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The great law and the Longhouse, a political history of the Iroquois Confederacy, William N. Fenton

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The great law and the Longhouse, a political history of the Iroquois Confederacy, William N. Fenton

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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mapsillustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

The great law and the Longhouse

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bibliography

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500007297

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William N. Fenton

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Civilization of the American Indian series, v. 223

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a political history of the Iroquois Confederacy

Table Of Contents

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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