{"product_id":"our-people-our-journey-james-m-mcclurken-9780870138560","title":"Our People, Our Journey: The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur People, Our Journey \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark history of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, a Michigan tribe that has survived to the present day despite the expansionist and assimilationist policies that nearly robbed it of an identity in the late nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e In his thoroughly researched chronicle, McClurken documents in words and images every major lineage and family of the Little River Ottawas. He describes the Band's struggles to find land to call its own over several centuries, including the hardships that began with European exploration of what is now the upper Midwest. Although the Little River Ottawas were successful at integrating their economic and cultural practices with those of Europeans, they were forced to cede land in the face of American settlements. \u003cbr\u003e McClurken explains how the Little River Band was forced, in 1858, onto a reservation on the Pere Marquette and Manistee Rivers where they settled with a number of other Ottawa bands. However, the very treaty intended to provide the Grand River Ottawas with a permanent reservation \"homeland\" eventually allowed non-Indians to acquire title to nearly two-thirds of the land within the reservation by 1880.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. McClurken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870138561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870138560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010","brand":"James M. McClurken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995626963199,"sku":"9780870138560","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f166a901-969b-4204-a667-9db9dd7e492d.jpg?v=1683336885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-people-our-journey-james-m-mcclurken-9780870138560","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}