| Woman of the Green Glade The Story of an Ojibway Woman on the Great Lakes Frontier by Virginia M. Soetebier February 2000, 6 x 9", 144 pages 17 b/w illustrations, index, references Softcover $14.95 (0-939923-77-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION Woman of the Green Glade chronicles the life of Ozhaguscodaywayquay, a strong influential Ojibway woman who occupied a focal point on the cultural and political frontier of North America during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author infuses a woman's emotions and perspectives in bringing to life this engaging story of a real Native American heroine. Ozhaguscodaywayquay, the daughter of the Ojibway chief Waubojeeg, lived in what we now know as northern Wisconsin until she married the Irish fur trader John Johnston. The couple moved to Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, where they operated a major trading post in what was perhaps the most important crossroads in the upper Great Lakes region. The influence of the Johnston family was felt through the upper Great Lakes, and the legacy of Ozhaguscodaywauquay is truly monumental. One of the Johnston daughters married Henry Rowe Schoolcraft -- explorer, Indian agent, teacher, and ethnographer. Ozhaguscodaywayquay became one of Schoolcraft's major sources of information about Ojibway culture. In turn, Schoolcraft's ethnography provided the information used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Virginia Soetebier was born in Ironwood, Michigan, twenty miles from Lake Superior. After completing her formal education at the University of Wisconsin at Superior, she married Jack Soetebier, an avid sailor. The Soetebiers have lived for many years in Duluth, Minnesota, and have sailed extensively on Lake Superior -- experiences recounted in Ms.Soetebier's first book, Sweetwater Sea Saga. A lifelong interest in the Ojibway Indians began when Ms. Soetebier spent two years of her childhood living on the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Reservation in Wisconsin. Sailing on Lake Superior brought her to many of the places that figured prominently in the life of Ozhaguscodaywayquay and the opportunity to imagine how her own feelings as a woman might have paralleled those of Ozhaguscodaywayquay. Ms. Soetebier is a member of the M & W Speakers Bureau and is available for presentations and book signings. REVIEWS "...the book is delightful and captivating." Budgeteer News, April 9, 2000 Other Ojibway titles: The Birch: Bright Tree of Life and Legend The Stone Canoe and Other Stories
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