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Articles
This section contains articles that have been written to provide additional information to the archival documents contained on this website. The articles delve deeper into specific issues by providing additional information drawn from secondary sources, published articles and the Manitowaning Superintendent’s (Indian Agent) letterbook. The first article is about the sword of Mookomaanish. The sword was awarded by Lieutenant Colonel Robert McDouall while stationed at Drummond Island in 1815. The sword had been kept and handed down to the descendants of Mookomaanish at Wikwemikong. The sword went ‘missing’ from Wikwemikong in the last 2 or 3 generations and is now kept at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. The second article is about the use of wampum belts in the area of Manitoulin and the North Shore or Lake Huron. Admittedly, the Haudenosaunee (aka Iroquois) were more renowned for their use of Wampum belts, however, the Anishinaabeg also used wampum as a mnemonic device. A third article first appeared in the Manitoulin Expositor Newspaper and was written for a special series that acknowledged the 140th anniversary of the signing of the Manitoulin Treaty. A fourth article appeared in the 35th Proceedings of the Algonquian Conference is about the Ojibwe Literacy. In the mid to late 19th century the missionaries had taught the Nishnaabeg of Manitoulin how to read and write in Ojibwe. Although the missionaries’ purpose was to catechize and convert the Nishnaabeg to Christianity, the Chiefs utilized Ojibwe literacy for their political aspirations as well. More articles regarding Nishnaabe history will be added in the future. |
