![]() ![]() ![]() Our People, Our Journey was written with a general audience in mind, and in twenty-six short chapters the author describes many of the changes and challenges faced by Ottawa living in southwestern Michigan. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2009. ![]() Our People, Our Journey: The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. Guyotte University of Minnesota, Morris James M. A fine list of online and print resources for further reference adds considerable value to this short survey. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:īook Reviews 143 four appendices on Cornish foodways, including “home remedies,” and four pages of “Cornish Recipes.” Although Cornish in Michigan relies in part on compilations prepared by local historical societies and on the frameworks offered by secondary works such as those by Rowse and folklorist Richard Dorson, the author’s interviews with descendants of the original settlers contribute to the volume’s usefulness, particularly in the too-brief chapter on “The Cornish in the Lower Peninsula.” Readers would probably like to learn more about the Cornish of the second and subsequent generations in communities such as Flint and Highland Park, where many of them settled and worked in the automobile industry. ![]()
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