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Title Holding our world together : Ojibwe women and the survival of community / Brenda J. Child.
Author Child, Brenda J., 1959-
Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2012.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  970.3 OJIBWA    Check Shelves
Description xxviii, 209 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Series Penguin library of American Indian history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index.
Summary Highlights the impact women have had on Native American life, describing the lives of Madeleine Cadotte, who mediated fur trades and Gertrude Buckanaga, a community activist who helped impoverished Indian families.
Subject Ojibwa women -- History.
Ojibwa women -- Social conditions.
Ojibwa women -- Economic conditions.
ISBN 0670023248 : $22.95
9780670023240