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The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island
Theresa L. Weller
Michigan State University Press
http://msupress.org
9781611863956, $32.95
https://www.amazon.com/Founding-Mothers-Mackinac-Island-Agatha/dp/1611863953
Synopsis: Drawing on a wide array of historical sources, Theresa L. Weller provides a comprehensive history of the lineage of the seventy-four members of the Agatha Biddle band in 1870. A highly unusual Native and Metis community, the band included just eight men but sixty-six women. Agatha Biddle was a member of the band from its first enumeration in 1837 and became its chief in the early 1860s. Also, unlike most other bands, which were typically made up of family members, this one began as a small handful of unrelated Indian women joined by the fact that the US government owed them payments in the form of annuities in exchange for land given up in the 1836 Treaty of Washington, DC.
In this volume, the author unveils the genealogies for all the families who belonged to the band under Agatha Biddle's leadership, and in doing so, offers the reader fascinating insights into Mackinac Island life in the nineteenth century.
Critique: The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island: The Agatha Biddle Band of 1870 lists genealogical information about the Agatha Biddle band, a community of Native American and Metis (people who were of mixed indigenous and European ancestry) of eight men and sixty-six women, many of whom were not family. One common factor among members of the band was that the US government owed them annuity payments for land yielded in the 1836 Treaty of Washington DC. The text of The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island is concise, yet clearly details major life events to members of the band and their offspring. Notes and a bibliography round out this welcome addition to genealogy collections.
Editorial Note: Theresa L. Weller has been published in Michigan's Habitant Heritage, St. Ignace News, and the Mackinac Island Town Crier. She is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
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Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island
Theresa L. Weller
Michigan State University Press
http://msupress.org
9781611863956, $32.95
https://www.amazon.com/Founding-Mothers-Mackinac-Island-Agatha/dp/1611863953
Synopsis: Drawing on a wide array of historical sources, Theresa L. Weller provides a comprehensive history of the lineage of the seventy-four members of the Agatha Biddle band in 1870. A highly unusual Native and Metis community, the band included just eight men but sixty-six women. Agatha Biddle was a member of the band from its first enumeration in 1837 and became its chief in the early 1860s. Also, unlike most other bands, which were typically made up of family members, this one began as a small handful of unrelated Indian women joined by the fact that the US government owed them payments in the form of annuities in exchange for land given up in the 1836 Treaty of Washington, DC.
In this volume, the author unveils the genealogies for all the families who belonged to the band under Agatha Biddle's leadership, and in doing so, offers the reader fascinating insights into Mackinac Island life in the nineteenth century.
Critique: The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island: The Agatha Biddle Band of 1870 lists genealogical information about the Agatha Biddle band, a community of Native American and Metis (people who were of mixed indigenous and European ancestry) of eight men and sixty-six women, many of whom were not family. One common factor among members of the band was that the US government owed them annuity payments for land yielded in the 1836 Treaty of Washington DC. The text of The Founding Mothers of Mackinac Island is concise, yet clearly details major life events to members of the band and their offspring. Notes and a bibliography round out this welcome addition to genealogy collections.
Editorial Note: Theresa L. Weller has been published in Michigan's Habitant Heritage, St. Ignace News, and the Mackinac Island Town Crier. She is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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