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A place called home : writings on the midwestern small town
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Identifier: 99944-RefShelf-Minnesota & Regional
Abstract
Describes the evolving nature of the small Midwestern town, from 1800s to present. Long held as an iconic place in American culture, the reality is more complex. This is a collection of writings from historians, novelists, social scientists, poets and journalists featuring well know authors such as Sherwood Anderson, Carol Bly, Willa Cather, Hamlin Garland, Sinclair Lewis, Garrison Keillor, Mark Twain as well as many lessor know but important writers. The five chronological sections trace...
Dates:
Copyright: 2003
Found in:
Southwest Minnesota Historical Center
The assassination of Hole in the Day
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Identifier: 6521-RefShelf-General
Abstract
On June 27, 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagone-giizhig) the Younger left Crow Wing, Minnesota, for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation at White Earth. Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at least twelve Ojibwe men and fatally shot. Hole in the Day's death was national news, and rumors of its cause were many: personal jealousy, retribution for his claiming to be head chief of the Ojibwe,...
Dates:
Copyright: 2011
Found in:
Southwest Minnesota Historical Center
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- American literature -- Middle West 1
- City and town life -- Literary collections 1
- City and town life -- Middle West 1
- Hole-in-the-Day, Chief, 1828-1868 -- Assassination. 1
- Indian leadership -- Minnesota -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Middle West -- Literary collections 1
- Middle West -- Social life and customs 1
- Minnesota -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Minnesota -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Ojibwa Indians -- Government relations. 1
- Ojibwa Indians -- History -- 19th century. 1
- Ojibwa Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. 1
- Ojibwa Indians -- Treaties. 1
- Ojibwa language. 1
- Oral history. 1
- White Earth Indian Reservation (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century. 1 + ∧ less
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