Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow (American Indian Studies)
A biography by Brian D Mcinnes that uses Sounding thunder to explore canada and folklore, with indian soldiers in view.
Work Information
A story where canada meets folklore.
Brian D Mcinnes's biography Sounding thunder centers on canada and folklore while extending into indian soldiers and ojibwa indians.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Michigan State University Press
- Published
- 2016-10-01
- Pages
- 238 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 1.37 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781611862256
- ISBN-10
- 1611862256
- Price
- 4369 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Nonfiction/Education/Language Instruction/Instruction
Francis Pegahmagabow (1889–1952), an Ojibwe of the Caribou clan, was born in Shawanaga First Nation, Ontario. Enlisting at the onset of the First World War, he served overseas as a scout and sniper and became Canada’s most decorated Indigenous soldier. After the war, Pegahmagabow settled in Wasauksing First Nation, Ontario, where he married and raised six children. He served his community as both Chief and Councillor and was a founding member of the Brotherhood of Canadian Indians, the first national Indigenous political organization. In 1949 and 1950, he was elected the Supreme Chief of the National Indian Government. Francis Pegahmagabow’s stories describe many parts of his life and are characterized by classic Ojibwe narrative. They reveal aspects of Francis’s Anishinaabe life and worldview. Interceding chapters by Brian McInnes provide valuable cultural, spiritual, linguistic, and historical insights that give a greater context and application for Francis’s words and world. Presented in their original Ojibwe as well as in English translation, the stories also reveal a rich and evocative relationship to the lands and waters of Georgian Bay. In Sounding Thunder, Brian McInnes provides a new perspective on Pegahmagabow and his experience through a unique synthesis of Ojibwe oral history, historical record, and Pegahmagabow family stories.
Brian D. McInnes is a professional educator and author dedicated to diversity education, youth engagement, and organizational leadership. He is also a member of the Wasauksing First Nation and a descendant of Francis Pegahmagabow.
Reviews
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A Fresh Perspective
I’ve been to ‘cottage country’ and taken Hwy 11 to North Bay, but this book gives me a new sense of the land, and how the people learned to live and thrive in the land, and how indelibly it shaped their lives. … and how totally wrenching it was to be forced into limited teseves away from the land that provided their food, shelter, and medecine. I appreciate seeing the stories in Anishnabemowin with translation. It affirms the culture of the people.
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Yet another laudable person from the past
This is a short and sweet book about a man of distinction. Well written (by his great-grandson), it is an enjoyable read.
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Amazing book but arrived damaged
arrived wet and dried/ crinkly. Clearly second hand and damaged not happy with shipper. amazing book though
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My hot professor wrote this! Great guy, very smart and relatable.
Enjoyable, wonderful to have a Native man that is a historical figure as others are to whites!
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Great storytelling
Loved the anishnaabemowin, wonderful resource. And history.