OTTISSIPPPI Concluded | Afterword
By Cheryl Morgan Who speaks for the Indian? Amazingly, his cause is almost without truth.” John Keats wrote this in 1964. “Under the assumed inevitable...
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OTTISSIPPI: Chapter 16 part 2 | Early St. Clair County Pioneers cont.
By Cheryl Morgan BWHL is proud to share excerpts from Cheryl Morgan’s book, Ottissippi. To purchase a copy of Cheryl’s book in its entirety, click...
OTTISSIPPI: Chapter 16 part 1 | Early St. Clair County Pioneers
By Cheryl Morgan BWHL is proud to share excerpts from Cheryl Morgan’s book, Ottissippi. To purchase a copy of Cheryl’s book in its entirety, click...
OTTISSIPPI: Chapter 15 part 2 | “The world is one; we are all connected” (Tunkashila).
By Cheryl Morgan BWHL is proud to share excerpts from Cheryl Morgan’s book, Ottissippi. To purchase a copy of Cheryl’s book in its entirety, click...
OTTISSIPPI: Chapter 15 Blue Water Indians Then and Now, part 1
By Cheryl Morgan BWHL is proud to share excerpts from Cheryl Morgan’s book, Ottissippi. To purchase a copy of Cheryl’s book in its entirety, click...
OTTISSIPPI: Chapter 14 Indian Culture And Lifeways, Part II – Hunting, Fishing, and War cont.
By Cheryl Morgan THE FOREST “The forest was a cathedral; it was home, it was protection. Mother Earth was very fruitful, providing everything the indigenous...
OTTISSIPPI: Chapter 14 Indian Culture And Lifeways, Part I – Hunting, Fishing, and War
By Cheryl Morgan BEAVER – CASTOR CANADENSIS They find a rivulet – small creek – across a meadow and make banks and ramparts with trees,...
OTTISSIPPI Ch. 13, part 5: Indian Culture And Lifeways cont.
By Cheryl Morgan WAMPUM AND BELTS Wampum, strings of shells, are usually referred to as “Indian money”. Wampum was a charm to protect the one...
OTTISSIPPI Ch. 13, part 4: Indian Culture And Lifeways cont.
By Cheryl Morgan Women Women were the head of the household and made everyday decisions. She was the boss of the home for internal daily...
OTTISSIPPI Ch. 13, part 3: Indian Culture And Lifeways cont.
By Cheryl Morgan FAIRIES – LITTLE PEOPLE There is a belief in these little people or fairies (Wiindgookwe) who live around rocks and streams. Myth...
