Legends & Myths of the Chippewa
Legends & Myths of the Chippewa is a collection of short stories that have been told to Native American children for centuries. These stories, have been compiled by Jo Stecker-Butzier, come to life with the help of the wonderful illustrations done by the first graders at St. Joseph Catholic School in Lake Orion, Michigan. The stories contain interesting animal characters and are based on the beliefs of an ancient people. The word Chippewa describes a North American Indian tribe mostly found in Canada and the United States of America. Even though they are spelled differently, there is no difference between Chippewa or Ojibwe. The Ojibwe were gentle people who were experts at hunting, fishing and making canoes from birch bark. The Chippewa believed that the animals could communicate with each other and that human beings could learn from them. They also believed that every human being is responsible for all things they affect whether it is each other, the animals or the earth. This is an easy to read book that teaches some of life s lessons through animal characters with unique personalities.This book is a collection of short stories that have been told over the years to Chippewa children.
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Joanne Stecker-Butzier
Jo Stecker-Butzier has been writing stories for the past thirty years, but always found the tales of the Chippewa the most interesting. Ms. Butzier is a descendent of a native american woman named She-bye-aw-so-way-quay, which translated from Ojibwa means She Who Sees Through You. This Chippewa woman was born in northern Wisconsin in 1784 and died in northern Michigan in 1869 at the age of 86. In accordance with the Treaty of 1855, She-bye-aw-so-way-quay was given 80 acres of land in Michigan s Upper Peninsula. The government took the land back in the early 1900s and it is now part of the Hiawatha National Forest. Ms. Butzier has collected all of the stories that she had learned or read over the years into one book, "Legends & Myths of the Chippewa" so future generations can enjoy them too.