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Book Hiawatha and the Iroquois League

Download or read book Hiawatha and the Iroquois League written by Megan McClard and published by Silver Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the life of the Iroquois leader who contributed to the formation of a league of Indian nations and discusses the actions and effects of this league as it interacted with the white colonists up through the eighteenth century.

Book Wilderness Messiah

Download or read book Wilderness Messiah written by Thomas Robert Henry and published by New York : William Sloane Associates. This book was released on 1955 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

Download or read book Hiawatha and the Peacemaker written by Robbie Robertson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker’s message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the 14th century. This message not only succeeded in uniting the tribes but also forever changed how the Iroquois governed themselves—a blueprint for democracy that would later inspire the authors of the U.S. Constitution. Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator David Shannon brings the journey of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker to life with arresting oil paintings. Together, the team of Robertson and Shannon has crafted a new children’s classic that will both educate and inspire readers of all ages. Includes a CD featuring an original song written and performed by Robbie Robertson.

Book The White Roots of Peace

Download or read book The White Roots of Peace written by Paul A. W. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation

Download or read book Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation written by Horatio Hale and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short essay about Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation. Hiawatha, also known as Ayenwatha or Aiionwatha, was a pre-colonial Native American leader and co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy. He was a leader of the Onondaga people, the Mohawk people, or possibly both. According to some accounts, he was born an Onondaga but was adopted into the Mohawks.

Book Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation  A Study in Anthropology

Download or read book Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation A Study in Anthropology written by Horatio Hale and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Book The Iroquois Constitution

Download or read book The Iroquois Constitution written by Lesli J. Favor and published by Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy and the influence of this constitution and its values on the political ideas of the United States.

Book White Savage

Download or read book White Savage written by Fintan O'Toole and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative new biography of the man who forged America's alliance with the Iroquois William Johnson was scarcely more than a boy when he left Ireland and his Gaelic, Catholic family to become a Protestant in the service of Britain's North American empire. In New York by 1738, Johnson moved to the frontiers along the Mohawk River, where he established himself as a fur trader and eventually became a landowner with vast estates; served as principal British intermediary with the Iroquois Confederacy; command British, colonial, and Iroquois forces that defeated the French in the battle of Lake George in 1755; and created the first groups of "rangers," who fought like Indians and led the way to the Patriots' victories in the Revolution. As Fintan O'Toole's superbly researched, colorfully dramatic narrative makes clear, the key to Johnson's signal effectiveness was the style in which he lived as a "white savage." Johnson had two wives, one European, one Mohawk; became fluent in Mohawk; and pioneered the use of Indians as active partners in the making of a new America. O'Toole's masterful use of the extraordinary (often hilariously misspelled) documents written by Irish, Dutch, German, French, and Native American participants in Johnson's drama enlivens the account of this heroic figure's legendary career; it also suggests why Johnson's early multiculturalism unraveled, and why the contradictions of his enterprise created a historical dead end.

Book League of the Iroquois

Download or read book League of the Iroquois written by Lewis Henry Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ordeal of the Longhouse

Download or read book The Ordeal of the Longhouse written by Daniel K. Richter and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Eagle Song

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Bruchac
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 1999-03-01
  • ISBN : 0141301694
  • Pages : 98 pages

Download or read book Eagle Song written by Joseph Bruchac and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary middle grade story about confronting bullying and prejudice Danny Bigtree's family has moved to Brooklyn, New York, and he just can't seem to fit in at school. He's homesick for the Mohawk reservation, and the kids in his class tease him about being an Indian—the thing that makes Danny most proud. Can he find the courage to stand up for himself? “A worthy, well-written novella.” —Kirkus Reviews “This appealing portrayal of a strong family offers an unromanticized view of Native American culture, and a history lesson about the Iroquois Confederacy; it also gives a subtle lesson in the meaning of daily courage.” —Publishers Weekly "With so many Native American stories set in the misty past, it's great to read a children's book about an Iroquois boy who lives in the city now. Bruchac weaves together the traditional and the realistic as Danny's ironworker father tells stories of his people's history and heroes, stories that give Danny courage to confront his schoolyard enemies and make friends with them.” —Booklist

Book The Constitution of the Five Nations

Download or read book The Constitution of the Five Nations written by Arthur Caswell Parker and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation

Download or read book Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation written by Horatio Hale and published by Salem, Mass. : Printed at the Salem Press. This book was released on 1881 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating work gives a complete background on the formation of the Iroquois League and Hiawatha and other's efforts to establish the Five Nations.

Book Shades of Hiawatha

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Trachtenberg
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2005-10-19
  • ISBN : 0809016397
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Shades of Hiawatha written by Alan Trachtenberg and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-10-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book of elegance, depth, breadth, nuance and subtlety." --W. Richard West Jr. (Founding Director of the National Museum of the American Indian), The Washington Post A century ago, U.S. policy aimed to sever the tribal allegiances of Native Americans, limit their ancient liberties, and coercively prepare them for citizenship. At the same time, millions of new immigrants sought their freedom by means of that same citizenship. Alan Trachtenberg argues that the two developments were, inevitably, juxtaposed: Indians and immigrants together preoccupied the public imagination, and together changed the idea of what it meant to be American. In Shades of Hiawatha, Trachtenberg eloquently suggests that we must re-create America's tribal creation story in new ways if we are to reaffirm its beckoning promise of universal liberty.

Book An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

Download or read book An Alternative History of Pittsburgh written by Ed Simon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories--the LA Review of Books calls it an "epic, atomic history of the Steel City." The land surrounding the confluence of the

Book Kayanerenk   wa

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kayanesenh Paul Williams
  • Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
  • Release : 2018-10-26
  • ISBN : 0887555543
  • Pages : 666 pages

Download or read book Kayanerenk wa written by Kayanesenh Paul Williams and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several centuries ago, the five nations that would become the Haudenosaunee—Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca—were locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed. When they established Kayanerenkó:wa, the Great Law of Peace, they not only resolved intractable conflicts, but also shaped a system of law and government that would maintain peace for generations to come. This law remains in place today in Haudenosaunee communities: an Indigenous legal system, distinctive, complex, and principled. It is not only a survivor, but a viable alternative to Euro-American systems of law. With its emphasis on lasting relationships, respect for the natural world, building consensus, and on making and maintaining peace, it stands in contrast to legal systems based on property, resource exploitation, and majority rule. Although Kayanerenkó:wa has been studied by anthropologists, linguists, and historians, it has not been the subject of legal scholarship. There are few texts to which judges, lawyers, researchers, or academics may refer for any understanding of specific Indigenous legal systems. Following the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and a growing emphasis on reconciliation, Indigenous legal systems are increasingly relevant to the evolution of law and society. In Kayanerenkó:wa: The Great Law of Peace Kayanesenh Paul Williams, counsel to Indigenous nations for forty years, with a law practice based in the Grand River Territory of the Six Nations, brings the sum of his experience and expertise to this analysis of Kayanerenkó:wa as a living, principled legal system. In doing so, he puts a powerful tool in the hands of Indigenous and settler communities.