Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Ojibwe historian and award-winning author Anton Treuer offers a balanced, frank and enlightening look inside Indian culture, shattering stereotypes that swing between romanticism (embodied in fictions like "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Dances With Wolves") and racism (seen in most films where Indians are depicted as bloodthirsty savages rightfully shot down by the U.S. cavalry). What Treuer makes clear is the eye-opening diversity of Indian cultures, the large differences between and within...
In her latest book, Brenda J. Child, a member of the Red Lake Ojibwe tribe who teaches at the University of Minnesota, describes a centuries-old battle to preserve Ojibwe culture. This battle has not raged over land alone, but over the preservation of an entire way of life: agriculture, language, religious traditions, ecological sensibility and views on the role of women. What Child meticulously portrays is a long-standing and systematic effort by European settlers, and, later, by the U.S....
