O-gî-mäw-kwě Mit-i-gwä-kî (Queen of the Woods).

O-gî-mäw-kwě Mit-i-gwä-kî (Queen of the Woods). PDF Author: Simon Pokagon
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Book Description
Simon Pokagon, the son of tribal patriarch Leopold Pokagon, was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self-promoter. In 1899, shorty after his death, Pokagon''s novel Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods)-only the second ever published by an American Indian-appeared. It was intended to be a testimonial to the traditions, stability, and continuity of the Potawatomi in a rapidly changing world. Read today, Queen of the Woods is evidence of the author''s desire to mark the cultural, political, and social landscapes with a memorial to the past.