Four Voices : The Great Manitoulin Island Treaty of 1862 Traditional Teachings Telling their stories alongside his

Telling their stories alongside his own

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Through numerous archival images and paintings created by Europeans the author attempts to answer the long-held American myth that the United States was a barren wilderness prior to Columbus

illustrator and printmaker from Haines Junction

Macdonald Stainsby

Four Voices : The Great Manitoulin Island Treaty of 1862 Traditional Teachings Telling their stories alongside hisFour Voices reveals the innermost thoughts of the people who assembled in 1862 to negotiate the future of Manitoulin Island, the world's largest freshwater island. Working with long forgotten letters, reports and accounts written in English, French and Ojibwe, Pearen brings to life the people and events of 1861 63 through the actual words of four key participants.