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Book

Michigan's Company K : Anishinaabe soldiers, citizenship, and the Civil War

Call Numbers

  • 973.7474 C3453 (CEN)
  • H 973.7474 C3453 (CEN)

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Publication Information

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2023]

Physical Description

xxv , 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Summary

"This book considers the Civil War from the perspective of Company K of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, which was composed mainly of Anishinaabe-Odawa, Ojibwe, and Boodewaadamii-soldiers"--

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Anishinaabe Warriors in the Great Lakes, 1763-1814
  • Chapter 2. Anishinaabe Strategies to Remain in their Homelands
  • Chapter 3. Anishinaabe Struggles for Religious and Political Authority
  • Chapter 4. Anishinaabe Enlistment in the First Michigan Sharpshooters
  • Chapter 5. Company K Soldiers in the Civil War
  • Chapter 6. Anishinaabe Veterans, Citizenship, and Land Disputes
  • Chapter 7. Anishinaabe Pension Claims
  • Epilogue. Remembering Company K
  • Appendix. Indigenous Soldiers in Company K, sorted by Enlistment Date.

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