/rose/native/books.html http://www.nativelanguages.com/_private/northern.html http://www.kstrom.net/isk/books/ref/r918.html Ojibwe audio courses with order information http://www.101language.com/ojibwe.html http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/ng/94/0131.html Songbook and cassette tape of Ojibwe-language songs, aimed at Ojibwe students http://www.millelacsojibwe.org/songbook.html Ojibwe phrase-a-day language learning calendar for sale from a nonprofit language society http://www.ojibwemowin.com/giizis.html Canadian translation service specializing in English, French, Cree, and Ojibway http://www.cantalk.com/index.html Listing of Ojibwe language courses in Canada, the US, and by distance learning http://www.geocities.com/miishidiyaash/knoomdng.htm Ojibwe Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Wordlists ALIS, an online database of Cree, Dene, Dakota, and Ojibwe http://www.manl.mb.ca/alis.html Online dictionary program translates simple Odawa and Ojibwe sentences into English and back http://mokennon.albion.edu/odawatest.html-ssi English-Ojibwe and Ojibwe-English online dictionary lookups http://niikaan.fdl.cc.mn.us/anish/cgi-bin/tran.html Experimental Oji-Cree translation dictionary, only 64 words but with audio files and lots of information about each http://www.knet.ca/webdata/ Odawa-English glossary http://my.freeway.net/~fred/odtoeng.html Ojibwe wordlists organized by parts of speech and topic http://first-ojibwe.net/translations/ http://www.nativetech.org/shinob/ojibwelanguage.html http://my.freeway.net/~fred/language.html http://www.users.qwest.net/~rddez/#History Two http://www.whiteoak.org/learning/language.htm#OJIBWE Ojibwe talking phrasebooks http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/english/5010_e.html http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=wearticle&slug=speak25 http://www.leechlakeojibwe.org/language/language.shtml http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/audiosam/anish/anish-e.html Ojibwe language pages that include lists of vocabulary (animals, food, etc.) http://www.msu.edu/user/dearhous/lang.html http://users.uniserve.com/~aball/Ojibwe/ojibwe.htm http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/external/groups/naic.old/ojibway.htm#language http://www.citilink.com/~nancyv/ojibwe/lang_ani.htm Ojibwe Names Explanation of Ojibwe naming traditions by an Ojibwe mother http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nc/9511/0300.html Short lists of Ojibwe names http://www.kabalarians.com/female/chippewf.htm http://www.kabalarians.com/male/chippewm.htm Ojibwe Authors Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm 1965- Ojibwe, Chippewa of Nawash Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm was born in 1965 in Toronto. A Band member of the the Chippewa of Nawash, on the Cape Croker Reserve, Akiwenzie-Damm received an M.A. in English literature from the University of Ottawa in 1996. Her first chapbook was published in April 1993. She dedicated her writings to her grandmother O. Irene Akiwenzie. She currently lives in Neyaashiinigmiing (formerly the Cape Croker Reserve). Online resources by or about Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm: Daughter of Pele Author: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Type: etext Description: Poem by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, from "trout two" (June 1997). URL: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/trout/trout2/damm/pele.htm Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Author: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Karen Strom Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Akiwenzie-Damm. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/damm/ Lehua Flower Author: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Type: etext Description: Poem by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, from "trout two" (June 1997). URL: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/trout/trout2/damm/lehua.htm Ottawa Art Gallery: Reading with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Armand Garnet Ruffo Author: The Ottawa Art Gallery Type: authorbio Description: Contains brief biographies of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Armand Garnet Ruffo. URL: http://www.cyberus.ca/~oag/home-e/talks/talkbios/reading.htm Rainstorm in Volcano Author: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Type: etext Description: Poem by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, from "trout two" (June 1997). URL: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/trout/trout2/damm/rain2.htm Books by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm: Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri. My heart is a stray bullet Cape Croker, Ont. : Kegedonce Press, 1993. Genre: Poetry Description: 54 p. ; 23 cm. Poems. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0969712006 Edward Benton-Banai , 1934- Ojibwe , Lac Courte Oreilles Edward Benton-Banai writes about the Ojibwe people, explaining Ojibwe tradition, culture and philosophy. Online resources by or about Edward Benton-Banai: International Indian Treaty Council and AIM Speakers Bureau: Edward Benton Banai Type: authorbio Description: Short biography of Benton Banai, from the International Indian Treaty Council and AIM Speakers Bureau listing. Includes a photo. URL: http://www.aimovement.org/iitc/index.html#BENAI Books by Edward Benton-Banai: Benton-Banai, Edward. Generation to Generation Hayward, Wis. : Indian Country Communications, 1991. Genre: Fiction Description: 21 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Audience: Youth Benton-Banai, Edward. The Mishomis book : the voice of the Ojibway St. Paul, Minn. : Indian Country Press, 1979. Genre: Oral History Description: v, 114 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Relates the culture, history and philosophy of the Ojibwe people. Audience: Adult Andrew J. Blackbird (Mac-ke-te-be-nessy) , 1822- Chippewa -Ottawa Andrew Blackbird was born in 1822. In his book, Blackbird tells of his Indian youth, his baptism, and his journey to Ohio to seek an education among the whites. In 1861 he was appointed U.S. interpreter. He was Catholic but later converted to Protestantism. Books by Andrew J. Blackbird: Blackbird, Andrew J.. Complete both early and late history of the Ottawa and Cheppewa Indians of Michigan : a grammar of their language, personal and family history of the author Harbor Springs, Michigan : Babcock and Darling, 1897. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 94p. : 18cm. The edition listed is the one of the later editions before a facsimile was published by theLittle Traverse Regional Historical Society in 1977. Notes: Originally published: Ypsilanti, Mich. : Ypsilantian Job Print. House, 1887. Notes : Author used to be a U.S. Interpreter Indians of North America--Michigan The author's Indian name is Mack-aw-de-be-nessy (Black Hawk). First edition published in 1897 under title: History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Blackbird, Andrew J.. History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan; a grammar of their language, and personal and family history Ypsilanti, Michigan : Ypsilanti Job Printing House, 1887. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 128 p. 18 x 14 cm. Ottawa Indians. Ojibwa Indians. Audience: Adult Blackbird, Andrew J.. The Indian problem, from the Indian's standpoint Ypsilanti, Michigan : Scharf Tag, Label & Box Co., 1900. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 22p. ports. 23 cm. Notes : "Obtained by application to the Secretary of the National Indian Association, Philadelphia." Notes : Blackbird refers to himself, the author, as the "hereditary chief of l'Arbre Croche (now Harbor Springs, Michigan) Indians, Treatment of--United States Government relations Audience: Adult Kimberly M. Blaeser , 1955- Ojibwe, White earth Kimberly Blaeser was born in Billings, Montana and is of Anishinaabe and German heritage. She grew up on the White Earth Reservation. She obtained both her M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame in 1982 and 1990 respectively. She is a reporter/photographer, technical writer, lecturer, instructor and teaching fellow and has been lecturing at the University of Wisconsin since 1990. Her interests include wildlife and nature photography and she undertakes a lot of excursions, which she reports helps to feed her creative writing and compliment her work in Native American Literature. Awards and Honors Francis C. Allen Fellowship Research Award University of Wisconsin Institute on Race & Ethnology, 1992 Research Fellow, Newberry Library Native Writer's Circle of the Americas 1993 First Book Award Wordcraft Circle Storyteller of the Year award (Lecture/Speaking), 1999 Online resources by or about Kimberly M. Blaeser: A Gathering of Voices: Kimberly Blaeser Author: Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Type: authorbio Description: Biographical information about Blaeser, from an online exhibit of Milwaukee writers. Includes photo, and links to excerpts from her works. URL: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Library/special/exhibits/milpoets/blaeser1.htm Kimberly Blaeser Author: Kimberly Blaeser and Karen Strom Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Blaeser. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/kblaeser/ Kimberly M. Blaeser Author: Robin R. Rehm Type: authorbio Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an in-depth biography, selected bibliography and related links. URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/KimberlyBlaeser.html Books by Kimberly M. Blaeser: Blaeser, Kimberly M.. Gerald Vizenor : writing in the oral tradition Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 260 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934---Technique. Oral tradition--United States. Storytelling--United States. Indians in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Fiction--Technique. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0806128747 (pbk.) Blaeser, Kimberly M.. Trailing you : poems Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press, 1994. Genre: Poetry Description: viii, 86 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Prizewinning poetry collection. (Native Writer's Circle of the Americas 1993 First Book Award.) Audience: Adult ISBN: 0912678887 Ignatia Broker (Ni-BO-WI-SE-GWE) , 1919-1987 Ojibwe, White Earth Ignatia Broker was concerned with bridging generation gaps for the Ojibway. She was born on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota in 1919 and died in 1987. She attended the Indian boarding school at Wahpeton Indian Boarding School in North Dakota. Broker was an Ojibway elder and storyteller. Over the course of her life she worked to educate the public about Native American people. She founded the Minnesota Indian Historical Society. She was involved with the Upper Midwest American Indian Center in Minneapolis. She wrote the Night Flying Woman, a story rich in Ojibway traditions. Broker died in 1987. Online resources by or about Ignatia Broker: Ignatia Broker Author: Katie O'Gara Type: authorbio Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an in-depth biography, selected bibliography and related links. URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/IgnatiaBroker.html Books by Ignatia Broker: Broker, Ignatia. Night flying woman : an Ojibway narrative St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Press, 1983. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Illustrated by Steven Premo with a foreword by Paulette Fairbanks Molin. Ojibwa Indians--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature. Ojibwa IndiansJuvenile literature. Minnesota--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature. Minnesota Juvenile literature. Audience: Youth Works About the Author * "The Art of Remembering, an Interview with Ignatia Broker." Emphasis Magazine. Detroit Lakes, MN: Lakes Publishing Company, June 1984. * "Author Ignatia Broker Dies at 68." Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Wednesday, June 24, 1987. 6B. * Broker, Ignatia. Personal Papers. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Manuscripts Collections, 1908-1920, 1931, 1978, 1982-1987. * Dixon, Rebecca D. ed. "Book Review." Choice Magazine. Volume 21, Number 7. March, 1984. 1042. * Hirschfelder, Arlene, ed. Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present. New York: Macmillian, 1995. * "Ignatia Broker: Helping Children to Understand." White Earth Seventh Annual Career Day. White Earth Reservation. April 1985. * "Indian Women Share Histories to Improve the Future." Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Sunday, March 8, 1987. 21A. * Leno, M. John. "Book Review." North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains. Summer, 1984. 54-55. * Oandasan, William, ed. "Reviews." American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Volume 9, Number 1. The Regents of the University of California, 1985. 103-105. * Wilson, Terry P. and Robert A. Black, eds. "Book Reviews." The American Indian Quarterly, Volume IX, Number I. University of California, Berkley: The Native American Studies Program, 1985. 92-93. Diane Burns , 1957- Chemehuevi – Chippewa, Lac Court Oreilles Diane Burns was born in 1957. Burns 's father is a Chemehuevi and her mother is an Anishinabe. The Chemehuevi are the richest tribe in America and their tribal lands include part of Palm Springs, California but Burns has stronger ties with her mother's people, who come from Lac Court Oreilles in Wisconsin. Her poetry is known for its humor and honesty. Books by Diane Burns: Burns, Diane. Riding the one-eyed Ford Bowling Green : Contact II Publications, 1981. Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 cm. Audience: Adult Rosemary Christensen - Chippewa Rosemary Ackley Christensen is a Chippewa writer and educator who lives in Deluth, Minnesota. She has written extensively about providing educational and library services for Native Americans, and has worked to develop curriculum and teaching guides. Books by Rosemary Christensen: Christensen, Rosemary. Materials selection for Indian libraries Minneapolis, Minn. : National Indian Education Association, 1975. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 13 p. ; 27 cm. Audience: Adult Christensen, Rosemary. Treaty with the Chippewa, 1854 : a curriculum guide and teaching manual Minneapolis, Minn. : Minneapolis Public Schools, 1986. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 156 p. : ill., maps, forms ; 28 cm. Developed by L. Kay Dietl and Skip Olsen in consultation with Rosemary Ackley Christensen et al. ; artwork was created by Steve Premo and Stephen "Jet" Gingras ; other individuals who contributed include Rhea Sullivan, Mike Huerth. Audience: All Ages Christensen, Rosemary. Working with Indian communities and agencies to establish Indian library services Minneapolis, Minn. : National Indian Education Association, 1975. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 15 p. ; 27 cm. Cover title: Establishing Indian library service. Part I. Audience: Adult Stephen Cole , 1948- Lakota -Ojibwe Stephen Cole is a writer of Lakota and Ojibwe heritage and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. His story of his experiences in the war and how he was helped by the teachings of his grandfather is told in his book, Silent Warrior. He currently lives in Michigan. Books by Stephen Cole: Cole, Stephen. Silent warrior Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 161 p. ; 6 x 9 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0921827431 George Copway (Kahgegagahhowh (Stands Fast)) , 1818-1863 Ojibwe George Copway, from the Mississauga Band of the Ojibwe, was an author whose autobiographical works were some of the earliest published writings by a Native American. Born in Ontario in 1818, he spent the first part of his life working as a Methodist missionary, and much of the second half as a writer and traveling speaker. Books by George Copway: Copway, George. Indian life and Indian history by an author: embracing the tradition of the North American Indians regarding themselves ... Boston, MA : Colby, 1858. Genre: Nonfiction Copway, George. The life, history, and travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway): a young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa nation. Albany, NY : Weed & Parsons, 1847. Genre: Oral History Copway, George. The life, letters and speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, or G. Copway, Chief Ojibway nation. New York : S.W. Benedict, 1850. Genre: Oral History Copway, George. The Ojibway conquest, a tale of the Northwest by Kah-ge-ga-gah- bowh New York : Putman, 1850. Copway, George. Organization of a New Indian Territory, East of the Missouri river, arguments and reasons submitted to the Honorable members of the Senate House of Representatives ... New York : S.W. Benedict, 1850. Genre: Nonfiction Copway, George. Running sketches of men and places, in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland. New York : Riker, 1851. Genre: Nonfiction Copway, George. The traditional history and characteristic sketches of the Ojibway nation London : Charles Gilpin, 1850. Genre: Nonfiction George Cornell , 1948- Ojibwe George Cornell was born in 1948. He has a Ph.D degree. Cornell is an associate professor of English and History and director of the Native American Institute at Michigan State University, and serves on the Board of Trustees to the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution. Online resources by or about George Cornell: Native American Institute Staff: George Cornell Author: Michigan State University Type: authorbio Description: Short note about Cornell's research interests. URL: http://www.msu.edu/unit/nai/naistaff.htm#GLC Books by George Cornell: Cornell, George. People of the three fires Grand Rapids, Mich. : Grand Rapids Inter-Tribal Council, 1986. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 118 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. Includes bibliography and index. Co-authors James A. Clifton and James M. McClurken. Contributors : Grand Rapids Inter-Tribal Council. Michigan Ottawa Indians Potawatomi Indians Ojibwa Indians ISBN: 0961770708 Allan Crow Ojibwe, White Fish Bay Born in Whitefish Bay, Ojibway Allan Crow currently lives in Winnipeg with his family. Books by Allan Crow: Crow, Allan. The crying Christmas tree Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, 1989. Genre: Fiction Description: [18] p. : p., col. ill. ;, 28 cm. Illustrations by David Beyers. Audience: Youth ISBN: 092182713X Elisabeth Dietz, Chippewa Online resources by or about Elisabeth Dietz: Amazon.com talks to Elisabeth Dietz Author: Amazon.com Type: authorbio Description: An interview with Elisabeth Dietz. URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/show-interview/d-e-ietzlisabeth/ Elisabeth Dietz Author: Blue Dolphin Publishing Type: authorbio Description: Biographical page from her publisher. URL: http://www.bluedolphinpublishing.com/dietz.htm Books by Elisabeth Dietz: Dietz, Elisabeth. Now Is the Hour : Native American Prophecies and Guidance for Earth Changes Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1998. Description: Co-author: Shirley Jonas ISBN: 1577330293 Anne M. Dunn , 1940- Ojibwe Anne M. Dunn is an Ojibwe author and storyteller who lives in Cass Lake, Minnesota. Online resources by or about Anne M. Dunn: A Jealous Husband Author: Anne Dunn Type: etext Description: Text of a piece fromTribal Fires Journal, Winter Issue 1994. URL: http://www.tribalfires.com/journal/archives/winter1994/a_jealous_husband.html Peltier Recalls Influence of Early Years Author: Anne. M. Dunn Type: authorbio Description: This article about an interview with Peltier was written by Dunn in October of 1995 for The Circle. URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/054.html Books by Anne M. Dunn: Dunn, Anne M.. Grandmother's gift : stories from the Anishinabeg Duluth, Minn : Holy Cow! Press, 1997. Genre: Folklore Description: 142 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. ISBN: 0930100727 Dunn, Anne M.. When beaver was very great : stories to live by Mount Horeb, Wis. : Midwest Traditions, Inc., 1995. Genre: Folklore Description: 223 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. With illustrations by Sharon L. White. ISBN: 1883953073 Dunn, Anne M.. Winter thunder : retold tales Duluth, Minn : Holy Cow! Press, 2001. Genre: Folklore Description: 161 p. : p., ill. ;, 20 cm. Collected & edited by Anne M. Dunn ; illustrations by Cynthia Holmes. ISBN: 0930100700 Adam Fortunate Eagle , 1929- Ojibwe, Red Lake Adam Fortunate Eagle was born on the Chippewa Reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota. As was common practice during his day, her was raised in an Indian boarding school. He attended the Haskell Indian Institute in Kansas, where he et his wife, Bobbi. Eagle is the Spiritual Leader of the Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers, and was an organizer of the Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island. He has been a participant in the Conference on World Affairs held at the University of Colorado. He has an offbeat sense of humor and once garnered worldwide attention by stepping off a plane in Italy, driving a spear into the ground and claiming Italy for the Native American people based on the same Right of Discovery used by Columbus to claim Hispaniola. Currently, he lives with his wife on her Shoshone-Paiute reservation near Fallon, Nevada. He runs an art gallery there when he is not visiting and lecturing on Native American customs and rights. Online resources by or about Adam Fortunate Eagle : Resolution Maintaining the Great Pipestone Quarries Author: Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers Type: etext Description: Resolution declaring the Great Pipestone Quarries of Minnesota be declared a sacred site for all Indian People, signed by Adam Fortunate Eagle. URL: http://ww2.sd.cybernex.net/~bjohns/3/mission.htm Books by Adam Fortunate Eagle : Eagle , Adam Fortunate. Alcatraz! Alcatraz! : the Indian occupation of 1969-1971 Berkeley, CA : Heyday Books, 1992. