Full Description
Simon Pokagon, the son of tribal patriarch Leopold Pokagon, was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self-promoter.
In 1899, shorty after his death, Pokagon's novel Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods)—only the second ever published by an American Indian—appeared. It was intended to be a testimonial to the traditions, stability, and continuity of the Potawatomi in a rapidly changing world. Read today, Queen of the Woods is evidence of the author's desire to mark the cultural, political, and social landscapes with a memorial to the past and a monument to a future that included the Pokagon Potawatomi as distinct and honored people.
This new edition offers a reprint of the original 1899 novel with the author's introduction to the language and culture of his people. In addition, new accompanying materials add context through a cultural biography, literary historical analysis, and linguistic considerations of the unusual text.
Contents
Contents
Foreword to the Current Edition
The Architecture of Simon Pokagon: In Text and on Display
Turn of the Century Indian Intellectualism: Language and Literacy in Simon Pokagon's "Queen of the Woods"
Reading Queen of the Woods Today
A Brief Sketch of Chief Simon Pokagon's Life
The Algonquin Language
Editorial Note
Queen of the Woods: Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Appendix 1: Pokagon's Address at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Appendix 2: Pokagon's Address at the Cem Opera House at Liberty, Indiana, January 7, 1898
Selected Bibliography
