Laura Cornelius Kellogg: Our Democracy and the American Indian and Other Works

Laura Cornelius Kellogg: Our Democracy and the American Indian and Other WorksLaura Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent and fierce voice in early twentieth century Native American affairs. An organizer, author, playwright, performer, and linguist, Kellogg worked tirelessly for Wisconsin Oneida cultural self determination when efforts to Americanize Native people reached their peak. She is best known for her extraordinary book Our Democracy and the American Indian (1920) and as a founding member of the Society of American Indians.

the Ojibwe have found a way to stay recognizable to their ancestors

they write about what it means to reclaim life in the face of death

and Grandma Greatwalker dreams Josie's spirit name

funny and sad

This collection of stories from Anishinaabe elders offers a history of a people at the same time that it seeks to preserve the language of that people

and school newspapers

oral histories

American Indian customs

Thomas Peacock's The Wolf's Trail shows us the depth of Ojibwe teachings and the hard truths of Ojibwe experience through the words of a wolf elder as he "talks story" with a set of wolf pups

Betty was abducted and brutally murdered by four young men

Architectural marvels

Drawing upon his Cree and Scandinavian roots