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 155 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr . Photos by Ilka Hartmann. Dakota Indians--Biography. Dakota Indians--Land tenure. Alcatraz Island (Calif.)Indian occupation, 1969-1971. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0930588517 Louise Erdrich , 1954- Chippewa, Turtle Mountain Louise Erdrich was born in 1954, in Little Falls, Minnesota and grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota where her parents worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She received an M.A. degree from the John Hopkins University in 1979. Erdrich's fiction and poetry, draws on her Chippewa heritage to examine complex familial and sexual relationships among full and mixed blood Native Americans as they struggle with questions of identity in white European American culture. She is a novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist and a critic. Awards and Honors Best First Fiction Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters John Simon Guggenheim Award, 1985. Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Prose - Children's Literature) award, 2000 (for The Birchbark House. (Photo courtesy of Facts on File, American Historical Images on File: The Native American Experience ) Online resources by or about Louise Erdrich: An Emissary of the Between-World Author: Katie Bacon Type: etext Description: An interview with Erdrich from the 1/17/01 issue of Atlantic Unbound. URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2001-01-17.htm IPL Online Literary Criticism: Louise Erdrich Author: Internet Public Library Type: authorbio Description: Collection of links to biographical and critical sites about Erdrich and her works. URL: http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=erd-189 Leonard Peltier has paid enough Author: Louise Erdrich Type: etext Description: An article published in the January 10, 2001 issue of the StarTribune. URL: http://www.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisSlug=ERD10 Louis Erdrich Author: Gale Group, Inc. Type: authorbio Description: This extensive biography of Erdrich comes from the Gale Group's Celebrating Women's History Month web site. The content was originally part of the publisher's Contemporary Authors New Revision Series. URL: http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/erdrich_l.htm Louise Erdrich Author: Amy Leigh McNally and Piyali Nath Dalal Type: authorbio Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an in-depth biography, selected bibliography and related links. URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/LouiseErdrich.html Modern American Poetry: Louise Erdrich Author: Cary Nelson Type: authorbio Description: Site is divided into sections such as: About Louise Erdrich, About Erdrich's Poetry, Excerpts from Interviews, Bibliography, and External Links. URL: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/erdrich.htm More Love Medicine: Article on Louise Erdrich by Polly Sprenger Author: A & E Type: authorbio Description: Interview with Louise Erdrich by Polly Sprenger, including photograph and biographical information, plus discussion of Erdrich's book "Tales of Burning Love." URL: http://www.daily.umn.edu/ae/Print/ISSUE25/cover.html The Salon Interview: Louise Erdrich Type: authorbio Description: An interview with Louise Erdrich about her writing and motherhood. URL: http://www.salon.com/weekly/interview960506.html Satan: Hijacker of a Planet by Louise Erdrich Author: Louise Erdrich Type: etext Description: Text of a short story published in the Aug. 1997 issue of "Atlantic Monthly." URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97aug/erdrich.htm Books by Louise Erdrich: Erdrich, Louise. The Antelope Wife New York, NY : HarperFlamingo, 1998. Genre: Fiction Description: xii, 240 p. ; 25 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0060187263 Erdrich, Louise. Baptism of desire : poems New York : Harper & Row, 1989. Genre: Poetry Description: 78 p. ; 24 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0060162139 Erdrich, Louise. The beet queen New York : Holt, 1986. Genre: Fiction Description: 338 p. ; 22 cm. Notes : Sequel to Love Medicine, the novel. Notes : Written in storyteller and Native American traditions. Audience: Adult ISBN: 08050005850030706122 Erdrich, Louise. The bingo palace New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. Genre: Fiction Description: 272 p. ; 24 cm. North Dakota--Fiction. North DakotaFiction. North Dakota--Man-woman relationships--Fiction. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0060170808 Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House New York : HyperionBooks for Childre, 1999. Genre: Fiction Description: 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0786803002 Erdrich, Louise. The blue jay's dance : a birth year New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. Genre: Autobiography Description: 223 p. ; 20 cm. Erdrich, Louise--Family. Motherhood. Mothers and daughters--United States Audience: Adult ISBN: 0060171324 Dorris, Michael; Erdrich, Louise. Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1994. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 262 p. ; 23 cm. Edited by Allan Chavkin and Nancy Feyl Chavkin. Series : Literary Conversations series. Indian authors--20th century--Interviews. Erdrich, Louise--Interviews. Dorris, Michael--Interviews. Audience: Adult ISBN: 08780565130878056521 (pbk.) Dorris, Michael; Erdrich, Louise. The crown of columbus New York, N.Y. : Harper Collins, 1991. Genre: Fiction Description: 382 p. ; 25 cm. Co-authored by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich. Summary : Tale of two lovers and their search to find the truth about Columbus. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0060160799 Erdrich, Louise. Grandmother's pigeon New York : HyperionBooks for Childre, 1996. Genre: Fiction Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. Illustrated by Jim LaMarche. Passenger pigeon hatchlings, thought to be extinct, are discovered in Grandmother's room after she departs on a voyage to Greenland. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0786801654 Erdrich, Louise. Jacklight New York : Henry Holt, 1984. Genre: Poetry Description: 85 p. ; 22 cm. Notes : "An owl book." American poetry--20th century. American poetry--Women authors. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0805010475 (pbk.) Erdrich, Louise. The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2001. Genre: Fiction Audience: Adult ISBN: 0060187271 Erdrich, Louise. Love medicine New York : Harper Perennial, 1993. Genre: Fiction Description: 367 p. ; 21 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0553344234 (hc.)0060975547 (pbk.) Erdrich, Louise; Dorris, Michael. Route 2 (U.S. Highway 2: Description and Travel) Lord John Press, 1990. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: All Ages Erdrich, Louise. Tales of burning love New York : Harper Collins, 1996. Genre: Fiction Description: 441 p. Summary : Five women stranded together in a blizzard, all former wives of the same man who is now dead, tell why they loved him. Audience: Adult Erdrich, Louise. Tracks New York : Henry Holt, 1988. Genre: Fiction Description: 226 p. ; 22 cm. A North Dakota tribe tries to keep their land. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0805008950 Ron Evans , Chippewa -Cree Ron Evans is a storyteller whose works include Inktomi and the Ducks and The First Dog. He has shared stories from the Assiniboine, Chippewa and Cree traditions, including Trickster tales. He grew up in Montana and Western Canada, and is the adopted brother of Gayle Ross, a Cherokee storyteller. Books by Ron Evans: Evans, Ron. Land claims and native manpower; staffing regional and village corporations under Alaska native claims settlement act of 1971 Alaska : University of Alaska, 1971. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 52 p. 23cm. Co-authors : Judith Kleinfeld, Peter Jones Related : Alaska Native Foundation. Alaska Native Foundation and Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research, University of Alaska Land settlement--Alaska. Labor supply--Alaska. Audience: Adult David A. Groulx , 1969- Anishinaabe - Ojibwe David A. Groulx is an Ojibwa poet from Canada. Online resources by or about David A. Groulx: Dear Canada Author: David A. Groulx Type: etext Description: Excerpted from Groulx's poem "Zygote". Part of the Broken Pencil web site, a "guide to alternative culture in Canada." URL: http://www.brokenpencil.com/excerpts/dear-canada.shtml In The Cold October Water Author: David A. Groulx Type: etext Description: Part of the Intercultural Platform web site, which "offers easy access for writers and artist to publish and exhibit on the Internet." URL: http://www.xs4all.net/~aboiten/adboit2k.htm Books by David A. Groulx: Groulx, David A.. The long dance Wiarton, ON : Kegedonce Press, 2000. Genre: Poetry ISBN: 0969712057 Groulx, David A.. Night in the exude : poems Sault Ste. Marie, ON : Tyro Pub., 1997. Genre: Poetry Description: 59 p. ; 22 cm. Basil H. Johnston , 1929- Ojibwe, Parry Island Basil Johnston was born on the Parry Island Indian Reserves in Ontario, Canada, in 1929. He graduated from Loyola College, Montreal, Quebec, cum laude in 1954. Johnston is predominantly concerned with the preservation of his native Ojibway culture. He relates the legends and stories of his tribe with humor and dignity. He is an ethnologist, nonfiction writer, essayist, short story writer, autobiographer, and educator. He is a