Preface: Archives, oral history, and the Ojibwe language
Prologue
The nature of Ojibwe leadership
Becoming chief : the rise of Bagone-giizhig the Elder
Testing his mettle : Bagone-giizhig the Elder in the early treaty period
Pride and power : Bagone-giizhig's inheritance
The art of diplomacy : Bagone-giizhig and the conflict of 1862
The enemy within : assassinating Bagone-giizhig
Epilogue: The leadership vacuum and dispossession
Appendix A: Participants in the assassination of Bagone-giizhig
Appendix B: Principal figures
Appendix C: Important event chronology
Appendix D: More on language : the meaning of Ojibwe and Anishinaabe.