Author Tim Cochrane will do a presentation on the release of his new book Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade.
Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais reveals how the lives of local fur traders and the area’s indigenous people were shaped and influenced by Lake Superior through the journals of two clerks of the American Fur Company.
The presentation will be at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery on Friday, November 16, at 5 p.m. This is a free event!
Tim Cochrane worked as a backcountry ranger, historian, anthropologist, and superintendent for the National Park Service in Alaska, Minnesota, and Michigan. He has worked extensively with Native American tribes, most recently with the Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa as superintendent at Grand Portage National Monument.
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