History of the Iroquois & Tuscarora Indians (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Haudenosaunee Traditions, Tuscarora Migration, Six Nations Governance, and Indigenous SovereigntyBy Elias Johnson
Length8h 33m
About this audiobook
History of the Iroquois & Tuscarora Indians presents the traditions, laws, migrations, political institutions, and historical experiences of the Haudenosaunee, with particular attention to the Tuscarora people and their incorporation into the Six Nations. Written in a plain yet purposeful nineteenth-century prose, the work blends oral history, ethnographic description, documentary memory, and moral reflection. Its literary importance lies in its position within early Indigenous-authored historical writing, answering settler accounts with a Native voice grounded in community knowledge. Elias Johnson was a Tuscarora writer from western New York, closely connected to the people whose history he preserves. His perspective reflects both inherited oral tradition and the pressures facing Native nations in the post-Revolutionary and reservation eras: land loss, missionary influence, political marginalization, and the need to explain Indigenous sovereignty to non-Native readers. These circumstances help account for the book's documentary urgency and its didactic tone. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Native American history, Haudenosaunee governance, oral tradition, and the development of Indigenous historical authorship. Though shaped by its period, it remains a valuable corrective to colonial narratives and a compelling record of cultural endurance.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2History of the Iroquois & Tuscarora Indians
3Introduction
4Preface
5The Iroquois
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6Captive's Life Among Indians
7Customs and Individual Traits of Character
8Creation
9Tuscarora
10Tuscaroras at North Carolina
11Treaties of New York Indians
12Missionary Work
13School Operations
14Temperance Society
15Friendship of the Tuscaroras to the United States
16Antique Rock Citadel of Kienuka
17The New Religion
18Sketches of an Iroquois Council, or Condolence
19Atotarho
20Legendary
21Civilization
22Domestic
23Osteological Remains
24Memorable Quotes
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