Book
Kitchi-Gami: wanderings round Lake Superior
Chapman and Hall • London • Published In 1860 • Pages:
By: Kohl, Johann Georg, Wraxall, Lascelles.
Abstract
This book was written by an eminent German traveler during a stay on the shores of Lake Superior in the mid-nineteenth century. While there the author had ample opportunity to study the Ojibwa who lived throughout the area, and it is from his astute observations of Indian life that this source is derived. Although the data in this source are somewhat lacking in the ceremonial, social and religious aspects of Ojibwa ethnography, they do give an accurate and detailed account of the material culture and mythology of the people, much of which has been fully substantiated by professional ethnologists from their own field work. Abundant data may be found in this source on: missionary activity among the Ojibwa, the canoe and its construction, the order of the Midés, Indian sports and pastimes, mythology, death customs, sign language, travel, eschatology, dreams and spirit quests, supernatural beings, snow shoes and their construction, writing, and pipes and their importance to the Ojibwa.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Traveler
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1962
- Field Date
- 1855
- Coverage Date
- 'traditional' to ca. 1850
- Coverage Place
- Central Ojibwa: Lake Superior region, Ontario, Canada
- Notes
- J. G. Kohl
- LCCN
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians