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Portage Lake Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood Maude Kegg |
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In this volume, Minnesota Anishinaabe elder Maude Kegg of the Mille Lacs Reservation reminisces about her childhood. Building birchbark and reedmat wigwams, boiling maple sap into syrup and harvesting turtles and wild rice are related in lyric detail. Dictated to John D. Nichols in Kegg's native language, these compelling stories of traditional Ojibwe life appear in English translation on facing pages with the original Ojibwe text in a standardized orthography. "As an aid to students of the Ojibwe language this fine book allows a reader to enjoy the stories and to study the words in their Ojibwe translations. Highly recommended for students and speakers of the Ojibwe dialects." —Turtle Quarterly "Arranged by season, the stories tell of Kegg's upbringing near the present day location of the Mille Lacs Reservation in central Minnesota. Born in 1904, Kegg was raised by her maternal grandmother. They followed seasonal subsistence living, selling berries, fish, and maple sugar in exchange for staples; gathering wild rice; trapping; and gardening. Many of the stories describe a mischievous child who sneaks pinches of snuff, eats wild green wild rice until she bloats, and wanders off on snow shoes." —American Indian Libraries Newsletter 272 pages | 1993 |
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$17.95 paper