Tuscarora : A History

by Wallace, Anthony F. C.

• ISBN13: 9781438444291
• ISBN10: 143844429X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-12-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

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

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Prologue: Living in Historical Time	p. xiii
Welcome to Skaru're	p. 1
Our Visit in 1948-1949	p. 2
Landscape	p. 7
Fitting In	p. 11
The Rorschach Project	p. 13
Recording Tuscarora Texts	p. 20
Tuscarora: Fifty Years Later	p. 25
The Bissell Family	p. 25
Orientation	p. 27
Changes and Persistence	p. 30
Diversity and Forbearance	p. 35
Gender Balance	p. 40
Churches and Spirituality	p. 43
Work and Play	p. 46
The World Off the Reserve	p. 52
Tuscaroras in North Carolina: Peace, War, and Exodus	p. 57
The History Group	p. 57
First Encounters 1521-1650	p. 59
The Tuscarora War 1711-1713	p. 67
Migration and Dispersal	p. 71
The Communities at Onaquaga	p. 72
Factions	p. 76
Policies of Accommodation	p. 79
The Success of the Family Farm	p. 80
Christian Missions versus the "Old Religion"	p. 87
The Temperance Society	p. 89
Baptist Traditionalism	p. 93
Native Voices of Accommodation: Cusick, Johnson, Hewitt	p. 96
Combining the Best of Both Cultures	p. 103
Ethnostress: Selves Lost and Found	p. 107
The Concept of Ethnostress	p. 107
The Denial of Reciprocity	p. 109
The Reservation Schools at Tuscarora	p. 112
The Thomas Indian School	p. 115
Coping with Ethnostress	p. 120
Siege, Resistance, and Renewal	p. 125
Land Claims and the Doctrine of Discovery	p. 125
The Reservoir	p. 132
The Enduring Siege	p. 138
Voices of Resistance: Clinton Rickard, Ted Williams, Mad Bear	p. 140
Family: Household, Clan, and the Woman's Line	p. 155
The Matrilineal Clan	p. 157
The Paternal Lineage	p. 162
Enrollment	p. 164
Marriage and Kinship Terminology	p. 166
Land and Kinship	p. 169
Genealogical Records	p. 172
Blood Quantum	p. 175
Governance: Nation, Community, and Confederacy	p. 179
Nation and Sovereignty	p. 179
The Council of Chiefs	p. 181
The Business Council versus the Traditional Chiefs' Council	p. 189
The Meetings of Clans and Clan Mothers	p. 195
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy	p. 198
Preserving the Cycle of Life	p. 211
Growing Up Indian	p. 212
Creation and the Good Mind	p. 213
The Thanksgiving Address	p. 216
Environmentalism	p. 220
The Medicines and Spiritual Powers	p. 226
The Condolence Ceremony	p. 231
Preserving the Cycle of Life	p. 236
Epilogue: Saving the Seventh Generation	p. 239
In Memoriam: A Tribute to My Big Sister	p. 243
Notes on Sources	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 273
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.