Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View from the Rez

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Format: Book

Publisher: Biographies and Memoirs|Community and Culture|Ethnic Studies|Indigenous|Politics and Social Sciences|Social Sciences

Pages: Native American Heritage Month|Minnesota

SKU: 9780873518239 Brand:

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A thoroughly traditional, modern man lives the seasonal round on the rez and writes about the changes he sees.

The topics of the day fly fast and furious over Jim Northrup’s moccasin telegraph: The game wardens were playing catch and release with the Anishinaabeg spearers. One Shinnob went back for seconds. He got two tickets. . . . The powwow was great. I’d like to thank all those who worked to make this happen. As a Vietnam vet, I felt honored, but still think we should quit making veterans. . . . Hell just froze over because Fonjalackers got a per capita gambling payment. After almost fifteen years of high-stakes bingo and gambling casinos, we got a check for $1,500 each. Now Mom can get that operation and I can send my kids to Harvard. I can also get that Ferrari I’ve always wanted. I’ll decide on the color after my round-the-world vacation.

Between 1989 and 2001, Indian Country saw enormous changes in treaty rights, casino gambling, language renewal, and tribal sovereignty. Jim Northrup, a thoroughly modern traditional Ojibwe man who wrote a monthly syndicated newspaper column, “Fond du Lac Follies

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Weight 0.82 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 1 × 9 in

SKU: 9780873518239

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