member of the ethnology department at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Online resources by or about Basil H. Johnston Beverly Slopen's Clients: Basil Johnston Author: Beverly Slopen Literary Agency Type: authorbio Description: Information about Johnston and his books, from the Beverly Slopen Literary Agency. URL: http://www.digitalbookworld.com/slopen/authors/Johnston/johnston.html Books by Basil H. Johnston: Johnston, Basil H.. The bear-walker and other stories Toronto : Royal Ontario Museum, 1995. Genre: Folklore Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0888544154 Johnston, Basil H.. Crazy Dave Toronto : Key Porter Books, 1999. Genre: Fiction Description: 334 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 155263051X Johnston, Basil H.. How the birds got their colours Toronto : Kids Can Press, 1978. Genre: Folklore Language: Ojibwa and English Description: [48] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0919964192 Johnston, Basil H.. Indian school days Toronto : Key Porter Books, 1988. Genre: Biography Description: 250 p. ; 24 cm. Johnston, Basil, 1929-. Garnier Residential School. Ojibwa Indians--Education. EthnologistsBiography. ISBN: 1550130722 Johnston, Basil H.. The Manitous : the spiritual world of the Ojibway New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Genre: Folklore Description: 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Ojibwa Indians--Religion. Ojibwa mythology. Ojibwa Indians--Folklore. ISBN: 0060171995 Johnston, Basil H.. Moose meat and wild rice Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1978. Genre: Fiction Language: Ojibwa and English Description: 188 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 0771044437 Johnston, Basil H.. Ojibway ceremonies Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1987. Genre: Fiction Language: Ojibwa and English Description: 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Illustrations by David Beyer. Notes:Includes some text in Ojibwa. Ojibwa Indians--Fiction. Indians of North America--Fiction. ISBN: 0771044453 Johnston, Basil H.. Ojibway heritage New York : Columbia University Press, 1976. Genre: Folklore Description: 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Ojibwa Indians--Religion. Ojibwa Indians--Legends Ojibwa Indians--Mythology. ISBN: 0231041683 Johnston, Basil H.. The star man and other tales Toronto : Royal Ontario Museum, 1997. Genre: Folklore Description: 62 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0888544197 Johnston, Basil H.. Tales of the Anishinaubaek Toronto : Royal Ontario Museum, 1993. Genre: Folklore Description: 79 p. : ill., some color ; 25 cm. Contributors:Royal Ontario Museum. Ojibwa Indians--Legends. Indians of North America--Folklore. Legends--Canada. Johnston, Basil H.. Tales the elders told : Ojibway legends Toronto : Royal Ontario Museum, 1981. Genre: Folklore Description: 62 p. : ill., some color ; 21 cm. Paintings and drawings by Shirley Cheechoo Ojibwa Indians--Legends Indians of North America--Folklore. ISBN: 0888542615 Verna Patronella Johnston , 1909- Ojibwe Ojibwa author and expert on helping Native American youth adapt to urban life. She opened the first boarding house for Native American students in Toronto, Canada. She traveled to over 124 different reserves, speaking on reserve and urban life. Awards and Honors 1976 Indian Woman of the Year (Native Women's Association of Canada) Books by Verna Patronella Johnston: Johnston, Verna Patronella. Gifts from the Indian culture 1972 . Description: 8 l. ; 30 cm. Johnston, Verna Patronella. Tales of Nokomis Toronto, Ont. : Stoddart, 1994 1975 . Genre: Folklore Description: 64 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore. Illustrated by Francis Kagige. ISBN: 0773756906 Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby Sacred Feathers) , 1802-1856 Ojibwe Peter Jones was born at the Head of the Lake (present-day Hamilton, Ontario) in 1802. Jones benefited from two years of schooling in small one-room schools. He learned English and later became a translator. He devoted his life teaching the Ojibwas about Christianity. After his death his wife, Eliza collected his diaries and his notes for a history of the Mississaugas, which formed an invaluable primary source materials for a study of Christian Ojibwas in southern Ontario in mid-nineteenth century. Both his life and Journals (1860) and History of the Ojebway Indians(1861) were published posthumously. Online resources by or about Peter Jones: Victoria University Library - Peter Jones Collection Author: Victoria University Library Type: authorbio Description: Description of the materials held in the Peter Jones Collection at the Victoria University Library. Also includes a biographical sketch of Jones, photo, and information about the Eliza Jones material in the collection. URL: http://vicu.utoronto.ca/library/special/jones.htm Books by Peter Jones: Jones, Peter. A collection of Chippeway and English hymns, for the use of the native Indians New York : Nelson & Phillips, 1841. Genre: Nonfiction Language: Chippewa and English Description: 289 p. 13cm. Notes: Added title p. in Chippewa: Ojebway nuhguhmonun, kanuhnuhguhmowabjin egewh uhneshenahbaig. Kahahnekuhnootuhmobeeungin owh Kahkewaquonaby ... English and Chippewa on opposite pages. Without music. Ojibwa language--Texts. Hymns, Chippewa. Audience: All Ages Jones, Peter. History of the Ojebway Indians; with especial reference to their conversion to Christianity London : A. W. Bennett, 1861. Description: 278 p. front., pl., ports. 19 cm. Ojibwa Indians. Gordon Henry , 1955- Ojibwe, White Earth Gordon Henry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1955 and is an enrolled member of the Chippewa tribe at the White Earth Reservation. His father served in the United States Navy, and Henry grew up travelling and living on military bases. He studied at the Michigan State University and earned his Ph.D. in Literature at the University of North Dakota. He has taught at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan , and at Michigan State University. Online resources by or about Gordon Henry: Dr. Gordon Henry Author: Michigan State University Department of English Type: authorbio Description: Henry's faculty web page at MSU. Includes a list of his publications, his teaching schedule, and his contact information. URL: http://www.msu.edu/unit/engdept/people/faculty/henry.htm Michigan Writer Series: Gordon Henry Author: Michigan State University's Vincent Voice Library Type: authorbio Description: Recordings and images from a 2/19/99 discussion with Henry. Requires RealAudio to listen to the sound files. Also available as downloadable MP3 files. URL: http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/writertest/february19.htm Books by Gordon Henry: Henry, Gordon. The light people Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Genre: Fiction Description: 226 p. ; 23 cm. Series : American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 7 Minnesota--Fiction. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0806125861 Lenore Keeshig-Tobias, Ojibwe, Nawash First Nation A member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, Keeshig-Tobias is a children's author and storyteller. Online resources by or about Lenore Keeshig-Tobias: Cultural appropriation and Aboriginal literature Author: Kenneth Williams Type: authorbio Description: Text of Windspeaker article which quotes extensively from Keeshig-Tobias and Cuthand. URL: http://www.ammsa.com/classroom/CLASS3appropriation.html Books by Lenore Keeshig-Tobias: Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore. Bineshiinh dibaajmowin / Bird talk Toronto : Sister Vision,, 1991. Genre: Fiction Language: English and Ojibway Description: [32] p. : p., ill. ;, 18 x 23 cm. Illustrations by Polly Keeshig-Tobias Audience: Youth ISBN: 0920813895 Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore. Emma and the trees Toronto : Sister Vision,, 1995. Genre: Fiction Language: English and Ojibway Description: Illustrations by Polly Keeshig-Tobias Audience: Youth ISBN: 0920813119 Keewaydinoquay -Anishinaabe - Ojibwe Keewaydinoquay Peschel is an Ojibwa medicine woman and storyteller. Books by Keewaydinoquay: Keewaydinoquay. Puhpohwee for the people : a narrative account of some uses of fungi among the Ahnishinaabeg DeKalb, Ill. : LEPS Press, 1998. Genre: Nonfiction Description: xiv, 70 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 1879528185 Maude Mitchell Kegg (Naawakamigookwe, Middle of the Earth) , 1904-1996 Ojibwe, Mille Lacs Maude Kegg was born in 1904, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near the Chippewa villages of Mille Lacs Lake. She learned tribal lore and skills from AAkogwam, her maternal grandmother. She attended the the local county school with white settlers and completed the eighth grade. She has been the interpreter of her people's traditional way of life to both Indian and non-Indians. In 1969 she began teaching the Ojibwa language to scholars. In 1990 she received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in recognition of her achievements as a folk artist and cultural interpreter. Awards and Honors National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Online resources by or about Maude Mitchell Kegg: Kegg's legacy lies in cultural appreciation Author: The Minnesota Daily Type: authorbio Description: Text of 1/24/96 editorial from "The Minnesota Daily", commenting on Kegg's recent passing. URL: http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1996/01/24/editorial_opinions/ekegg.ed/ Maude Kegg, Naawakamigookwe Author: Kathleen M. Thomas and Parnell Mahoney Type: authorbio Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an in-depth biography, selected bibliography and related links. URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/MaudeKegg.html Books by Maude Mitchell Kegg: Kegg, Maude Mitchell. Gabekanaansing = At the end of the trail : memories of Chippewa childhood in Minnesota with texts in Ojibwe and English Greeley, Colo. : University of Northern Colorado, 1978. Genre: Autobiography Language: English and Ojibwa Description: 85 leaves ; 28 cm. Series: Occasional publications in anthropology. Linguistics series ; no. 4. Told by Maude Kegg ; edited and transcribed by John Nichols. Audience: All Ages Kegg, Maude Mitchell. Portage Lake : memories of an Ojibwe childhood Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1993. Genre: Autobiography Language: English and Ojibwa Description: 272 p. : map ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Edited and transcribed by John D. Nichols. Originally published: Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 1991. Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0816624151 Wayne Keon , 1946- Ojibwe Born in Pembroke, Ontario in 1946, Ojibway poet Wayne Keon has had his writings published in several Canadian literary journals and anthologies. Online resources by or about Wayne Keon: Wayne Keon Author: League of Canadian Poets Site Type: authorbio Description: A short biographical page, which includes a photo of Keon and a list of his publications. URL: http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/keon.htm Books by Wayne Keon: Keon, Wayne. My sweet maize : poems and tales Stratford, Ont. : Mercury Press, 1997. Genre: Poetry Description: 111 p. ; p., 23 cm. ISBN: 1551280418 Keon, Wayne. Storm dancer : poems Stratford, Ont. : Mercury Press, 1993. Genre: Poetry Description: 103 p. : p., 23 cm. ISBN: 0920544975 Keon, Wayne. Sweetgrass: an anthology of Indian poetry Elliot Lake, Ont. : W.O.K. Books, 1972. Genre: Poetry Description: 156 p.: p., ill. (1 col.), ports.;, 18 cm. Poems by Orville Keon, Wayne Keon and Ronald Keon. Keon, Wayne. Sweetgrass II : poems Stratford, Ont. : Mercury Press, 1990. Genre: Poetry Description: 103 p. : p., 23 cm. ISBN: 0920544789 Keon, Wayne. Thunderbirds of the Ottawa Cobalt, Ont. : Highway Shop, 1977. Genre: Fiction Description: 100 p. : p., ill. ;, 27 cm. By Orville Keon and Wayne Keon. Fictional account of a Canadian of native descent with a contemporary historical setting in the Ottawa Valley region. ISBN: 0889541027 Clara Sue Kidwell , 1941- Choctaw -Chippewa Clara Sue Kidwell was born in 1941 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She obtained her Ph.D from the University of Oklahoma in 1970. She is a historian and an associate professor of Native American Studies at the University of Berkeley, California. Kidwell is also assistant director of cultural resources, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Awards and Honors Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship, 1976-77 Online resources by or about Clara Sue Kidwell: Clara Sue Kidwell Author: Clara Sue Kidwell Type: authorbio Description: Kidwell's faculty web page at the University of Oklahoma. URL: http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/K/Clara.S.Kidwell-1/ Books by Clara Sue Kidwell: Kidwell, Clara Sue. The Choctaws: A critical bibliography Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Kidwell, Clara Sue. Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi, 1818-1918 Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 288 p. : ill. ; 5x8 in. Maps, notes, bibliography and index. History of the Choctaw people who stayed in Mississippi instead of migrating on the Trail of Tears. Audience: Adult ISBN: 080612914X Winona LaDuke , 1959- Ojibwe, White Earth LaDuke, a member of the Anishinaabe nation who lives on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, is highly respected activist for social and environmental issues. Her first novel, Last Standing Woman was published in 1997. Awards and Honors 1988 International Reebok Human Rights Award One of Ms. magazine's Women of the Year in 1997 1998 WAND (Women's Action for New Direction) Leadership Award 2000 Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Prose - Non-Fiction) award (for All our Relations) Online resources by or about Winona LaDuke: Activist/author looks to the future Author: Mary Elizabeth Cronin Type: authorbio Description: Article about LaDuke from the April 23, 1998 issue of the Seattle Times. URL: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/html98/altduke_042398.html Buffalo nation. (environmental benefits of American bison and efforts to restore them to the Great Plains) Author: Winona Laduke Type: etext Description: Text of a May 2000 Sierra article by LaDuke. URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1525/3_85/62828708/print.jhtml Celebrating Hellraisers: Winona LaDuke Author: Jay Walljasper Type: authorbio Description: Text of a 1996 article from Mother Jones about LaDuke. URL: http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/JF96/anniversary/laduke.html Honor the Earth: Winona LaDuke Author: Honor the Earth Type: authorbio Description: Biography of LaDuke, from Honor the Earth (a group that LaDuke serves as Program Director of) whose mission is "to provide funding and public support for Native environmental initiatives." URL: http://honorearth.org/about_us/winona.html Speak Out: Winona LaDuke Author: Speak Out Type: authorbio Description: A brief biography of LaDuke from Speak Out, an organization which provides speakers and artists for campus and community events. Includes a list of her upcoming speaking engagements. URL: http://www.speakersandartists.org/People/WinonaLaDuke.html Wild Rice Moon Author: Winona Laduke Type: etext Description: Text of a Sept 2000 Sierra article by LaDuke. URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1525/5_85/64426302/print.jhtml Winona LaDuke Author: Kelly Porter Type: authorbio Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an indepth biography, selected bibliography and related links. URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/WinonaLaduke.html Books by Winona LaDuke: LaDuke, Winona. All our relations : native struggles for land and life Cambridge, MA : South End Press, 1999. Genre: Nonfiction ISBN: 0896086003 LaDuke, Winona. Last standing woman Stillwater, MN, U.S.A. : Voyageur Press, 1997. Genre: Fiction Description: 303 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0896582787 Annette Leevier , 1856- Ojibwe Annette Leevier was born in 1856. She was brought up according to the dictates of her mother's Catholic faith, and was sent to live in a nunnery. She communicated with Martin Luther in perfect English. Her first book Psychic Experiences of an Indian Princess was published in 1920. Books by Annette Leevier: Leevier, Annette. Psychic experiences of an Indian princess Los Angeles, Cal. : The Austin Publishing company, 1920. Description: [32] p. 20 cm. Edna Manitowabi , 1945- Ojibwe Edna Manitowabi was born in 1945. She writes about the effect the Catholic boarding school had on her and she relates this to her later life experiences, the feeling of inadequacy and fear which resulted from not being allowed to speak her own language, from being unable to understand her teacher's English. Later Manitowabi went to Toronto, where she tried to commit suicide, but with psychiatric help she finally found peace which is reflected in her writings. Calvin Morrisseau – Ojibwe, Couchiching First Nation Morrisseau is a member of the Couchiching First Nation near Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. He is the Human and Social Services Manager at the Couchiching First Nation, and also facilitates workshops relevant to the wholistic model he advocates in his book, "Into The Daylight". Books by Calvin Morrisseau: Morrisseau, Calvin. Into the Daylight : A Holistic Approach to Healing Toronto : Univ of Toronto Pr, 1998. Genre: Nonfiction Description: viii, 104 p. : ill. ISBN: 0802043410 Mildred Noble - Ojibwe A member of the Ojibway tribe, Mildred Noble is best known for Sweet Grass, a collection of sketches of her life and the lives of several other Native American women. She received her B.A. in Social Science from Boston College, and was a Community Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Online resources by or about Mildred Noble: A Gathering of elders Author: Diane Vanaskie Type: authorbio Description: A features story from Mount Holyoke College's "Mount Holyoke News" paper, from 10/8/98, covering a conference discussion with Muriel Miguel, Mildred Nobel, and Trudie Lamb Richmond. URL: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/org/mhnews/f98/oct08/features/FTelders.htm Books by Mildred Noble: Noble, Mildred. Sweet grass : lives of contemporary native women of the Northeast Mashpee, MA : C.J. Mills, 1997. Genre: Biography Description: 109 p. : ports. ; 23 cm. Jim Northrup (Chibenashi) , 1943- Ojibwe, Fond du Lac Jim Northrup writes a monthly newspaper column, the Fond Du Lac Follies which is published in The Circle, The Native American Press, and the News From Indian Country. In his writings, he describes life on the reservation with candor and wry humor. Online resources by or about Jim Northrup: Jim Northrup Author: Jim Northrup and Karen Strom Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Northrup. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/northrup/ Sugarbush By Jim Northrup Author: Jim Northrup Type: etext Description: A story written by Jim Northrup from the 3/11/00 issue of Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America. URL: http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co03112000/CO_03112000_JimNorthrup.htm Sugarbush-Ishkigamizige-giizis Author: Jim Northrup Type: etext Description: A story written by Jim Northrup from the 5/19/01 issue of Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America. URL: http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co05192001/CO_05192001_Sugarbush.htm Books by Jim Northrup: Northrup, Jim. The Rez Road follies : canoes, casinos, computers, and birch bark baskets Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999. Genre: Biography Description: Ojibwa Indians--Biography. Ojibwa Indians--Social life and customs. Ojibwa wit and humor. Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (Minn.)--Social life and customs. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0816634955 Northrup, Jim. Walking the Rez Road Stillwater, Minnesota : Voyageur Press, 1993. Genre: Fiction Description: 176 p. ; 20 cm. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Literary collections. Ojibwa Indians--Literary collections. