By Lee Egerstrom A prominent historian and anthropologist with important past ties to the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has a new book published chronicling how the band resisted efforts to undo promises in 1855 and 1937 treaties with the U.S. government. Simply put, it hasn’t been an easy journey for the Ojibwe to hang […]

Review by Deborah Locke Marcie Rendon did it again. She wrote a book that kept me awake and reading well past a reasonable bedtime, with an intense story that starts with a woman’s scream at night in winter on a reservation. That scream introduced readers to the increasingly frustrating topic of missing and murdered indigenous […]

Review by Deborah Locke After reading Marcie Rendon’s (White Earth Ojibwe) new book of poetry out loud in the vehicle one day, I later turned to Google for reasons for reading poetry. This unattributed reply stood out: “Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry’s strength lies […]

Review by Deborah Locke Many of you reading this now have heard but maybe not identified a bird call so ethereal, so lovely that it has been described as the finest sound in nature. A children’s book, “How the Birds Got Their Songs” (Minnesota Historical Society Press 2024) tells how the small hermit thrush outmaneuvered […]

Review by Deborah Locke This review is a kind of two-fer. I’m telling you about an exhibition catalog full of cool paintings by Ojibwe and Dakota artists, and then encouraging you to attend a Rochester exhibit later this month that features the same paintings. You could do both. You could lose yourself in Rochester in […]

By Lee Egerstrom Minnesota Native authors have figuratively been on a tear producing new books. That means September would literally be an outstanding time to build or add to your Native books library. The Minnesota Historical Society Press has six new offerings coming forth in the first week of September delving into Ojibwe and Dakota […]