My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation
Brenda J. Child
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Description
Explores the innovative ways Ojibwe men and women on reservations around the Great Lakes sustained both their families and their cultural identity in the face of extreme prejudice and hardship. Includes a history of the jingle dress.
Product Details
Price
$19.95
$18.55
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publish Date
December 01, 2014
Pages
248
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.4 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780873519243
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Brenda J. Child, is also Red Lake Ojibwe and Northrop professor of American studies and American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota, and curator of the new exhibit at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum, "Ziibaaska' iganagooday: The Jingle Dress at 100". She is the author of the critically acclaimed children's picture book, Bowwow Powwow illustrated by Ojibwe artist, Jonathan Thunder which features a jingle dress dancer. She has been featured in Indian Country Today, Native America Calling, Minnesota Public Radio, and has lectured at the National Museum of the American Indian.