Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions

Ojibwe: Waasa Inaabidaa is a uniquely personal history of the Ojibwe culture by Ojibwe educator Thomas Peacock. Illustrated with color and historic black-and-white photographs, artwork, and maps, it is the story of how the Ojibwe people and their ways have continued to survive, and even thrive, from pre-contact times to the present.

Companion to the WDSE-TV (Duluth, MN) television series of the same name, this book presents a variety of information about the Ojibwe people of the upper Midwest. About 600 years ago, their ancestors migrated from the Atlantic coast to areas now part of the United States and Canada, including Ontario, Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Using interview excerpts, photos, maps, artwork, historical analysis, and their own personal stories, Peacock an Ojibwe educator with a doctorate from Harvard and photographer Wisuri present the past and present of this diverse group as well as speculations on their future. These disparate elements are woven together to form a unified whole. Footnotes and a bibliography indicate scholarly authority. This fascinating introduction to the Ojibwe is recommended for public libraries and others with regional interest. Gwen Gregory, Colorado Coll. Lib., Colorado Springs
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