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0896581810 nila northSun , 1951- Shoshone - Ojibwe northSun was born in Schurz, Nevada. Her poetry has been published in Callaloo in the special feature NEW EXPRESSIONS OF NATIVE AMERICA, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 1994. northSun lives in Fallon, Nevada. Online resources by or about nila northSun: Amazon.com talks to nila northSun Author: Amazon.com Type: authorbio Description: A short interview with nila northSun. URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/show-interview/n-n-orthsunila Myth, Memory and Narrative: The Poetry of nila northSun Author: Stephanie Fitzgerald Type: authorbio Description: A very nice site about northSun which includes biographical and bibliographical information about the poet and her works. Also offers the text of two of her poems, "what gramma said about how she came here" and "indian campground" . URL: http://grad.cgu.edu/~fitzgers/webpage/mainpage.htm Once a week Author: nila northSun Type: etext Description: Text of nila northSun's poem Once a week from volume 1 of Juice. URL: http://www.frantik-pod.com/Leannes/48.html Books by nila northSun: northSun, nila. Diet pepsi & nacho cheese : poems Fallon, NV : Duck Down Press, 1977. Genre: Poetry Description: 35 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 091691805X northSun, nila. Small bones, little eyes : poems Fallon, NV : Duck Down, 1981, 1981. Genre: Poetry Description: 76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Others: Jim Sagel. Series: Windriver series Contents: Small bones by Nila NorthSun and Little eyes by Jim Sagel ISBN: 0916918173 northSun, nila. A snake in her mouth : poems 1974-96 Albuquerque, NM : West End Press, 1997. Genre: Poetry Description: 96 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 0931122872 Simon Otto - Ojibwe Simon Otto writes about the legends and stories of Michigan Indians. Books by Simon Otto: Otto, Simon. Grandmother Moon Speaks Grand Rapids, MI : Michigan Indian Press, 1991. Genre: Folklore Description: Eighteen legends of the Ojibwe tribe of Michigan Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0961770759 Otto, Simon. Walk in Peace : Legends and Stories of the Michigan Indians Grand Rapids, MI : Michigan Indian Press, 1991. Genre: Folklore Description: 2nd edition. Traditional stories passed down from elders. Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0961770759 Ferguson Plain - Ojibwe Ferguson Plain has written many books for children that speak to the importance of Native American values and of finding one's own place and identity. Books by Ferguson Plain: Plain, Ferguson. Amikoonse (Little Beaver) Pemmican Publications . Genre: Fiction Description: Story of a little beaver who has grown up among people, and must journey to find others of his own kind. Audience: Youth Plain, Ferguson. Eagle Feather - An Honour Pemmican Publications. Description: An Ojibway boy learns from the teachings of his grandfather. Plain, Ferguson. Grandfather Drum Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, 1994. Genre: Folklore Description: Nanabozo--Legends Audience: Youth ISBN: 0921827415 Plain, Ferguson. Little White Cabin Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, 1992. Genre: Fiction Audience: Youth ISBN: 0921827261 Plain, Ferguson. Rolly's Bear Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, 1996. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0921827520 Gordon Regguinti , 1954- Ojibwe Gordon Regguinti was born in Minnesota. Regguinti earned his B.A. in Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota in 1987. He is Executive dierctor of the Native American Journalists Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His other professional posts include newsletter instructor for Migizi Communications in Minneapolis and series editor for Lerner Publications. Online resources by or about Gordon Regguinti: Writing for seven generations hence Author: Gordon Regguinti Type: etext Description: Text of an article by Regguinti about the role of the media in community relations, from the June/July 1997 issue of For a Change magazine. URL: http://www.mra.org.uk/fac/jun97/media.html Books by Gordon Regguinti: Regguinti, Gordon. The sacred harvest: Ojibway wild rice gathering Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 1992. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 48 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x 25 cm. A boy takes part in his first rice harvest on the Leech Lake Reservation. Youth level book on the Ojibway wild rice harvest from the series We Are Still Here. Foreward by Michael Dorris. Photographs by Dale Kakkak. Includes bibliographical references. Audience: Youth John Rogers (Way Quah Gishig; Chief Snow Cloud) , 1890- Ojibwe, White Earth John Rogers was born on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota at the turn of the century and was taken to federal boarding school at Flandereau, South Dakota in order to be assimilated into white society. He fought to preserve his Chippewa heritage by writing his memoirs of Chippewa life and traditions. Books by John Rogers: Rogers, John. Red World and White : Memories of a Chippewa Boyhood Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Description: 176 p. : 4x7. Autobiography of Chippewa life on the White Earth Reservation at the turn of the century, with a foreward by Melissa L. Meyer. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0806128917 Armand Garnet Ruffo , 1955- Ojibwe Armand Ruffo is an Ojibway poet who was born in Northern Ontario and is currently living in Ottawa, Canada. He teaches in the Carleton University English Department and acts as associate director of the Centre for Aboriginal Education, Research and Culture. Prior to teaching there, he received a M.A. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor. His poetry has appeared in many anthologies. He also writes plays (including Ghost Woman and A Windigo Tale), essays, and stories. Awards and Honors Finalist, 1997 Saskatchewan Book Awards Online resources by or about Armand Garnet Ruffo: Armand Garnet Ruffo Author: Armand Ruffo, Karen Strom Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information on the author. Includes links to the texts of several of his poems, and a photo of the author. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/ruffo/ How Author: Armand Ruffo Type: etext Description: Text of Ruffo's poem How, originally published in Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/ruffo/poems/How.html How Do You Know? Author: Armand Ruffo Type: etext Description: Text of Ruffo's poem How Do You Know?, originally published in Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/ruffo/poems/HowDoYouKnow.html Old Story Author: Armand Ruffo Type: etext Description: Text of Ruffo's poem Old Story, originally published in Opening in the sky. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/ruffo/poems/OldStory.html On Lake Titicaca Author: Armand Ruffo Type: etext Description: Text of Ruffo's poem On Lake Titicaca, originally published in Opening in the sky. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/ruffo/poems/Titicaca.html Ottawa Art Gallery: Reading with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Armand Garnet Ruffo Author: The Ottawa Art Gallery Type: authorbio Description: Contains brief biographies of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Armand Garnet Ruffo. URL: http://www.cyberus.ca/~oag/home-e/talks/talkbios/reading.htm The Storm Author: Armand Ruffo Type: etext Description: Text of Ruffo's poem The Storm, originally published in Opening in the sky. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/ruffo/poems/TheStorm.html Books by Armand Garnet Ruffo: Ruffo, Armand Garnet. Grey Owl : the mystery of Archie Belaney Regina, Saskatchewan : Coteau Books, 1996. Genre: Poetry Description: 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Grey Owl, -- 1888-1938 -- Poetry. ISBN: 1550501097 Ruffo, Armand Garnet. Opening in the sky Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, 1994 . Genre: Poetry Description: 92 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 0919441556 Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (Obahbahmwawagezhegoqua) , 1800-1841 Ojibwe Jane Johnston was born at what is now Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Jane and her siblings were educated to the Ojibwa way of life by their mother as well as the basic school subjects. She received further education in Canadian private schools. In 1823 Johnston married Henry Schoolcraft, a soon to be famous Indian agent. Her written accounts of Ojibwa oral traditions have been published in several anthologies, including The Women's Great Lakes Reader, edited by Victoria Brehm (Holy CowPress, 1998) Murdo Scribe , 1920-1983 - Ojibwe Murdo Scribe's book entitled Murdo's Story is a favorite of children's literature. In 1985, Murdo's Story was honored by the Canada Council with a Governor-General's Award for Children's Literature. Books by Murdo Scribe: Scribe, Murdo. Murdo's Story: A Legend From Northern Manitoba Winnepeg : Pemmican Publications. Genre: Folklore Description: 42 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. A wonderful telling of how Fisher became the Big Dipper. It was Scribe's hope that the stories and legends will give today's generation a sense of pride in the contribution of their ancestors. ISBN: 0921827024 Ruby Slipperjack , 1952- Ojibwe Ruby Slipperjack was born in Whitewater Lake, Ontario, where she was raised on traditional stories and crafts. Slipperjack attended Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie and high school in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She earned her B.A. and B.Ed. from Lakehead University in 1989. Slipperjack is also an accomplished painter. Ruby is from the Fort Hope Indian Band in Ontario. Currently, she is a faculty member in the Department of Indigenous Learning at Lakehead University. Online resources by or about Ruby Slipperjack: Curriculum Vitae: Ruby Slipperjack-Farrell Author: Ruby Slipperjack-Farrell Type: authorbio Description: A summary of Ruby Slipperjack-Farrell's education, professional experiences, and publications. URL: http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~rfarrell/rubycv.html Indigenous Learning - Professor R. Farrell Author: Ruby Slipperjack-Farrell Type: authorbio Description: The author's web page on the Lakehead University Department of Indigenous Learning's web site. Includes photo. URL: http://www.LakeheadU.ca/~indigwww/rfarrell.html Books by Ruby Slipperjack: Slipperjack, Ruby. Honour the sun Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, 1987. Genre: Fiction Description: 211 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 091914344X Slipperjack, Ruby. Silent words Saskatoon, Sask : Fifth House Publishers, 1992. Genre: Fiction Description: 250 p. : port. ; 22 cm. Ontario--Fiction. Slipperjack, Ruby. Weesquachak and the lost ones Penticton, BC : Theytus Books, 2000. Genre: Fiction Description: 203 p. ; p., 23 cm. ISBN: 0919441882 Drew Hayden Taylor , 1962- Ojibwe, Curve Lake First Nations Drew Hayden Taylor is from the Curve Lake First Nations. He is an award-winning playwright, scriptwriter, and journalist. Awards and Honors 1996 nomination for the James Buller Award for Playwright of the Year - Someday 1997 winner of the James Buller Award for Playwright of the Year - Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth