Wallace Tuscarora

A History
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4431-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building

The definitive history of the Tuscaroras and their return to western New York.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wallace, Anthony F. C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Living in Historical Time

1. Welcome to Skaru’re

Our Visit in 1948–1949
Landscape
Fitting In
The Rorschach Project
Recording Tuscarora Texts

2. Tuscarora Fifty Years Later

The Bissell Family
Orientation
Changes and Persistence
Diversity and Forbearance
Gender Balance
Churches and Spirituality
Work and Play
The World Off the Reserve

3. The Tuscarora in North Carolina: Peace, War, and Exodus

The History Group
First Encounters 1521–1650
The Tuscarora War 1711–1713
Migration and Dispersal
The Communities at Onaquaga and Niagara
Factions

4. Policies of Accommodation

The Success of the Family Farm
Christian Missions versus the “Old Religion”
The Temperance Society
Baptist Traditionalism
Voices of Accommodation: Cusick, Johnson, Hewitt
Combining the Best of Both Cultures

5. Ethnostess: Selves Lost and Found

The Concept of Ethnostress
The Denial of Reciprocity
The Reservation Schools at Tuscarora
The Thomas Indian School
Coping with Ethnostress

6. Siege, Resistance, and Renewal

Land Claims and the Doctrine of Discovery
The Reservoir
The Enduring Siege
Voices of Resistance: Clinton Rickard, Ted Williams, Mad Bear

7. Family: Household, Clan, and the Woman’s Line

The Matrilineal Clan
The Paternal Lineage
Enrollment
Marriage and Kinship Terminology
Land and Kinship
Genealogical Records
Blood Quantum

8. Governance: Nation, Community, and Confederacy

The Council of Chiefs
The Business council vs. Traditional Chiefs’ Council
The Meetings of Clans and Clan Mothers
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy

9. Preserving the Cycle of Life

Growing Up Indian
Creation and the Good Mind
The Thanksgiving Address
Environmentalism
The Medicines and Spiritual Powers
The Condolence Ceremony
Preserving the Cycle of Life

Epilogue: Saving the Seventh Generation

In Memoriam: A Tribute to My Big Sister
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony F. C. Wallace is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca.