The White Earth Tragedy: Ethnicity and Dispossession at a Minnesota Anishinaabe Reservation, 1889–1920

“A rich history of the Anishinaabe . . . This is not a history of Indian policy, but rather the story of an ethnic community in all its complexities, contradictions, and subtleties.”-“Choice,”

“An enduring contribution to Anishinaabe historiography as well as a significant work for the comparative study of indigenous dispossession throughout North America.”-“Ethnohistory,”

“Melissa Meyer combines historical methods with approaches from sociology, anthropology, and economics to produce a thought-provoking account of the evolution and development of a single reservation community. . . . Rather than focusing solely on Indian/white relations, as historians have often done in the past, Meyer highlights the relations between conservative Anishinaabe bands and . . . mediators’ [of mixed descent]. In doing so, she reveals the diversity within the White Earth Anishinaabe community. . . . Meyer’s meticulously researched case study is one of the most significant contributions to the field of Indian history in recent years.”-“Western Historical Quarterly,”