Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe

Walking the Old Road: A People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais AnishinaabeThe story of a once vibrant, now vanished off reservation Ojibwe villageand a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore. "We do this because telling where you are from is just as important as your name. It helps tie us together and gives us a strong and solid place to speak from. It is my hope that the stories of Chippewa City will be heard, shared, and remembered, and that the story of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa will continue

who have lived there for generations

whales who swim and squirt

thereby sidestepping thorny issues of settler colonialism

he now faces a world that feels very foreign to him

Early in life he was given the mission of learning the oral history of his tribe and of the Powhatan Nation as passed down by his father and his grandfather

Deloria shows us how ancient powers fit into our modern understanding of science and the cosmos

part how-to manual for Native leaders

Read this book and learn how you can move beyond stereotypes to connect with nature

With unwavering and heart-wrenching honesty

“A portrait of an ‘iconic’ marriage on its way to dissolution…Erdrich’s unbridled urgency yields startlingly original phrasing as well as flashes of blinding lucidity

"Don't say in the years to come that you would have lived your life differently if only you had heard this story

and obligation that spans generations