Title Bear Island : the war at Sugar Point / Gerald Vizenor ; foreword by Jace Weaver

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 93 pages) Series Indigenous Americas Indigenous Americas. Contents FOREWORD; Bear Island; INTRODUCTION: The War at Sugar Point; OVERTURE: Manidoo Creations; BAGWANA: The Pillagers of Liberty; HOLE IN THE DAY: Grafters and Warrants; BEARWALKERS: 5 October 1898; GATLING GUN: 6 October 1898; WAR NECKLACE: 9 October 1898 Summary Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, acclaimed writer Gerald Vizenor illuminates the 1898 battle at Sugar Point in this epic poem. Fought between the Pillagers of the Leech Lake Reservation and U.S. soldiers, the battle marked a turning point in relations between the government and Native Americans. Bear Island brings back to light a key moment in Minnesota's history Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd -- Poetry SUBJECT United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd fast Subject Ojibwa Indians -- Poetry POETRY -- American -- General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. Ojibwa Indians Genre/Form Poetry Form Electronic book LC no. 2005030560 ISBN 9780816697939 0816697930

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