06/02/2022
"Liberating Duluth," tells the story of Chief Jack White Eagle of the Lake Tranquille Band of Ojibwe, and his plans back to Native land in the Upper Midwest.
Jack, a retired Army Colonel, and veteran of the Iraq War have come here to manage a casino and lead his people in liberating the city of Duluth, Minnesota. In 1854, the United States offered the western end of Lake Superior - in exchange for a significant portion of northern Minnesota - to the Lake Superior Chippewa.
European settlers, however, ignored the treaty and broke up the land. Duluth was officially incorporated in 1878 - the result of ignoring a federal treaty with the Native Americans. The municipality went on to become, per capita, the richest city in North America for a period of time.
Ultimately, the work illustrates the conflicting perspectives of national history: whose land is it, whose land was it, and who decides? The novel has a broad market with Native American rights advocates and incorporates different perspectives during the three-day insurrection.
Check out the book here:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/liberating-duluth/id13353
