1. Little Pine: Man, Leader, and Legend -- 2. For the King and the King's Church -- 3. Years of Testing and Trial -- 4. Pursuing the Great Spirit's Power -- 5. The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights -- 6. Testing the Untried Mettle: Ogista's Rise to Leadership -- 7. Challenging the System from Within -- 8. Preserving a Distinct Community -- 9. A Unifying Vision
Summary
"This book examines the careers of the Ojibwa chief Shingwaukonse, also known as Little Pine, and of two of his sons, Ogista and Buhkwujjenene, at Garden River near Sault Ste Marie. Theirs was a period in which the Great Lakes Ojibwa faced formidable challenges from entrepreneurs, missionaries, and bureaucrats, as well as from new policies set by the Canadian state." "Using an impressive array of evidence from a huge range of government, church, manuscript, and oral sources, Chute reconstructs a period of energetic and sometimes effective Aboriginal resistance to pressures visited on the community. She demonstrates that Shingwaukonse and his sons were vigilant in their attempts to maximize the autonomy and security of the Garden River Ojibwa even while many other parties insisted on their assimilation."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-339) and index
