Originally published in 1893 and 1901, Simon Pokagon’s birch bark stories were printed on thinly peeled and elegantly bound birch bark. In this edition, these rare booklets are reprinted with new essays that set the stories in cultural, linguistic, historical, and even geological context. Experts in Native literary traditions, history, Algonquian languages, the Michigan landscape, and materials conservation illuminate the thousands of years of Indigenous knowledge that Pokagon elevated in his stories. This is an essential resource for teachers and scholars of Native literature, NeshnabÉ pasts and futures, Algonquian linguistics, and book history. 

Book Information
ISBN 9781611864625
Author Blaire Morseau
Format Paperback
Page Count 166
Imprint Michigan State University Press
Publisher Michigan State University Press