Early Indigenous Literatures

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As was typically during the time for marginalized authors, authenticating documents were commonly included alongside their texts to assert the truth of their claims. Simon Pokagon’s Indigeneity is something that must be proven; the first line of the “Brief History of Simon Pokagon” notes that he is “of pure Indian descent” and then further corroborates this fact by detailing the life of his father, the former Chief Leopold Pokagon.
Brief History of Simon Pokagon" acts as an authenticating document

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