Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions [Paperback]

Thomas D. Peacock (Author), Marlene Wisuri (Author), Winona LaDuke (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2002

Ojibwe: Waasa Inaabidaa is a uniquely personal history of the Ojibwe culture by Ojibwe educator Thomas Peacock. Illustrated with color and historic black-and-white photographs, artwork, and maps, it is the story of how the Ojibwe people and their ways have continued to survive, and even thrive, from pre-contact times to the present.

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From Library Journal

Companion to the WDSE-TV (Duluth, MN) television series of the same name, this book presents a variety of information about the Ojibwe people of the upper Midwest. About 600 years ago, their ancestors migrated from the Atlantic coast to areas now part of the United States and Canada, including Ontario, Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Using interview excerpts, photos, maps, artwork, historical analysis, and their own personal stories, Peacock an Ojibwe educator with a doctorate from Harvard and photographer Wisuri present the past and present of this diverse group as well as speculations on their future. These disparate elements are woven together to form a unified whole. Footnotes and a bibliography indicate scholarly authority. This fascinating introduction to the Ojibwe is recommended for public libraries and others with regional interest. Gwen Gregory, Colorado Coll. Lib., Colorado Springs
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Footnotes and bibliography indicate scholarly authority. This fascinating introduction to the Ojibwe is recommended for public libraries and regional interest. -- Library Journal, February 15, 2002

In first-person narrative, Peacock opens the window into a world and way of life not familiar to most Americans. --ForeWord Magazine, Med-Winter Issue 2002 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press; 1 edition (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890434272
• ISBN-13: 978-1890434274
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thomas D. Peacock was born in Cloquet, Minnesota (US) in 1951. Several of his books have won awards, including: Ojibwe Waasa Inaabida (Minnesota Book Award), The Good Path (Minnesota Book Award), The Seventh Generation (Children's Multicultural Book Award - National Assn. Multicultural Education). He has co-authored several other books, including: Collected Wisdom (with Linda Miller Cleary), The Seventh Generation (with Amy Bergstrom and Linda Miller Cleary), and edited another, A Forever Story: The People and History of the Fond du Lac Reservation. His latest book, To Be Free (on racism, intended for middle and high schoolers from Afton Press) will be released March 15, 2010.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From oral traditions to Ojibwe ways, March 18, 2006

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This review is from: Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions (Paperback)

OJIBWE WAASA INAABIDAA: WE LOOK IN ALL DIRECTIONS is a special pick for any comprehensive Native American collection: it details the story of the Ojibwe people who have lived on the North American continent for thousands of years, using text, photos, and illustrations in full color to capture their origins, history, and spirituality. From oral traditions and language to ways the modern Ojibwe are preserving traditions, OJIBWE WAASA INAABIDAA is a 'must' for any comprehensive Native American collection.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you, Thank you, Thomas!, June 12, 2007

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As an Ojibway living in Oklahoma (far from Canada, where my family is from), I am thrilled to find a book like this one. It is BEAUTIFULLY printed, with heavy, glossy pages loaded with full-color art, photos, maps, and text. The work of Thomas Peacock is amazing; I learned things about my own tribe I hadn't known until now. He is not writing some puny, new-age pop-culture book on "Indian spirituality;" this is a serious, authentic, well-informed treatment of Ojibway history, legends, life, and current events. As a father of two children, one of whom carries the middle name "Ojibway," I am VERY pleased to have this book to read with them, as well as Peacock's other titles, "The Four Hills," and anything by Winona Laduke, Gerald Vizenor, and Basil Johnson I can find.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well done, November 3, 2010

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This review is from: Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions (Paperback)

This is one of the nicest books I've read on native culture, history and religion. It is well written, well organized, easy to read and rings true with everything else I've read. It is also a beautiful book to look at and hold. The last few books I've read have been written poorly and it was a pleasure to get back to quality.