The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories

by Gerald Vizenor

Ranging in time and space from Madeline Island and the reservations of northern Minnesota to the urban reservation of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Vizenor recounts the experiences of the Chippewa and their encounters with the white people who "named" them.

Genres: Native American, History, Indigenous

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Gerald Robert Vizenor is an Anishinaabe writer and scholar, and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation. Vizenor also taught for many years at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Director of Native American Studies. With more than 30 books published, Vizenor is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico.

Reviews

[Janice]

diss

[Melle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Proper Indigenous Minnesotan history from Anishinaabe perspectives. A must-read for anyone living in Minnesota and Wisconsin, especially the northern parts near Anishinaabe nations.

[Steve J]

August 20, 1984