Van Camp includes stories from Elders whose wisdom influenced him

and customs to another

and interviews with staff members

this book is a testimony to the ability of one individual to change the course of history through hard work

the book recovers both the too-often overlooked Anishinaabeg roots and corporate origins of Grand Marais

Instruments of the True Measure voices Van Camp includes stories fromInstruments of the True Measure charts the coordinates and intersections of land, history, and culture. Lyrical passages map the parallel lives of ancestral figures and connect dispossessions of the past to lived experiences of the present. Shawnee history informs the collection, and Da's fascination with uncovering and recovering brings the reader deeper into the narrative of Shawnee homeland. Images of forced removal and frontier violence reveal the