Anishinaabe Treaty-Making in the 18th-and-19th-Century Northern Great Lakes: From Shared Meanings to Epistemological Chasms

• Main Author: Corbiere, Alan Theodore Ojiig
• Other Authors: Podruchny, Carolyn
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Native American studies; Anishinaabe; Anishinaabeg; Anishinaabemowin; Wampum; Wampum protocol; Wampum belt; Wampum strings; Treaty; Indigenous; Native American; Ojibwe; Ojibway; Ojibwa; Ottawa; Odawa; Odaawaa; Covenant Chain; Diplomacy; Calumet; Medal; Mnemonics; Treaty of Niagara; Haudenosaunee relations; Dish with one spoon; Indian Presents; Royal Proclamation; Chiefs' speeches; Clans; Doodemag; Doodem; Diplomatic discourse; British; French; Mnemonic; Oral tradition; Orality; Indian; algonquin; anishina*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10315/37402

This dissertation looks at the evolution of Anishinaabe treaty-making process via the diplomatic language and implements used (wampum, calumet pipes, medals, clothing, texts, and paper). Anishinaabe people include the Ojibwe, Odaawaa, Potawatomi, Mississauga, Algonquin, Nipissing and Saulteaux. Trea...