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Contemporary scholarship and Indian oral tradition come together in
this unique account of the history and culture of the Oneida
Iroquois-particularly the Wisconsin Oneidas-who have not been the
subject of the intense scholarly attention accorded other Iroquois
groups. Contributors include Oneida educators, community leaders,
historians, anthropologists, and linguists; essays vary from
accounts of personal experience and oral history to presentations
of academic research. The common denominator is the Oneida
experience of cultural change and survival. Part I focuses on the
history and adaptations of the Oneidas in their New York homeland.
Part II describes the motives and methods used by New York State
officials in divesting the Oneidas of their New York home and
explores the aftereffects of the Indians' removal to Wisconsin and
the legal implications of allotment legislation on American
Indians' tribal jurisdiction today. Nineteenth-century attempts by
whites to take the Oneidas' Wisconsin land base forced the Indians
to develop strategies for survival, described in Part III. Capable
leadership, the maintenance of tribal tradition, cultural
revitalization, new educational initiatives, and continuing
connections among the Oneida communities have fostered a tribal
reemergence and have allowed the Oneidas to maintain themselves as
a unique and thriving people.
William N. Fenton's contributions to the understanding of the
cultures and histories of the Iroquois are formidable. Fenton
grounded his studies in decades of fieldwork among the Senecas, an
encyclopedic knowledge of pertinent historical accounts, a keen
appreciation for interpretive theory and practice in ethnohistory
and anthropology, and an enduring, generous character. "William
Fenton: Selected Writings" brings together for the first time
Fenton's most influential writings on the Iroquois and
anthropology, written across nearly six decades. This volume
includes Fenton's classic studies of such key issues as Iroquois
folklore, factionalism, and the repatriation of material culture;
discussions of theory and practice and the methodology of
"upstreaming"; obituaries of colleagues and reviews of other
studies of the Iroquois; and summaries of the early Conferences on
Iroquois Research. This collection reveals much about the world of
the Iroquois, past and present, as well as the career and
accomplishments of Fenton himself.
Iroquois Journey is the warm and illuminating memoir of William N.
Fenton (1908-2005), a leading scholar who shaped Iroquois studies
and modern anthropology in America. The memoir reveals the
ambitions and struggles of the man and the many accomplishments of
the anthropologist, the complex and sometimes volatile milieu of
Native-white relations in upstate New York in the twentieth
century, and key theoretical and methodological developments in
American anthropology. Fenton's memoir, completed shortly before
his death, takes us from his ancestors' lives in the Conewango
Valley in western New York to his education at Yale. It affords
valuable insights into the decades of his celebrated fieldwork
among the Senecas, his distinguished scholarship at the Bureau of
American Ethnology in Washington, DC, and his research at the New
York State Museum in Albany. Offering portraits of legendary
scholars he encountered and enriched through wonderful personal
anecdotes, Fenton's memoir is a testament to the importance of
anthropology and a reminder of how much the field has changed over
the years.
"Iroquois Journey" is the warm and illuminating memoir of William
N. Fenton (1908-2005), a leading scholar who shaped Iroquois
studies and modern anthropology in America. The memoir reveals the
ambitions and struggles of the man and the many accomplishments of
the anthropologist, the complex and sometimes volatile milieu of
Native-white relations in upstate New York in the twentieth
century, and key theoretical and methodological developments in
American anthropology. Fenton's memoir, completed shortly before
his death, takes us from his ancestors' lives in the Conewango
Valley in western New York to his education at Yale. It affords
valuable insights into the decades of his celebrated fieldwork
among the Senecas, his distinguished scholarship at the Bureau of
American Ethnology in Washington, DC, and his research at the New
York State Museum in Albany. Offering portraits of legendary
scholars he encountered and enriched through wonderful personal
anecdotes, Fenton's memoir is a testament to the importance of
anthropology and a reminder of how much the field has changed over
the years.
This is a reconstruction of the trial where the Mashpee Indians
claimed ownership of the area of Cape Cod that they have occupied
for 350 years. Their claim was rejected as they were judged not to
be a true tribe, having not survived as an ethnic identity.
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