Wisconsin Indian Literature: Anthology of Native Voices Book

List of Illustrations     xiii
Foreword     xv
Acknowledgments     xix
Wisconsin Indian Nation Chronology     xxiii
Introduction     3
Literature of the Menominee Nation
Creation Story-Verna Fowler, Menominee     11
The People Who Live with the Seasons-Verna Fowler, Menominee     13
From Native Copper to the Fur Trade-Waioskasit, Menominee     14
Manabozho and the Wolves-Louis Pigeon, Menominee     16
Trickster Tales-John V Satterlee, Menominee     19
Manabozho Plays Lacrosse-John V Satterlee, Menominee     21
Me'napus and the Buzzard-Jerome Lawe, Menominee     24
Menominee Medicine Bundle-Anonymous, Menominee     26
Struggle for Land and Timber-Verna Fowler, Menominee     28
You Do Not Seem to Know Us - Kaushkannaniew (or Grizzly Bear), Menominee     29
Resistance to the Timber Barons-Neopit, Menominee     30
Termination and Restoration-Verna Fowler, Menominee     31
The Power Came from the People-Ada Deer, Menominee     32
Menominee Termination-DRUMS Committee, Menominee     34
Current Resource Extraction-John Teller, Menominee     38
The Power Comes from Within-Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee     39
Literature of the Ho-Chunk Nation
Sovereignty in a Spiritual Landscape-Lyle Greendeer, Ho-Chunk     47
Not an Ordinary Place-Tom Hopinkah, Ho-Ghunk     49
Gottschall Rockshelter and the Epic of Red Horn - Sam Blowsnake, Ho-Chunk     50
Origin Story of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Ghunk     59
Frenchmen Arrive-Anonymous, Ho-Chunk     60
It Was Not a Sale; It Was a Loan-Four Legs, Ho-Ghunk     62
Theft of the Lead Mining District-Nawkaw Garamani, Ho-Chunk     63
Red Bird Surrenders-Red Bird, Ho-Chunk     64
The Treaty of 1829-Waukon Decora, Ho-Chunk     65
Do You Want Our Wigwams? You Live in Palaces!- Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk     66
Where in the Name of God Shall We Live?-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk     67
The Black Hawk War-Little Elk Garamani, Ho-Chunk     68
If They Did Not Sign, He Would Kill Them-Dandy Ho-Chunk     72
Forced Removals: The Ho-Chunk Trail of Tears- Winneshiek, Shaking Earth Garamani, Big Hawk, and Black Hawk; Ho-Chunk     74
Mountain Wolf Woman: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian-Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk     78
A Ho-Chunk Autobiography-Sam Blowsnake (a.k.a. Crashing Thunder), Ho-Chunk     84
Trickster Tales-Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Chunk     35
Wak'djunk'aga and the Car-Dawn Makes Strong Move, Ho-Chunk     87
How It Is Today-Jim Funmaker, Ho-Chunk     88
Literature of the Ojibwe Nation
The Anishinabe-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe     91
The Great Flood-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     92
Where Food Grows on Water-Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe     95
The Indian Always Talks to the Spirit-Archie Mosay (or Niibaa-giizhig), St. Croix Ojibwe     97
Creation Story-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     99
Spearfishing-Walt Bresette, Red Cliff Chippewa     101
It Gives Me a Strong Feeling-Nick Hockings, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe     104
The Flooding of Pahquahwong-William Wolf, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     105
Abrogating the Treaty-Pimosegejig, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     106
Cultural Genocide -Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe     107
Elders Refuse to Move-Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     108
Dealing with Mooskadoojiigan (The Place That Was Flooded)-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     109
Drum of the People-gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe     110
Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa-Fred Ackly, Sokaogon Chippewa     111
From Aboard the Night Train-Kimberly Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe     112
Avian Messiah and Mistress Media-Andrew Connors, Bad River Ojibwe     120
My Mother and I Had a Discussion One Day-Denise Sweet, White Earth Ojibwe     139
Sage Dreams-Danielle M. Hornett, Bad River Ojibwe     141
The Importance of Madeline Island-William Whipple Warren, Madeline Island Ojibwe     151
Literature of the Potawatomi Nation
The Creation of the World-Wapuka, Potawatomi     155
We All Sing-Anonymous, Potawatomi     158
Now We All Move-Anonymous, Potawatomi     159
The Trail of Death: Potawatomi Diaspora-Susan Campbell, Citizen Potawatomi Nation     160
Chief Menominee's Petition-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi     166
I Am Not Going to Leave My Lands-Chief Menominee, Potawatomi     167
The Story of a Faithful Wife-John Nuwi, Wisconsin Potawatomi     168
How Mko Lost His Tail-Lee White, Forest County Potawatomi     170
Now I Raise My Hand-Anonymous, Potawatomi     171
Dance with Our Mother Earth-Anonymous, Potawatomi     172
