Woman of the Green Glade: The Story of an Ojibway Woman on the Great Lakes Frontier [Paperback]

Virginia M. Soetebier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

This is the story of Ozhaguscodaywayquay, daughter of the Ojibway chief Waubojeeg. Ozhaguscodaywayquay -- the Woman of the Green Glade -- lived in northern Wisconsin until she married the fur trader John Johnston in 1792. After they married, the couple moved to Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, where they settled and raised a family while John operated a major trading post at what was perhaps the most important crossroads in the upper Great lakes region. The influence of the Johnston's and their children was felt throughout the upper Great Lakes, in both the United States and Canada, and the legacy of Ozhaguscodaywayquay is truly monumental. One of the Johnston's daughters married Henry Rowe Schoolcraft -- explorer, Indian agent, teacher, politician, and ehtnographer. Ozhaguscodaywayquay became one of Schoolcraft's major sources of information about Ojibway culture. In turn, it was Schoolcraft's ethnography that provided much information used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.

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About the Author

Virginia Soetebier was born in Ironwood, Michigan, 20 miles from Lake Superior. She has written "Woman of the Green Glade" to call attention to the little known role of this influential Ojibway woman in the history of the upper Great Lakes region.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939923777
• ISBN-13: 978-0939923779
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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