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Edited by Frances Sanderson and Heather Howard-BobiwashNative Canadian Centre of Toronto: Toronto, Canada: 1997.
(pp. 172)
Frances Sanderson and Healther Howard-Bobiwash have constructed a valuable guide to the history, life and ways of the Anishnawbe (also known as the Ojibway, Chippewa or Mississauga)—one of the few nations in North America primarily located and living in a city; in this case Toronto (Puyallup Nation is another). Contributors include Center for World Indigenous Studies Board Member A. Rodney Bobiwash who contributed a major piece on the history of the Anishnawbe, and a second piece on "Urban self-government" that represents a concise examination of the political and economic relations between Anishnawbe and their political neighbors in the city, province, state of Canada and beyond. Suzanne Stiegelbauer contributes a thorough discussion of Anishnawbe education and worldview in her piece entitled: "The Individual is the Community, The Community is the World. Roger Obonsawin and Healther Howard-Bobiwash introduce readers to the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, its people, its history and its importance as a social, economic and political binder of Anishnawbe culture in an urban setting--the ancient Meeting Place of the Anishnawbe and other nations for 11,000 years..