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With general introductions, and in some cases, new translations, this collection comprises all of the 38 principle narratives, written from 1634 to 1810, describing the Mohawk valley and its Iroquois inhabitants. It provides a detailed look at an American Indian nation.

Echoing the muscular rhythms of the heart beat, the poems in this stunning collection alternate between contraction and expansion. Eric Gansworth explores the act of enduring, physically, historically, and culturally. A member of the Haudenosaunee tribe, Gansworth expresses the tensions experienced by members of a marginalized culture struggling to maintain tradition within a much larger dominant culture. With equal measures of humor, wisdom, poignancy, and beauty, Gansworth's poems mine the infinite varieties of individual and collective loss and recovery. Fourteen paintings punctuate his poetry, creating an active dialogue between word and image steeped in the tradition of the mythic Haudenosaunee world. A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function is the most recent addition to Gansworth's remarkable body of work chronicling the lives of upstate New York's Indian communities.

The story of the Thomas Indian School is the story of the Iroquois people and the suffering and despair of the children who found themselves trapped in an institution from which there was little chance for escape. In this essential book, Burich offers new and important insights into the role and nature of boarding schools and their destructive effect on generations of indigenous populations.

The folktales and myths of the Iroquois and their Algonquian neighbors rank among the most imaginatively rich and narratively coherent traditions in North America. Inspired by these wondrous tales, this title explores their significance to the Iroquois and Algonquian religion and worldview.

This volume is an interdisciplinary guide to the Treaties of the Six Nations and their league. It provides a description of the earliest recorded treaties and an alphabetical list of persons involved in Iroquois treaty making.

Shows the contemporary cultural and religious crises that face the Longhouse Iroquois at the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. This account describes the survival of the Native American tradition, which is struggling to maintain political and cultural autonomy.

This volume explores how the Eagle Dance was celebrated in New York and Canada during the 1930s and how it related to the widespread Calumet Dance of the 17th century. Also included is an analysis of the Eagle Dance music and choreography, based on the author's own recordings and observations.

Offers a series of reminiscences and essays by the late Ted Williams on the themes of ""medicine"" (physical/spiritual/psychic healing). This title intertwines the lore and lifeways of his Tuscarora upbringing, illustrating the dynamic encounter of tradition and innovation at the heart of contemporary Haudenosaunee culture.

The Montaukett were among the first tribes to establish relations with the English in the seventeenth century. Focusing on the issues of land tenure in the relations between the English and the Montaukett, this book explores issues of cultural assimilation, political and social tensions, and patterns of economic dependency among the Montaukett.

A study of the developmental history of the Onondagas, one of the five original tribes comprising the League of the Iroquois, prior to the transformations wrought by contact with European civilization.

Examines the involvement of the Iroquois in the US Civil War. Based on archival records and wartime letters and diaries, this account shows that the Iroquois were dedicated cavalrymen and soldiers. It asks why they were so loyal to the Union and what their attitude was toward slavery and war.

Traces the Six Nations' history through the lens of the remarkable leaders who shaped it. Focusing on the distinct qualities of Iroquois leadership, this title reveals how the Six Nations have survived in the face of overwhelming pressure. It explores how leaders use the past to enable cultural, economic, and political survival.

Contrasts the way in which Anishinaabe botanical knowledge is presented in the academic record with how it is preserved in Anishinaabe culture. This book seeks to open a dialogue between the two communities to discuss methods for decolonizing various texts and develop different approaches for conducting more culturally meaningful research.

The poignant story of one of the Delaware Indians' greatest leaders is a classic of Native American studies. Using a psychological/anthropological approach that he largely invented, Wallace clearly demonstrates - better than anyone before or since - the tragedy of the Delawares' existence, caught between the English, the French, and the Iroquois.

Offers a compilation of twenty-four articles covering a wide spectrum of topics in Iroquoian archaeology. These essays collectively represent the state of knowledge and research in the field. This book also includes responses by Haudenosaunee writers to the political context of contemporary archaeological work.

An exploration of family law as it pertains to women with regard to marriage, divorce and inheritance in the Middle East. This second edition is revised to update its coverage of family law reforms that have taken place throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.

This biography tells of a man in the 18th century who embraced many cultures: Christian, yet Mohegan; an ordained Presbyterian minister, yet a business man and fund raiser; a native American speaker, yet fluent in English, Greek, Latin and French. He was also a founder member of Dartmouth College.

The League of the Iroquois, the most famous native government in North America, dominated intertribal diplomacy in the Northeast and influenced the course of American colonial history for nearly two centuries. In this highly original book, two anthropological archaeologists synthesize their research to explore the underpinnings of the confederacy.

Shines a light on the rich history of Algonquian and Iroquoian people, offering the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Native Americans and the Adirondacks. While the book focuses on the nineteenth century, the analysis extends to periods before and after this era.

Perched on a triangular finger of land against steep cliffs, the sixteenth-century village of Corey represents a rare source of knowledge about the Cayuga past, transforming our understanding of how this nation lived. In Corey Village and the Cayuga World, Rossen collects data from archaeological investigations of the Corey site, including artifacts that are often neglected.

Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an eloquent voice in early twentieth-century Native American affairs. She is best known for her book Our Democracy and the American Indian and as a founding member of the Society of American Indians. Ackley and Stanciu resurrect her legacy in this volume, which includes Kellogg's writings, speeches, photographs, congressional testimonies, and coverage in newspapers of the time.

The era following the American War of Independence was one of enormous conflict for the Allegany Senecas. As the most influential Seneca leader of his time, Cornplanter led his people in war and along an often troubled path to peace. This biography traces his rise to prominence as a Seneca military leader during the American Revolution.

Offering a collection of a Native American orator's speeches, this edition presents the speeches of Red Jacket or Sagoyewatha, a formidable diplomat and one of the most famous orators of the nineteenth century. It spans Red Jacket's political career from 1790 to 1830 and includes major addresses to Presidents Washington, Adams, and Monroe.

This exploration of the occult world of the Western Cherokee translates 40 shamanistic texts which deal with such esoteric matters as: divining the future; protecting oneself from enemies; destroying the power of witches; and purifying one's soul from all forms of supernatural harm.

Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions, and linguistics, this book provides a view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the establishment of the Five Nations.

This is an account of an Indian people's struggle to maintain an identity in American society. Also included is a study of ""The Mohawks in High Steel"" by Joseph Mitchell.

The Indian captivity narrative is important not only in the history of American letters but also as an indispensable source concerning the colonization of the 'frontier', and the peoples who dwelt on either side of it. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison is one of the best of this literary genre.

Explores Iroquois components in the Native American oral narrative as it existed around 1900. Drawn largely from early 20th-century journals by non-Indian scholar Hope Emily Allen, much of it has never before been published.

Originally published in 1905, this book brings together 22 traditional Delaware Indian stories. Four of the legends have been re-translated into the Delaware language by native speakers, revealing the transformation of a transliterated Delaware text into an English-language story.