[michmoldman]

Can anyone recommend a book about the history of Michigan Indians?
My wife is part Indian and I would like to get her a book for Christmas.
Thanks

[Cliffie]

I would recommend Aube Na Bing by Simon Otto or Ottawa & Chippewa Indians of Michigan by Raymond Lantz. I did not spot any specific books on the other tribes in the area but only had time for a quick search: the tribes in the state are Chippewa, Ottawa, Sauk and Fox, Kickapoo, Huron and Menominee, all with many subdivisions. We Senecas are also well infiltrated along the St. Lawrence Seaway. (My great-grandfather was a fur trader on Mackinac Island and spoke 7 Michigan native languages.)

Any of Louise Erdrich's wonderful novels are written very much from a Chippewas-rubbing-up-against-the-invaders perspective, and if you are looking for fiction you are unlikely to find anything better. The first of these is Love Medicine and I would really have to rack my brain to remember them all, let alone in order, but others are The Beet Queen, The Antelope Wife, The Bingo Palace, Four Souls...her poetry is some of the best I own.

[mofromcheboygankalamazoo]

Simon Otto is from my hometown Cheboygan. He writes a column in the local paper.

Pottawatomi is one of the three fires of Michigan.

My best recommendation is go to the the Local book section at Barnes and Noble or Borders they usually have an interesting selection

I am Chippewa, but I do not know anything about my ancestry as i am only a small bit and my grandfather who passed it on has passed and was not very open........
i wish i knew more

[suydam]

I read a book called The Face in the Rock about native Americans in the UP near Munising. It was a fantastic read. I highly recommend it.

Amazon.com: A Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa: Loren R. Graham: Books