Chippewa Families: A Social Study Of White Earth Reservation 1938 (Borealis Books) [Paperback]

M. Inez Hilger (Author)

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Series: Borealis Books | Publication Date: January 15, 1998

During the summer and fall of 1938 Mary Inez Hilger, a sister of the Order of St. Benedict. Lived on the White Earth Indian Reservation in North-western Minnesota while she gathered data about housing conditions. Her work portrays both the traditional lifeways of 150 Chippewa families and the adaptations they made at a time of tremendous cultural change. In a series of interviews, she collected personal stories and a wealth of material about living conditions, social life, and material culture on the reservation.

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Hilger lived with 150 Chippewa families at Minnesota's White Earth Reservation in 1938 while gathering information about housing conditions. The numerous interviews she conducted gave her remarkable firsthand information and insight into the lives of the inhabitants, which she published a year later. This edition also contains introductions by a historian and a literature professor, who analyze the text in terms of both of those fields.
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M Inez Hilger

Product Details

• Paperback: 213 pages
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873513525
• ISBN-13: 978-0873513524
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,769,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good study of Some Chippewa Living at White Earth in the 1930,s, November 24, 2009

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This review is from: Chippewa Families: A Social Study Of White Earth Reservation 1938 (Borealis Books) (Paperback)

The person writing this did ok as far as making observations. Her method of choosing the individual households to study was not very scientific. But the result was a snapshot in time of a few families, mostly living in poverty on the White Earth Reservation in the 1930,s.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imperative that everyone in Minnesota read this book now!, July 26, 1998

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This review is from: Chippewa Families: A Social Study Of White Earth Reservation 1938 (Borealis Books) (Paperback)

I had reviewed this book for another medium, and articles in July 12, 1998 Minneapolis Star Tribune demanded that I use this medium to point out the importance of seeing the realities of Native Americans on White Earth reservation at this period of time.

One article touted Minneapolis mayor, Hubert Humphrey, making reference to his earlier days as a graduate student in the state of Louisiana, and his horror at seeing how badly people treated minorities.

Another article related the commotion caused at THIS time concerning the clash of White Earth organized native police forces, created with government funds, and police of the state of Minnesota over potential problems of jurisdiction.

One wonders what conditions existed at White Earth reservation about the same time that Humphrey pointed out his disgust with treatment of minorities in the state of Louisiana? Well, the book on hand would give a graphic picture of those realities. Highly recommend! ed for any person of any state who has the urge to cast stones at other places where people hate this and that.

And highly recommended during a campaign year when the race for Minnesota governor includes one Mondale, Humphrey and Freeman, vying for the democratic slot.

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars american native indians, September 29, 2001

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This review is from: Chippewa Families: A Social Study Of White Earth Reservation 1938 (Borealis Books) (Paperback)

well:i happen to be going thruogh the internet looking some things up.ran across this.if i had a chance to buy it right now i would,i think it sounds,like a wonderful book to own and read at your own pace.i am writting a story on the settlers known as pioneers,or pilgrims.and i hope to publish it someday.i have been a writter for 39 years this year sept 22sd.my birthday.i love to read all the montana history on all this kind of stuff,to me its so interesting i can close my eyes picture everything.i say buy this book everyone.i am a cowboy poet,and a roundup rodeo Queen from gardiner,were always through there going to my uncle bills,out at roy.the bill davis ranch.saddle-up.