The Great Law and the Longhouse a political history of the Iroquois Confederacy /
| Main Author: | Fenton, William N. 1908-2005. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[1998]
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| Physical Description: |
xxii, 786 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Series: |
Civilization of the American Indian series ;
v. 223. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [743]-764) and index. pt. 1. Cultural foundations of the Iroquois League -- pt. 2. Concerning the League -- pt. 3. League for war and peace in the seventeenth century -- pt. 4. Balancing Onontio and the English Crown, 1702-1759 -- pt. 5. Balancing crown and colonies, 1760-1777 -- pt. 6. Federal Treaty Period, 1777-1794. Introduction: The Five Nations and their traditional history -- The cultural foundations of the Iroquois League. Culture patterns ; "This island, the world on the turtle's back" ; Early versions of the League legend ; Ethnologists discover the League legend ; Chief Gibson's account ; Themes and elements of the League legend ; The good message of Handsome Lake ; Problems in Iroquois political history -- Concerning the League. The historical paradigm of the Condolence Council ; Installing Cayuga chiefs in 1945 ; Installing Onondaga chiefs in 1951 ; The requickening paradigm ; The roll call of the founders ; Structural models of Iroquois leadership ; Bylaws of the League ; Wampum, the magnet that drew furs from the forest -- A League for war and peace in the seventeenth century. From Champlain to Denonville, 1603-1687 ; From total war to the grand settlement, 1688-1701 ; Accommodation by trade and treaty ; Vocies of the Five Nations ; The English takeover, 1664-1700 ; The grand settlement at Montreal, 1701 ; The English renew the chain, 1701 -- Balancing Onontio and the English crown, 1702-1759. Kings in the court of Queen Anne ; Tuscarora, the Sixth Nation ; The Council Brand passes to Pennsylvania ; The treaty at Lancaster, 1744 ; New treaties, precarious balance ; The chain is broken ; The Albany Congress mends the chain ; Johnson remakes the Confederacy ; Iroquois policy vacillates as power shifts -- Balancing crown and colonies, 1760-1777. The Six Nations fenced in ; The big giveaway at Fort Stanwix, 1768 ; One who walked where the Earth is narrow : the Reverend Samuel Kirkland ; Dark clouds over Onondaga ; The struggle for neutrality -- The federal treaty period, 1777-1794. Bitter medicine at Fort Stanwix, 1784 ; Prelude to Canandaigua ; The tortuous road to Canandaigua ; Pickering kindles a fire at "Kanandaigua" ; The Council fire grows warm ; The treaty concludes -- Conclusion: The later evolution of the League and Confederacy -- Appendix A: Summary of elements of the Condolence Council -- Appendix B: The songs -- Appendix C: Condolence ceremonies involving Sir William Johnson. |
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| Physical Description: |
xxii, 786 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [743]-764) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0806130032 |