Chippewa Treaty Rights: The Reserved Rights of Wisconsin's Chippewa Indians in Historical Perspective [Paperback]

Ronald N. Satz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 029993022X | ISBN-13: 978-0299930226 | Publication Date: October 15, 1996

Distributed for the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Chippewa Treaty Rights . . . is an excellent and highly readable account of the complex political, legal, and social history of the Chippewa’s struggle for justice; appendices provide full texts of pertinent documents.”—Nancy Oestreich Lurie, Ethnohistory

 “The detail of Satz’s outline, the broad range of resource materials compiled, and the clarity of the text will make this book invaluable to a wide audience.”—James M. McClurken, American Indian Culture and Research Journal


 “The book deserves a wide audience among the general public and serious scholars. . . . [Satz] knows the record well and he writes with skill and authority built upon years of research and writing about Indians and Indian policy. . . . He has fulfilled important obligations as a scholar and intellectual: he has helped clarify our understanding of the world in which we live.”—Robert Doherty, Wisconsin Magazine of History


 “[A] well-researched and well-documented work. . . . Satz’s study will be useful to students, teachers, and scholars.”—Barbara Leibhardt Wester, Western Historical Quarterly

About the Author

Ronald N. Satz is Professor of American Indian History and Dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. His many publications include American Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era and Tennessee’s Indian Peoples.

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Wisconsin Academy of Science (October 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 029993022X
• ISBN-13: 978-0299930226
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #953,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Piece of Literature, June 4, 2001

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Amanda Olson (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chippewa Treaty Rights: The Reserved Rights of Wisconsin's Chippewa Indians in Historical Perspective (Paperback)

Ronald Satz provides readers with a colorful tapestry of information regarding the Chippewa Indians beginning with the first few encounters had with the whites. Chippewa Treaty Rights deals with the actual treaties signed by headmen from several tribes from northern Wisconsin and explains their meaning at the time to both the Native Americans and the white men. The actual treaties are found in the appendix of the book for further reference and add to the historical information already present in the text. The book does an excellent job of presenting historical facts in such a way even a person not familiar with the treaties could refer to the extensive appendices for further explanation. It is truly the type of book that draws out emotion and forces the reader to think critically about events that happened in the early 19th century on up to the 1980's. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and for anybody interested in Native American treaty rights especially those concerning the Ojibwa Indians this book is perfect. This book is a must have for any Wisconsin history enthusiast for it is about the birth of state.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hear the Ojibwe Speak: Relooking at the Treaty Period, February 5, 2009

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Florantha (Maplewood MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chippewa Treaty Rights The Reserved Rights of Wisconsin's Chippewa Indians in Historical Perspective (Paperback)

Ronald Satz has done an admiral job of pulling together forgotten resources to show modern historians, sportsmen, and citizens of the Upper Midwest the context of the discussions and machinations that produced the Ojibwe treaties with the U.S. government. You might think you know it all but unless you have read this, you still need some education.

I regret that this original thinker died before I got a chance to thank him.
Linda Bryan, Maplewood MN