One People: The Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi     173
The Origin of Tobacco-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi     177
The Adventure of a Poor Man-Oral Tradition, Potawatomi     180
They Will Sometime Find Their Mistakes-Shawequet, Potawatomi     182
Queen of the Woods-Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi      183
Literature of the Oneida Nation
The Thanksgiving Address-The Oneida Nation     191
The Oneida Creation Story-Demus Elm and Harvey Antone, Oneida     193
People of the Standing Stone-Thelma Cornelius McLester, Oneida     197
Jigonsaseh, Mother of Nations-John C. Mohawk, Seneca     198
The Peacemaker-Mohawk People, Haudenosaunee Oral Tradition     200
The Great Law of Peace-Peacemaker, Huron     205
Matriarchy-Peacemaker, Huron     207
Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?: An Oneida Song of Spring-Sandra De Coteau Orie, Oneida     215
Oneida Counsel Peace between Two Brothers-Oneida Headmen     217
Oneida Reject Offer of Christian Education-Oneida Headmen     219
Forced from New York in the 1820s-Daniel Bread, Oneida     222
No! You Will Not Drive Us from Our Lands-Onon-gwat-go (or Reverend Cornelius Hill), Oneida     224
The Way They Used to Get Married-Katie Cornelius, Oneida     225
Broken Spine and His Wife-Sarah Summers, Oneida     227
Philadelphia Flowers-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida     228
The Long Parenthesis-Roberta J. Hill, Oneida     233
Evening at the Warbonnet-Bruce King, Haudenosaunee-Oneida Nation of Wisconsin     235
Interview with a Midwife - Carol Cornelius, Oneida/Mahican; and Katsi Cook, Mohawk      245
Literature of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican
Traditional Teachings-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican     253
Mama's Little One-Kristina Heath Potrykus, Mohican and Menominee     256
Ancestral Voices-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     258
Historical Overview-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     260
We Have No More Land-Mohican Headmen     263
That Our Children Not Be Taken Away from Us for Debt-Chief Konkapot, Mohican     265
Watching My Daughter Sleep-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     267
Not Tyrants over Any Nation-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican     268
Hunting Now Is Grown Very Scarce-Stockbridge Headmen     270
Return to Me That Land That Is Justly Mine-Johannis Mtohksin, Jacob Naunauphtaunk, and Solomon Uhhaunauwaunmut; Stockbridge     271
Former Concentration Camp and Cemetery: Now a Recreation Area?-Muhheconneuk Intertribal Committee on Deer Island     273
Thanksgiving-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     274
Mohican Diplomat-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican     276
Daniel Nimham, Mohican Sachem-Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     279
Chief Nimham, Hero of Van Cortlandt's Woods-Eva Jean Bowman, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican      280
Conversion-Dorothy W Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     283
Matrilineage and Democracy-Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican     284
Grandmother Moon-Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     286
Eunice Stick-Nicole Hirthe and Brad Pecore, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican     288
Literature of the Brothertown Nation
Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin-Brothertown Indian Nation     293
Mission Statement-Brothertown Indian Nation     294
First of the Mohegans-Uncas, Mohegan     295
To Settle My Posterity to Walk in the Straight Path-Uncas, Mohegan     297
Massacre of Pequot at Mystic in 1637-Miantonomi, Narragansett     298
Narragansett Act of Submission-Canonicus, Pessicus, and Mixam; Narragansett     299
Our Forefathers Had Everything in Great Plenty-Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Mohegan     301
A Mohegan Minister's Autobiography-Samson Occum, Mohegan     303
The Diary of Samson Occum-Jim Ottery, Brothertown     307
An Execution Sermon-Samson Occum, Mohegan     310
Nation Building and Cultural Adaptation-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan     313
Second Speech to the Oneidas-Joseph Johnson, Mohegan     316
Eulogy on King Philip-William Apess, Pequot     318
Protectors of Mary Rowlandson-Sam Sachem, Kutquen, Quassohit, and Peter Jethro; Algonquians     343
Out-Skating the Devil-Caroline K. Andler, Brothertown     345
Makia'wisag, or "Little People"-Fidelia Fielding, Mohegan     346
A Son of the Forest-William Apess, Pequot     348
Sketch of the Brothertown Indians-Thomas Commuck, Brothertown     355
Rhetorical Sovereignty-Jim Ottery, Brothertown     360
Petition for Federal Acknowledgement as an American Indian Tribe-Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin     362
Notes     363
Bibliography     375
Index     391