Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845
Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists who had studied Ojibwe leadership practices developed theories about human societies and cultures derived from the perceived Ojibwe model. Scholars believed that the Ojibwes typified an anthropological "type" of Native society, one characterized by weak social structures and political institutions. Miller counters those assumptions by looking at the historical record and examining how leadership was distributed and enacted long before scholars arrived on the scene. Miller uses research produced by Ojibwes themselves, American and British officials, and individuals who dealt with the Ojibwes, both in official and unofficial capacities.

By examining the hereditary position of leaders who served as civil authorities over land and resources and handled relations with outsiders, the warriors, and the respected religious leaders of the Midewiwin society, Miller provides an important new perspective on Ojibwe history.

Cary Miller is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her articles have appeared in the American Indian Quarterly.
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Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845
Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists who had studied Ojibwe leadership practices developed theories about human societies and cultures derived from the perceived Ojibwe model. Scholars believed that the Ojibwes typified an anthropological "type" of Native society, one characterized by weak social structures and political institutions. Miller counters those assumptions by looking at the historical record and examining how leadership was distributed and enacted long before scholars arrived on the scene. Miller uses research produced by Ojibwes themselves, American and British officials, and individuals who dealt with the Ojibwes, both in official and unofficial capacities.

By examining the hereditary position of leaders who served as civil authorities over land and resources and handled relations with outsiders, the warriors, and the respected religious leaders of the Midewiwin society, Miller provides an important new perspective on Ojibwe history.

Cary Miller is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her articles have appeared in the American Indian Quarterly.
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Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845

Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845

by Cary Miller
Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845

Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845

by Cary Miller

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Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists who had studied Ojibwe leadership practices developed theories about human societies and cultures derived from the perceived Ojibwe model. Scholars believed that the Ojibwes typified an anthropological "type" of Native society, one characterized by weak social structures and political institutions. Miller counters those assumptions by looking at the historical record and examining how leadership was distributed and enacted long before scholars arrived on the scene. Miller uses research produced by Ojibwes themselves, American and British officials, and individuals who dealt with the Ojibwes, both in official and unofficial capacities.

By examining the hereditary position of leaders who served as civil authorities over land and resources and handled relations with outsiders, the warriors, and the respected religious leaders of the Midewiwin society, Miller provides an important new perspective on Ojibwe history.

Cary Miller is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her articles have appeared in the American Indian Quarterly.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803234048
Publisher: Nebraska
Publication date: 11/01/2010
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Cary Miller is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Her articles have appeared in the American Indian Quarterly.

Table of Contents



List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Power in the Anishinaabeg World
2. Ogimaag: Hereditary Leaders
3. Mayosewininiwag: Military Leaders
4. Gechi-Midewijig: Midewiwin Leaders
5. The Contest for Chiefly Authority at Fond du Lac
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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