03236nam 22007214a 450 991045837740332120200520144314.01-281-10674-797866111067440-313-08115-8(CKB)1000000000402980(EBL)329114(OCoLC)645183829(SSID)ssj0000153336(PQKBManifestationID)11152419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153336(PQKBWorkID)10406112(PQKB)10697391(MiAaPQ)EBC329114(Au-PeEL)EBL329114(CaPaEBR)ebr10214119(CaONFJC)MIL110674(OCoLC)191849949(EXLCZ)99100000000040298020070720d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFamily life in Native America[electronic resource] /James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen VoloWestport, Conn. Greenwood Pressc20071 online resource (422 p.)Family life through historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-33795-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.An environmental geography of the northeast Woodlands -- The structure of Woodland society -- Native American kinship systems -- Child rearing from birth to marriage -- A world wrought from nature -- The bountiful earth mother -- Native American ceremonies and rituals -- The tomahawk and the cross -- Wilderness warfare -- The fur trade -- Intertribal trade and conflict -- Dispossessing the First Nations -- The Indian alliances -- Fighting back : the dark and bloody ground.This volume provides insight into the family life of Native Americans of the northeast quadrant of the North American continent and those living in the adjacent coastal and piedmont regions. These Native Americans were among the most familiar to Euro-colonials for more than two centuries. From the tribes of the northeast woodlands came Ògreat hunters, fishermen, farmers and fighters, as well as the most powerful and sophisticated Indian nation north of Mexico [the Iroquois Confederacy].|Family life through history.Woodland IndiansSocial life and customsWoodland IndiansHistoryFamiliesEast (U.S.)HistoryKinshipEast (U.S.)HistorySocial structureEast (U.S.)HistoryEast (U.S.)Social life and customsEast (U.S.)HistoryElectronic books.Woodland IndiansSocial life and customs.Woodland IndiansHistory.FamiliesHistory.KinshipHistory.Social structureHistory.306.85089/97Volo James M.1947-870070Volo Dorothy Denneen1949-934736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458377403321Family life in Native America2105031UNINA