Prologue -- Traditional origins -- [1]. The people named the Chippewa -- Language and names -- Dreams and music -- Anthropological and historical inventions -- Woodland reservations -- [2]. Shadows at La Pointe -- [3]. Three Anishinaabeg writers -- William Whipple Warren -- Kahgegagahbowh : George Copway -- Kahkewaquonaby : Peter Jones -- [4]. Old Crow Wing to White Earth -- Old Crow Wing -- White Earth Reservation -- [5]. Boarding school remembrance -- Windmill at the federal school -- Hog cart at the mission school -- Geometric blood and untribal education -- [6]. Firewater labels and methodologies -- [7]. Dennis of Wounded -- February 12, 1974 -- Leech Lake Reservation -- Washington to Wounded Knee -- The informer was a pilot -- Sanctuaries from vengeance -- [8]. The shaman and terminal creeds -- Shamans and the clerks -- The burial of John Ka Ka Geesick -- Cora Katherine Sheppo -- Epilogue -- Bibliography : books about the Anishinaabeg -- Index.