Online resources by or about Drew Hayden Taylor: Are you a chip off the old block Author: Drew Hayden Taylor Type: etext Description: This pdf document contains the text of a column by Taylor from the Feb. 1999 issue of the Assembly of First Nations Messenger. URL: http://www.afn.ca/The%20Messenger/February%201999%20Issue/PDF's/feb99bulletin.pdf Book tour can be worst nightmare Author: Drew Hayden Taylor Type: etext Description: Text of a column by Taylor from the Dec. 1998 issue of the Assembly of First Nations Messenger. URL: http://www.afn.ca/The%20Messenger/December%201998%20Issue/PDF's/dec98.pdf Drew Hayden Taylor Author: Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Type: authorbio Description: Taylor's entry in the online Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Includes photo. URL: http://canadiantheatre.com/t/taylord.html Who's Who: Drew Hayden Taylor Author: Playwrights Union of Canada Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Taylor. Includes photo. URL: http://www.puc.ca/cgi-bin/puc/catalogue.cgi?function=detail&Authors_uid=324 You know you're old when...? Author: Drew Hayden Taylor Type: etext Description: Text of a column by Taylor from the Apr. 1999 issue of the Assembly of First Nations Messenger. URL: http://www.afn.ca/The%20Messenger/April%201999%20Issue/PDF's/april_99.pdf Books by Drew Hayden Taylor: Taylor, Drew Hayden. Alternatives Burnaby, B.C. : Talonbooks, 2000. Genre: Drama Description: 144 p. ; p., 22 cm. ISBN: 0889224285 Taylor, Drew Hayden. The baby blues Toronto : PUC Play Service, 1997. Genre: Drama Description: 75 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 1551734907 Taylor, Drew Hayden. The bootlegger blues : a play Saskatoon : Fifth HousePublishers, 1991. Genre: Drama Description: 89 p. ; 21 cm. Audience: Adult Taylor, Drew Hayden. The boy in the treehouse : Girl who loved her horses Burnaby, B.C. : Talonbooks, 2000. Genre: Drama Description: 159 p. ; p., 22 cm. ISBN: 0889224412 Taylor, Drew Hayden. Fearless warriors Burnaby, B.C. : Talonbooks, 1998. Description: 191 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 0889223955 Taylor, Drew Hayden. Funny, you don't look like one : observations of a blue-eyed Ojibway Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, 1998. Genre: Essays Description: 142 p. ISBN: 0919441084 Taylor, Drew Hayden. Funny You Don't Look Like One Two: A Second Collection of Observations From A Blue Eyed Ojibway Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, 1999. Genre: Essays Description: 142 p. ISBN: 0919441769 Taylor, Drew Hayden. Only drunks and children tell the truth Burnaby, B.C. : Talonbooks, 1998. Genre: Drama Description: 112 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 088922384X Taylor, Drew Hayden. Someday : a play Saskatoon, Sask : Fifth HousePublishers, 1993. Genre: Drama Description: 81 p. ; 22 cm. Taylor, Drew Hayden. Voices : being native in Canada / Funny, you don't look like one Saskatoon : University of Saskatchewan, 1992. Genre: Short Stories Description: 179 p. ; 22 cm. Canadian literature--Indian authors. Audience: Adult David Treuer , 1971- Ojibwe, Leech Lake David Treuer is the son of an Austrian father and Ojibwe mother. He grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. He earned his bachelor's degree in Anthropology at Princeton University in 1992, and his master's at the University of Michigan. After completing his master's degree, he returned home to the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota to work on his Ph.D. dissertation in Anthropology. He has also participated in efforts to preserve the Ojibwe language. Awards and Honors Rhodes Scholar Finalist, 1991 Minnesota Book Award, 1996 Online resources by or about David Treuer: Little Doesn't Wear Feathers - an interview with David Treuer Author: Pioneer Press Type: authorbio Description: The final article at the bottom of the web page, this is an interview with David Treuer in which he discusses his life and the writing of his book Little. URL: http://www.pioneerplanet.com/columnists/docs/GROSSMAN/docs/009265.htm Books by David Treuer: Treuer, David. The Hiawatha New York : Picador USA, 1999. Genre: Fiction Description: 310 p. ; 22 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0312203136 Treuer, David. Little St. Paul, MN : Greywolf Press, 1995. Genre: Fiction Description: 248 p. ; 24 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 1555972314 Treuer, David. Tree farm : replanting a life Hungry Mind Press. Genre: Fiction ISBN: 1886913064 Mark Turcotte - Ojibwe, Turtle Mountain Turcotte was raised on North Dakota's Turtle Mountain Reservation, in the migrant camps of the western U.S., and in Lansing, MI. He currently lives in Chicago, IL and Fish Creek, WI. Awards and Honors 1993 Gwendolyn Brooks Open-Mic Poetry Award 1997 Josephine Gates Kelly Memorial Fellowship from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. Online resources by or about Mark Turcotte: Foreign Shore Author: Mark Turcotte Type: etext Description: An online copy of the poem Foreign Shore from Turcotte's The Feathered Heart. URL: http://lhostelaw.com/iaa/ia_archive_98oct.htm Mark Turcotte Author: Mark Turcotte, Karen Strom Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information on Mark Turcotte. Includes b&w photo of the author. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/turcotte/ Books by Mark Turcotte: Turcotte, Mark. The feathered heart East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 1998. Genre: Poetry Description: x, 65 p. : ill. ; 23 cm ISBN: 0870134825 Turcotte, Mark. Songs of our ancestors : poems about Native Americans Chicago : Childrens Press, 1995. Genre: Poetry Description: 45 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm. Illustrated by Kathleen S. Presnel. A collection of more than twenty poems that focus on famous North American Indians and events in their history. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0516051547 E. Donald Two-Rivers , 1945- Ojibwe - Anishinaabe E. Donald Two-Rivers is an Ojibwa performer, poet, playwright, and short story author. He is also the Founding Artistic Director of the Red Path Theater Company in Chicago, IL. Awards and Honors 1992 Iron-Eyes Cody Award for Peace 1999 American Book Award winner for Survivor's Medicine Online resources by or about E. Donald Two-Rivers: Chili Corn Author: E. Donald Two-Rivers Type: etext Description: The text of Two-Rivers' poem, Chili Corn, part of a web site for the play by the same name, also written by Two-Rivers. URL: http://www.studioz.org/chili/poem.html Chili Corn -- E. Donald Two-Rivers Author: Studio Z Type: authorbio Description: A short biography of Two-Rivers, part of a larger web site for the production of his play, Chili Corn. URL: http://www.studioz.org/chili/crew/eddie.html Books by E. Donald Two-Rivers: Two-Rivers, E. Donald. Briefcase warriors : stories for the stage Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Genre: Drama Description: ix, 287 p. ; p., 24 cm. American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 38. ISBN: 0806133015 Two-Rivers, E. Donald. A dozen cold ones Chicago, Ill. : MARCH/Abrazo Pres, 1992. Genre: Poetry Description: 32 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 1877636150 Two-Rivers, E. Donald. Survivor's medicine : short stories Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. Genre: Short Stories Description: 258 p. ; 23 cm. American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 29 ISBN: 080613092X William Whipple Warren , 1825-1853 - Ojibwe William Whipple Warren was born in LaPointe, Minnesota. His mother was Ojibwe and his father was descended from a Mayflower pilgrim. Warren was educated in various Eastern schools by white teachers, becoming fluent in English. In 1842 he married Matilda Aiken and moved to Crow Wing, Minnesota. Educating himself in the traditional customs and language of the Chippewas, he found work as a government interpreter. His career includes a seat on Minnesota State Legislature, and writer for The Minnesota Democrat. He also wrote about Ojibwe legends and traditions. Warren died at the age of 28 from tuberculosis. Books by William Whipple Warren: Warren, William Whipple. History of the Ojibway nation Minneapolis : Ross and Haines, 1970. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 527 p. : port, map ; 23 cm. Summary : History of the Ojibways, based upon traditions and oral statements. Reprinted from the Minnesota Historical Society. Memoir of William Warren. Ojibwa Indians--History Audience: Adult Warren, William Whipple. History of the Ojibways, based upon traditions and oral statements St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1885. Genre: Oral History Description: 371 p. Notes : Collection in the Minnesota Historical Society, vol. 5. Audience: Adult Gerald Vizenor , 1934- Ojibwe, White Earth Gerald Vizenor was born in Minneapolis, but spent much of his childhood on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota. Vizenor attended New York University for two years, transferring to the University of Minnesota where he earned his B.A. in 1960. His graduate studies include University of Minnesota and Harvard University. His career includes work for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, and the Minneapolis Tribune. Vizenor's teaching career includes professorship at Lake Forest University, Bemidji State College, University of Minnesota, University of California at Berkeley, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. Vizenor incorporates the Trickster in many of his writings. Awards and Honors Fiction Collective/Illinois State University Prize, 1986 American Book award, 1988 Josephine Miles Award, PEN Oakland, 1990 Online resources by or about Gerald Vizenor: A Chance of Survivance: An Interview with Gerald Vizenor, Conclusion Author: The Alsop Review Type: authorbio Description: Part Two of the Jack Foley interview with Vizenor. URL: http://www.alsopreview.com/foley/jfvizenor2.html A Chance of Survivance: An Interview with Gerald Vizenor, Part One Author: The Alsop Review Type: authorbio Description: Transcript of interview of Vizenor, by Jack Foley, orginiallybroadcast on Cover to Cover, KPFA-FM, 8/26/96. URL: http://www.alsopreview.com/foley/jfvizenor.html Gerald Vizenor Author: Gerald Vizenor and Karen Strom Type: authorbio Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Vizenor. URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/vizenor/ On Teaching: Gerald Vizenor Author: Mary Ellen Butler Type: authorbio Description: This article about Vizenor is from the 11/16/94 issue of The Berkeleyan. URL: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1994/1116/vizenor.html Books by Gerald Vizenor: Vizenor, Gerald. Bearheart : The Heirship Chronicles Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1990. Genre: Fiction Description: 254 p. ; 23 cm. Notes : First edition published as "Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart," 1978. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0816618518 Vizenor, Gerald. Chancers Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Genre: Fiction Description: 159 p. ; p., 21 cm. Series : American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series, v. 36. Audience: Adult ISBN: 080613266 Vizenor, Gerald. Crossbloods : Bone Courts, Bingo, and Other Reports Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1990. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 322 pages : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Ojibwa Indians--Politics and government. Ojibwa Indians--Economic conditions. Ojibwa Indians--Social conditions. Audience: Adult Vizenor, Gerald. Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 1990. Description: 254 p. ; 23 cm ISBN: 0816618526 (pbk.) Vizenor, Gerald. Dead Voices : Natural Agonies in the New World Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. Genre: Fiction Description: 144 pages ; 20 cm. Series : American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series, vol. 2. Audience: Adult Vizenor, Gerald. Earthdivers : Tribal Narratives on Mixed Descent Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1981. Genre: Fiction Description: Mixed bloods--Fiction. Vizenor, Gerald. Fugitive poses : Native American Indian scenes of absence and presence Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 238 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0803246641 Vizenor, Gerald. Griever, an American Monkey King in China Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1990. Genre: Fiction Description: 240 pages ; 22 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0816618496 Vizenor, Gerald. The heirs of Columbus Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press/Unversity Press of New England, 1991. Genre: Fiction Description: 189 p. : 23 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0819552410 Vizenor, Gerald. Hotline healers : an Almost Browne novel Hanover, N.H. : Wesleyan University Press, 1997. Genre: Fiction Description: 172 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0819553042 Vizenor, Gerald. Interior landscapes: autobiographical myths and metaphors Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1990. Genre: Autobiography Description: 279 p. : 32 pages of plates ; 23 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0816618488 Vizenor, Gerald. Landfill meditation : crossblood stories Hanover : Wesleyan University Press, 1991. Genre: Fiction Description: 201 pages ; 22 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0819552437 Vizenor, Gerald. Manifest manners : postindian warriors of survivance Hanover : University Press of New England, 1994. Genre: Nonfiction Description: Social conditions. Public opinion--North America. Ethnic identity. American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism. Audience: Adult Vizenor, Gerald. Narrative chance: postmodern discourse on Native American Indian literatures Albuquerque : University of New Mexico, 1989. Genre: Essays Description: 223 pages ; 25 cm. Discussion of works by Native authors including N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, D'Arcy McNickle, Louise Erdrich and others. Essays. Includes bibliographies and index. Indians in literature. Postmodernism--United States. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0826311172 Vizenor, Gerald. The people named the Chippewa : narrative histories Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1984. Genre: Nonfiction / Biography Description: 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Ojibwa Indians--History. Ojibwa Indians--Biography. ISBN: 0816613060 (pbk.) Vizenor, Gerald. Postindian conversations Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Genre: Nonfiction Description: 189 p. ; 24 cm. Co-author: A. Robert Lee ISBN: 0803246668 Vizenor, Gerald. Shadow distance : A Gerald Vizenor reader Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press, 1994. Description: 342 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Summary : Collected writings. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0819552771 (hc.) / 0819562815 (pbk.) Vizenor, Gerald. Summer in the spring : Anishinaabe lyric poems and stories Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. Genre: Folklore / Poems / Short Stories Description: 165 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Series : American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series, vol. 6. Summary : Lyric poems and tales of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa) people, illustrated with tribal pictomyths, translations and annotations including a glossary of Anishinaabe words. Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0806125187 Vizenor, Gerald. Touchwood: a collection of Ojibway prose St. Paul, MN : New Rivers Press, 1987. Genre: Short Stories / Anthologies Description: 180 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series : Many Minnesotas Project Series, no. 3 Audience: Adult ISBN: 0898230918 Jordan Wheeler , 1964- Cree - Ojibwe Jordan Wheeler writes stories for many media, including television and books. He lives with his family in Winnipeg. Books by Jordan Wheeler: Wheeler, Jordan . Brothers in arms Winnipeg, Man., Canada : Pemmican, 1989. Description: 224 p. ; 18 cm. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0921827075 Wheeler, Jordan . Chuck in the city Theytus Books : Penticton, B.C, 2000. Genre: Poetry Description: 14 p. : p., col. ill. ;, 21 x 21 cm. Illustrations by Bill Cohen. Audience: Youth ISBN: 0919441637 John Couchois Wright (Little Crane) , 1874- Ojibwe John Couchois Wright grew up and resided in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Books by John Couchois Wright: Wright, John Couchois. Chicago-jig : legend of the Indian paradise Genre: Folklore Description: 37 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Written, illustrated and published in the United States by John C. Wright (Little Crane) Indians of North America--Poetry. Ottawa Indians--Legends. Wright, John Couchois. The Crooked Tree; Indian legends and a short history of the Little Traverse Bay region Harbor Springs, Mich : C. F. Erwin, 1932. Genre: Folklore Description: 17-170 p. front., ill.., plates, ports. ; 20 cm. Notes : Includes a "Glossary: a few words and phrases with their Ottawa equivalent" LegendsEmmet County. Ottawa Indians Wright, John Couchois. Ella : a story of the white slave traffic Harbor Springs, Mich : J. C. Wright, 1911. Genre: Fiction Description: 132 p. ; 19 cm. ProstitutionChicago--Fiction. Harbor Springs (Mich.)--Fiction. Wright, John Couchois. Lays of the lakes Boston : R. G. Badger, 1911. Description: 78 p. ; 19 cm. Wright, John Couchois. Northern breezes Harbor Springs, Mich : J. C. Wright, 1917. Description: 112 p. front. (port.) plates. 20 cm Wright, John Couchois. The Ottowan : a short story of the villages and resorts surrounding Little Traverse Bay, and the Indian legends connected therewith... Black Letter Press, 1984. Genre: Folklore Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm. Reprint. Originally published: Lansing, Mich. : R. Smith, 1895. Little Traverse Bay (Mich.)--History. Ottawa Indians--Folklore. Audience: Adult ISBN: 0912382317 (pbk.) Thomas S. Whitecloud , 1914-1972 - Ojibwe Chippewa Thomas S. Whitecloud II was a poet, short story writer, and doctor. His short story "Blue Winds Dancing" is required reading in many college literature classes. He was also a founding member of the American Association of Indian Physicians. Online resources by or about Thomas S. Whitecloud: An Indian's Prayer Author: Tom Whitecloud Type: etext Description: The text of Whitecloud's poem An Indian's Prayer. URL: http://www.aaip.com/about/prayer.html Books by Thomas S. Whitecloud: Whitecloud, Thomas S.. An Indian prayer Peacock Press : Peacock Press, 1964. Description: [6] leaves ; 90 mm. Wub-e-ke-niew , 1928-1997 Anishinaabe, Red lake Wub-e-ke-niew was born at Red Lake, a P.O.W. camp for Ahnishinahbae Ojibway and French Metis. He was born in his grandfather's log house to the people of the Bear Dodem. Wub-e-ke-niew lost his mother at father at an early age. His grandfather raised him until his death at which time Wub-e-ke-niew and his brother were put in a government boarding school. He was drafted into the Army for World War II, spending time in Europe, especially Germany. In 1965 he helped found the American Indian Movement (AIM). He passed away on October 15, 1997. Books by Wub-e-ke-niew: Wub-e-ke-niew. We have the right to exist : a translation of aboriginal indigenous thought : the first book ever published from an Ahnishinahbaeotjibway perspective New York City : Black Thistle Press, 1995. Genre: Nonfiction Description: Notes : This is the first book ever published from an Ahnishinahbaeotjibway perspective. Ojibwa Indians. Ojibwa philosophy. Ojibwa Indians--Government relations. Red Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.) Audience: Adult Leo Yerxa , 1947- Ojibwe Yerxa, who was born on the Little Eagle Reserve in northwestern Ontario, is an award- winning writer, illustrator and artist. He studied graphic arts at Algonquin College in Ottawa, fine arts at the University of Waterloo, and has worked with Tom Hill, a respected figure in aboriginal art in Canada. A set of his murals can be seen at the Kay- Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre on the Rainy River First Nations National Historic Site in Ontario. He currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Awards and Honors Mr. Christie's Book Award (for Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall), 1994. Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award (also for Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall), 1994. Books by Leo Yerxa: Yerxa, Leo. A fish tale ; or, the little one that got away Vancouver, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre, 1995. Genre: Fiction Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. "A Groundwood book". Audience: Youth ISBN: 0888992475 Yerxa, Leo. Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall Toronto : Douglas & McIntyre, 1993. Genre: Poetry Description: [32] p. : ill. ; 32 cm. "A Groundwood book". Audience: Youth ISBN: 0888991835