Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki: Queen of the Woods environment Diane Wilson had a family

Diane Wilson had a family like everybody else

and postcolonial theory

This is Ojibwe entertainment at its finest

Beautifully illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

What is it

Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki: Queen of the Woods environment Diane Wilson had a familySimon Pokagon was a talented writer, advocate for the Pokagon Potawatomi community, and tireless self promoter. In 1899, shortly after his death, Pokagon s novel Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki (Queen of the Woods) only the second ever published by an American Indian appeared. It was intended to be a testimonial to the traditions, stability, and continuity of the Potawatomi in a rapidly changing world. Read today, Queen of the Woods is evidence of the author s