Mint Editions (Native Stories, Indigenous Voices)

George Copway

• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781513217581
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation (1850) is a work of Indigenous American history by George Copway. Written while he was living with his wife and daughter in New York, The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation helped establish Copway's reputation as a leading Native American author of the nineteenth century. Recognized as one of the first books of its kind written by an indigenous author, Copway's work is an invaluable resource for understanding the history of contact between settlers and indigenous peoples, some of whom, like Copway's family, assimilated and served as missionaries, translators, and ambassadors. "There is room and opportunity for adventure among the bold, broken, rugged rocks, piled up one upon another in 'charming confusion, ' on the shores, along the borders of the silent waters, or beneath the solid cliffs against which the waters of Superior break with a force which has polished their rocky surface. The mountains, rivers, lakes, cliffs, and caverns of the Ojibway country, impress one with the thought that Nature has there built a home for Nature's children." Raised in a moment of immense cultural change for his people, George Copway played a complicated role as a Methodist missionary and Ojibway historian, preserving the traditions of his people while working to assimilate their religious beliefs with those of the white settlers whose presence so often proved detrimental to their continued existence. In this powerful work, one of the first written texts on Indigenous American history by an indigenous author, Copway reflects on the cultural traditions, geographical territory, and ancestral stories of the Ojibway people. Written in a poetic, meditative prose, The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation remains essential reading nearly two centuries after it appeared in print. This edition of George Copway's The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation is a classic work of Native American literature reimagined for modern readers.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• I. Their Country
• II. Their origin, or course of migration according to their traditions
• III. Their wild game
• IV. Plays and exercises
• V. Their wars with the Siouxs
• VI. The war between the Iroquis and western Hurons, terminating in the wars between the Ojibways and Iroquis in Canada west
• VII. The war between the Ojibways and the eastern Iroquis
• VIII. The war between the Ojibways and the eastern Iroquis
• IX. Their legendary stories and historical tales
• X. Their language and writings
• XI. Their government
• XII. Their religious belief
• XIII. The Ojibway or Chippeway residents of Canada west
• XIV. Missions and Improvements
• XV. The early discovery of the North-west—The first traders and adventurers
• XVI. Further notices of the North-west
• XVII. The North American Indians in general
• A Note About the Author
• A Note from the Publisher