Results for "White, Bruce"

An 1855 treaty set aside thousands of acres to be the permanent home of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, but in order for members to hold this land it required resolute actions and unwavering commitment. This important volume details how an Indigenous community repeatedly stood up for itself and won a... Read More about They Would Not Be Moved: The Enduring Struggle of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to Keep Their Reservation

Much of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U.S.–Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyond the state’s boundaries. But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be unde... Read More about Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota

In this collection of more than 200 stunning and storied photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to studio portraits to snapshots, historian Bruce White explores historical images taken of Ojibwe people through 1950 and considers the negotiation that went on between the photographers and the photog... Read More about We Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People

Civic engagement is a concept of action that has become part of common vocabulary, not only in the West but also in many other regions of the world as well. A growing, yet still small number of scholarly works has recently emerged showing how in Japan citizen activism, volunteering, and social actio... Read More about Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan: Established and Emerging Repertoires (Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies)

Introductory section.- Civil Society in Japan: Democracy, Voluntary Action, and Philanthropy.- Social Frameworks for Civil Society in Japan: In Search for a Japanese Model.- Established forms of engagement.- The Rising Voice of Japan's Community Unions.- Collaborative Environmentalism in Japan.- A N... Read More about Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan: Established and Emerging Repertoires (Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies)

The purpose of this report is to describe the fur trade that took place at Grand Portage between Europeans and Native Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this period Grand Portage was important for many reasons. A strategic geographical point in the trade route between the Great Lakes a... Read More about Grand Portage as a Trading Post: Patterns of Trade at "the Great Carrying Place"