The Ordeal of the Longhouse
The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775)
| Author: | Daniel K. Richter | ISBN: | 9780807867914 |
| Publisher: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | May 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Daniel K. Richter |
| ISBN: | 9780807867914 |
| Publisher: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras--to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers.
Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras--to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers.
