What is your take on the argument of Theresa Schenck in "the Voice of the Crane Echos Afar" is? She says the Ojibway were originally the crane clan who in the contact era was located near the Sault - hence Ojibway being synonymous with Sault and Saulteax.
She argues the Ojibway nation was a historical response to territorial expansion, but that the identity of Anishinaabeg was widespread throughout many of the algonquian speakers? Essentially she is arguing the larger identity of the Ojibwa is historically emergent and derives from population shifts.
It seems pretty convincing to me, but not being Ojibwe, I don't really have much context to refute here.
oh sorry i menat to post the list of my books since Research Netw has it all wrong... ohhhhh apologies!!
Alex,
Your question is interesting to me. I have worked and continue to work with Ojibwe artists living in northern Minnesota. You may be already familiar with William W. Warren's "History of the Ojibway People" written in the 1800's. It is an early account of numerous relationships. It appears that Schenck wrote an introduction to the 2nd edition. So she may be onto something. I'll have to pick up Schenck's book.
Kevin
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/56/v56i05p261_301-304.pdf contains a review by Timothy Cochrane, superintendent of Grand Portage National Monument
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