Walking the Old Road

This wonderful book by Grand Marais native Staci Drouillard follows the history of her Ojibwe ancestors whose home was Chippewa City, located on the eastern edge of what we now call Grand Marais.  As many as 200 Anishinaabe families called this their home.  Staci artfully draws on memories, family history, historical analysis and testimony passed from one generation to the next as she tells us the story of life as it was in the late 1800's- infused with a powerful sense of place and traditions.  The paperback edition is full of historical photos gathered by Staci. Many of the stories were carefully gathered from oral history by Staci starting in the late 1980's as well as from historical documents.

Staci Lola Drouillard is a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. She lives and works in her hometown of Grand Marais, on Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior. Be sure to also look into her second book "Seven Aunts"!