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The Iroquois

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Wiley, Apr 11, 1996 - History - 270 pages
This is a comprehensive account of the five tribes - Onandagas, Senecas, Mohawks, Oneidas and Cayugas - who together made up the Iriquois nation, form their origins in prehistory to their dispersal and confinement after the American Revolution. This accessible account by the leading schlolar in the filed draws on the widest possible range of archaeological evidence to provide a narrative interpretation of a people whose beliefs and culture have remained to Americans matters of mystery.

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User Review  - Noah Diewald - Goodreads

This book is good for anyone who would like to get an overview of Iroquois culture and history. It is only a little over 200 pages without the notes, bibliography and index but covers hundreds of ... Read full review

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JSTOR: The Iroquois.
The archaeologist Snow could hardly have chosen a more ambitious task-to detail the thousand-year history of the Iroquois. While he contributes fresh and ...
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Peaceful Democrats or Pragmatic Realists?: Revisiting the Iroquois ...
behind the creation and maintenance of the Iroquois League as well as the ... remarkable security regime studied by Crawford: the Iroquois League. ...
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H-Net Review: Charles C. Kolb <ckolb@neh.gov> on Encyclopedia of ...
He has justifiably harsh words for William N. Fenton ,author of The False Faces of the Iroquois (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987), who offended ...
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Iroquois: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
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The Long Peace Among Iroquois Nations
The original five nations of the Iroquois League, whose members spoke dis- ... The Tuscarora nation joined the Iroquois League in about 1720. Some ...
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Chapter4
For hundreds of years the origin of the Iroquois people was shrouded in .... The Iroquois Federation was formed around 1450. The following version of the ...
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Center for History Education Online Lessons
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THEIROQUOIS
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About the author (1996)

Dean Snow is professor and head of anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University. His previous books include The Archaeology of North America (1979) and The Archaeology of North American Indians (1989).

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TitleThe Iroquois
Volume 9 of Peoples of America
AuthorDean Snow
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 1996
ISBN1557869383, 9781557869388
Length270 pages
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History / Canada / General
History / Native American
History / United States / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
  
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