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Join us for a free author event at the Brainerd Public Library! Meet the author, hear their work, and ask questions. On Monday, March 3, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., Timothy Cochrane will discuss his book, “Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater.” The award-winning book is an extraordinary illustrated biography of a Métis man and Anishinaabe woman navigating great changes in their homeland along the U.S.–Canada border in the early twentieth century. John Linklater, of Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Scottish ancestry, and his wife, Tchi-Ki-Wis, of the Lac La Croix First Nation, lived in the canoe and border country of Ontario and Minnesota from the 1870s until the 1930s. During that time, the couple experienced radical upheavals in the Quetico–Superior region, including the cutting of white and red pine forests, the creation of Indian reserves/reservations and conservation areas, and the rise of towns, tourism, and mining. With broad geographical sweep, historical significance, and biographical depth, “Making the Carry” tells their story, overlooked for far too long.
Timothy Cochrane was superintendent at Grand Portage National Monument for twenty years, where he worked closely with the Grand Portage Band of Anishinaabeg and the tribal council. His books include “A Good Boat Speaks for Itself: Isle Royale Fishermen and Their Boats” and “Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade,” both from University of Minnesota Press, and “Minong: The Good Place—Ojibwe and Isle Royale.” “Making the Carry” won the 2024 Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction from the Minnesota Book Awards, and the 2024 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Nonfiction. See more information about Cochrane's work at the publisher's website: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517913885/making-the-carry/
Bring your own brown bag lunch, or just enjoy the light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library.
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Brainerd Public Library, 416 S 5th St, Brainerd, MN 56401-3509, United States,Brainerd, Minnesota
