Wisconsin Indian Literature : Anthology of Native Voices

by Tigerman, Kathleen; Ottery, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780299220648
• ISBN10: 0299220648
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-29
• Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS

Summary

Literature of the Indian Nations of Wisconsinis a unique anthology that presents the oral traditions, legends, speeches, myths, histories, literature, and historically significant documents of the current twelve independent bands and Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Kathleen Tigerman sought input from tribe elders and educators to provide an accurate chronological portrait of each nation, including the Siouan Ho-Chunk; the Algonquian Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi; and three groups originally from what is now New York State: the Iroquoian Oneida, the Stockbridge-Munsee band of the Mohican Nations, and the Brothertown Nation. Some of these works feature a cultural hero or refer to very ancient timesmore than six thousand years agoand others are contemporary. These pieces focus on issues of Wisconsin Native communities by sharing Native knowledge and dialogue about sovereignty, decolonization, cultural genocide, forced removals, assimilation, and other concerns. This anthology introduces us to a vivid and unforgettable group of voices, enhanced by many maps, photographs, and chronologies. Literature of the Indian Nations of Wisconsinfosters cross-cultural understanding among non-Native readers and the people of the First Nations.

Author Biography

Kathleen Tigerman is associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. She developed a course on Wisconsin Indian Literature, which is now a permanent course offering at UW–Platteville.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xiii
Foreword	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
Wisconsin Indian Nation Chronology	xxiii
Introduction	3	(8)
PART 1: LITERATURE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION
Creation Story---Verna Fowler, Menominee	11	(2)
The People Who Live with the Seasons---Verna Fowler, Menominee	13	(1)
From Native Copper to the Fur Trade---Waioskasit, Menominee	14	(2)
Manabozho and the Wolves---Louis Pigeon, Menominee	16	(3)
Trickster Tales---John V. Satterlee, Menominee	19	(2)
Manabozho Plays Lacrosse---John V. Satterlee, Menominee	21	(3)
Me'napus and the Buzzard---Jerome Lawe, Menominee	24	(2)
Menominee Medicine Bundle---Anonymous, Menominee	26	(2)
Struggle for Land and Timber---Verna Fowler, Menominee	28	(1)
You Do Not Seem to Know Us---Kaushkannaniew (or Grizzly Bear), Menominee	29	(1)
Resistance to the Timber Barons---Neopit, Menominee	30	(1)
Termination and Restoration---Verna Fowler, Menominee	31	(1)
The Power Came from the People---Ada Deer, Menominee	32	(2)
Menominee Termination---Drums Committee, Menominee	34	(4)
Current Resource Extraction---John Teller, Menominee	38	(1)
The Power Comes from Within---Ingrid Washinawatok, Menominee	39	(8)
PART 2: LITERATURE OF THE HO-CHUNK NATION
Sovereignty in a Spiritual Landscape---Lyle Greendeer, Ho-Chunk	47	(2)
Not an Ordinary Place---Tom Hopinkah, Ho-Chunk	49	(1)
Gottschall Rockshelter and the Epic of Red Horn---Sam Blowsnake, Ho-Chunk	50	(9)
Origin Story of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin---Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Chunk	59	(1)
Frenchmen Arrive---Anonymous, Ho-Chunk	60	(2)
It Was Not a Sale; It Was a Loan---Four Legs, Ho-Chunk	62	(1)
Theft of the Lead Mining District---Nawkaw Caramani, Ho-Chunk	63	(1)
Red Bird Surrenders---Red Bird, Ho-Chunk	64	(1)
The Treaty of 1829---Waukon Decora, Ho-Chunk	65	(1)
Do You Want Our Wigwams? You Live in Palaces!---Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk	66	(1)
Where in the Name of God Shall We Live?---Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk	67	(1)
The Black Hawk War---Little Elk Caramani, Ho-Chunk	68	(4)
If They Did Not Sign, He Would Kill Them---Dandy, Ho-Chunk	72	(2)
Forced Removals: The Ho-Chunk Trail of Tears---Winneshiek, Shaking Earth Caramani, Big Hawk, and Black Hawk; Ho-Chunk	74	(4)
Mountain Wolf Woman: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian---Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk	78	(6)
A Ho-Chunk Autobiography---Sam Blowsnake (a.k.a. Crashing Thunder), Ho-Chunk	84	(2)
Trickster Tales---Waukon G. Smith, Ho-Chunk	86	(1)
Wak'djunk'aga and the Car---Dawn Makes Strong Move, Ho-Chunk	87	(1)
How It Is Today---Jim Funmaker, Ho-Chunk	88	(3)
PART 3: LITERATURE OF THE OJIBWE NATION
The Anishinabe---Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe	91	(1)
The Great Flood---Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	92	(3)
Where Food Grows on Water---Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe	95	(2)
The Indian Always Talks to the Spirit---Archie Mosay (or Niibaa-giizhig), St. Croix Ojibwe	97	(2)
Creation Story---Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	99	(2)
Spearfishing---Walt Bresette, Red Cliff Chippewa	101	(3)
It Gives Me a Strong Feeling---Nick Hockings, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe	104	(1)
The Flooding of Pahquahwong---William Wolf, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	105	(1)
Abrogating the Treaty---Pimosegejig, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	106	(1)
Cultural Genocide---Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe	107	(1)
Elders Refuse to Move---Edward Benton-Banai, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	108	(1)
Dealing with Mooskadoojiigan (The Place That Was Flooded)---gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	109	(1)
Drum of the People---gaiashkibos, Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe	110	(1)
Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa---Fred Ackly, Sokaogon Chippewa	111	(1)
From Aboard the Night Train---Kimberly Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe	112	(8)
Avian Messiah and Mistress Media---Andrew Connors, Bad River Ojibwe	120	(19)
My Mother and I Had a Discussion One Day---Denise Sweet, White Earth Ojibwe	139	(2)
Sage Dreams---Danielle M. Hornett, Bad River Ojibwe	141	(10)
The Importance of Madeline Island---William Whipple Warren, Madeline Island Ojibwe	151	(4)
PART 4: LITERATURE OF THE POTAWATOMI NATION
The Creation of the World---Wapuka, Potawatomi	155	(3)
We All Sing---Anonymous, Potawatomi	158	(1)
Now We All Move---Anonymous, Potawatomi	159	(1)
The Trail of Death: Potawatomi Diaspora---Susan Campbell, Citizen Potawatomi Nation	160	(6)
Chief Menominee's Petition Chief Menominee, Potawatomi	166	(1)
I Am Not Going to Leave My Lands---Chief Menominee, Potawatomi	167	(1)
The Story of a Faithful Wife---John Nuwi, Wisconsin Potawatomi	168	(2)
How Mko Lost His Tail---Lee White, Forest County Potawatomi	170	(1)
Now I Raise My Hand---Anonymous, Potawatomi	171	(1)
Dance with Our Mother Earth---Anonymous, Potawatomi	172	(1)
One People: The Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi---Oral Tradition, Potawatomi	173	(4)
The Origin of Tobacco---Oral Tradition, Potawatomi	177	(3)
The Adventure of a Poor Man---Oral Tradition, Potawatomi	180	(2)
They Will Sometime Find Their Mistakes Shawequet, Potawatomi	182	(1)
Queen of the Woods---Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi	183	(8)
PART 5: LITERATURE OF THE ONEIDA NATION
The Thanksgiving Address---The Oneida Nation	191	(2)
The Oneida Creation Story---Demus Elm and Harvey Antone, Oneida	193	(4)
People of the Standing Stone---Thelma Cornelius McLester, Oneida	197	(1)
Jigonsaseh, Mother of Nations---John C. Mohawk, Seneca	198	(2)
The Peacemaker---Mohawk People, Haudenosaunee Oral Tradition	200	(5)
The Great Law of Peace---Peacemaker, Huron	205	(2)
Matriarchy---Peacemaker, Huron	207	(8)
Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?: An Oneida Song of Spring---Sandra De Coteau Orie, Oneida	215	(2)
Oneida Counsel Peace between Two Brothers---Oneida Headmen	217	(2)
