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Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point
Gerald Vizenor Vizenor
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Description for Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, acclaimed poet Gerald Vizenor illuminates the 1898 battle at Sugar Point in Minnesota in this epic poem. Fought between the Pillagers of the Leech Lake Reservation (one of the original five clans of the Anishinaabe tribe) and U.S. soldiers, the battle marked a turning point in relations between the government and Native Americans. Although out-numbered by more than three to one, the Pillager fighters won convincingly.
Weaving together strands of myth, memory, legend, and history, Bear Island lyrically conveys a historical event that has been forgotten not only by the ... Read more
Drawing on the traditional ways of Anishinaabe storytelling, acclaimed poet Gerald Vizenor illuminates the 1898 battle at Sugar Point in Minnesota in this epic poem. Fought between the Pillagers of the Leech Lake Reservation (one of the original five clans of the Anishinaabe tribe) and U.S. soldiers, the battle marked a turning point in relations between the government and Native Americans. Although out-numbered by more than three to one, the Pillager fighters won convincingly.
Weaving together strands of myth, memory, legend, and history, Bear Island lyrically conveys a historical event that has been forgotten not only by the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816646999
SKU
V9780816646999
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About Gerald Vizenor Vizenor
Gerald Vizenor, the author of Woodarrows and other books, has gained recognition for his thoughtful portrayal of modern American Indian life. He has taught Native American literature and film at the University of Minnesota and the University of California, Berkeley.
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