The founding mothers of Mackinac Island : the Agatha Biddle Band of 1870
2021
Book
"This book tells a story of the Native and Metis inhabitants of Mackinac Island based on the people (mostly women) enumerated in the Agatha Biddle Band of 1870. Theresa Weller provides a genealogy of the Band members and their families. Adding to their stories, she has provided images, stories, and newspaper accounts to provide a larger picture of people in a time and place-Mackinac Island in the 19th Century"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781611863956
Description: xx, 223 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Other Title: Agatha Biddle Band of 1870
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN: 2020033982
Control Number: 3079146
Publisher: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]Subjects:
- Biddle, Agatha, 1797-1873.
- Indigenous peoples -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island -- Genealogy.
- Indigenous peoples -- Mixed descent -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island -- Genealogy.
- Indigenous women -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island.
- Mackinac Island (Mich.) -- Genealogy.
- Odawa -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island -- History -- 19th century.
- Ojibwe -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island -- History -- 19th century.
Genre: Family histories.