Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845

Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 1760-1845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists who had studied Ojibwe leadership practices developed theories about human societies and cultures derived from the perceived Ojibwe model. Scholars believed that the Ojibwes typified an anthropological "type" of Native society, one characterized by weak social structures and political institutions. Miller counters those assumptions by looking at the historical record and examining how leadership was distributed and enacted long before scholars arrived on the scene. Miller uses research produced by Ojibwes themselves, American and British officials, and individuals who dealt with the Ojibwes, both in official and unofficial capacities. By examining the hereditary position of leaders who served as civil authorities over land and resources and handled relations with outsiders, the warriors, and the respected religious leaders of the Midewiwin society, Miller provides an important new perspective on Ojibwe history.

Author: Cary Miller
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780803234048

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2011

About the Author
Cary Miller is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her articles have appeared in the American Indian Quarterly.