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Covered with Night - A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (Hardcover)
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Covered with Night - A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (Hardcover)
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In the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the
Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois) and
Anglo-American colonists, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally
assaulted a Seneca hunter near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though
virtually forgotten today, the crime ignited a contest between
Native American forms of justice-rooted in community, forgiveness,
and reparations-and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal that
called for the accused killers to be executed if found guilty. In
Covered with Night, historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the
attack and its aftermath, introducing a group of unforgettable
individuals-from the slain man's resilient widow to an Indigenous
diplomat known as "Captain Civility" to the scheming governor of
Pennsylvania-as she narrates a remarkable series of criminal
investigations and cross-cultural negotiations. Taking its title
from a Haudenosaunee metaphor for mourning, Covered with Night
ultimately urges us to consider Indigenous approaches to grief and
condolence, rupture and repair, as we seek new avenues of justice
in our own era.
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