Oneida Reject Offer of Christian Education---Oneida Headmen	219	(3)
Forced from New York in the 1820s---Daniel Bread, Oneida	222	(2)
No! You Will Not Drive Us from Our Lands---Onon-gwat-go (or Reverend Cornelius Hill), Oneida	224	(1)
The Way They Used to Get Married---Katie Cornelius, Oneida	225	(2)
Broken Spine and His Wife---Sarah Summers, Oneida	227	(1)
Philadelphia Flowers---Roberta J. Hill, Oneida	228	(5)
The Long Parenthesis---Roberta J. Hill, Oneida	233	(2)
Evening at the Warbonnet---Bruce King, Haudenosaunee-Oneida Nation of Wisconsin	235	(10)
Interview with a Midwife---Carol Cornelius, Oneida/Mahican; and Katsi Cook, Mohawk	245	(8)
PART 6: LITERATURE OF THE STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE BAND OF MOHICAN
Traditional Teachings---Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican	253	(3)
Mama's Little One---Kristina Heath Potrykus, Mohican and Menominee	256	(2)
Ancestral Voices---Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	258	(2)
Historical Overview---Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	260	(3)
We Have No More Land---Mohican Headmen	263	(2)
That Our Children Not Be Taken Away from Us for Debt---Chief Konkapot, Mohican	265	(2)
Watching My Daughter Sleep---Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	267	(1)
Not Tyrants over Any Nation---Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican	268	(2)
Hunting Now Is Grown Very Scarce---Stockbridge Headmen	270	(1)
Return to Me That Land That Is Justly Mine---Johannis Mtohksin, Jacob Naunauphtaunk, and Solomon Uhhaunauwaunmut; Stockbridge	271	(2)
Former Concentration Camp and Cemetery: Now a Recreation Area?---Muhheconneuk Intertribal Committee on Deer Island	273	(1)
Thanksgiving---Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	274	(2)
Mohican Diplomat---Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican	276	(3)
Daniel Nimham, Mohican Sachem---Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	279	(1)
Chief Nimham, Hero of Van Cortlandt's Woods---Eva Jean Bowman, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	280	(3)
Conversion---Dorothy W. Davids, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	283	(1)
Matrilineage and Democracy Hendrick Aupaumut, Mohican	284	(2)
Grandmother Moon---Cathy J. Caldwell, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	286	(2)
Eunice Stick---Nicole Hirthe and Brad Pecore, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican	288	(5)
PART 7: LITERATURE OF THE BROTHERTOWN NATION
Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin---Brothertown Indian Nation	293	(1)
Mission Statement---Brothertown Indian Nation	294	(1)
First of the Mohegans---Uncas, Mohegan	295	(2)
To Settle My Posterity to Walk in the Straight Path---Uncas, Mohegan	297	(1)
Massacre of Pequot at Mystic in 1637---Miantonomi, Narragansett	298	(1)
Narragansett Act of Submission---Canonicus, Pessicus, and Mixam; Narragansett	299	(2)
Our Forefathers Had Everything in Great Plenty---Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Mohegan	301	(2)
A Mohegan Minister's Autobiography---Samson Occum, Mohegan	303	(4)
The Diary of Samson Occum---Jim Ottery, Brothertown	307	(3)
An Execution Sermon---Samson Occum, Mohegan	310	(3)
Nation Building and Cultural Adaptation---Joseph Johnson, Mohegan	313	(3)
Second Speech to the Oneidas---Joseph Johnson, Mohegan	316	(2)
Eulogy on King Philip---William Apess, Pequot	318	(25)
Protectors of Mary Rowlandson---Sam Sachem, Kutquen, Quassohit, and Peter Jethro; Algonquians	343	(2)
Out-Skating the Devil---Caroline K. Andler, Brothertown	345	(1)
Makia'wisag, or ``Little People''---Fidelia Fielding, Mohegan	346	(2)
A Son of the Forest---William Apess, Pequot	348	(7)
Sketch of the Brothertown Indians---Thomas Commuck, Brothertown	355	(5)
Rhetorical Sovereignty---Jim Ottery, Brothertown	360	(2)
Petition for Federal Acknowledgement as an American Indian Tribe---Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin	362	(1)
Notes	363	(12)
Bibliography	375	(16)
Index	391