Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803271401)

Twenty-four-year-old Edmund F. Ely, a divinity student from Albany, New York, gave up his preparation for the ministry in 1833 to become a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwe of Lake Superior. During the next sixteen years, Ely lived, taught, and preached among the Ojibwe, keeping a journal of his day-to-day experiences as well as recording ethnographic information about the Ojibwe. From recording his frustrations over the Ojibwe's rejection of Christianity to describing hunting and fishing techniques he learned from his Ojibwe neighbors, Ely's unique and rich record provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations. Theresa M. Schenck draws on a broad array of secondary sources to contextualize Ely's journals for historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, and the Ojibwe themselves, highlighting the journals' relevance and importance for understanding the Ojibwe of this era.


Author: Edmund F. Ely
ISBN-10: 0803271409
ISBN-13: 9780803271401
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2012
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.70d