03547nam 22006613u 450 991096712030332120251116164046.0979-88-908664-2-41-4696-0320-9(CKB)3170000000065489(EBL)4322008(SSID)ssj0000870534(PQKBManifestationID)11474720(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870534(PQKBWorkID)10818497(PQKB)11479985(MiAaPQ)EBC4322008(BIP)1172147(EXLCZ)99317000000006548920160118d2011|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Ordeal of the Longhouse The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization1st ed.Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press20111 online resource (455 p.)Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-4394-6 Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Iroquois in the World on the Turtle's Back; Chapter Two: The Great League of Peace and Power; Chapter Three: The Great League for War and Survival; Chapter Four: The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch; Chapter Five: The Ascendancy of the Francophiles; Chapter Six: The Revolt of the Anglophiles; Chapter Seven: The Last of the Beaver Wars; Chapter Eight: The Political Crisis of the Iroquois Confederacy; Chapter Nine: The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at HomeChapter Ten: The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and BalanceChapter Eleven: The Iroquois in a Euro-American World; Methodological Comments; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; UntitledRichter 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.Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaIroquois IndiansHistoryIroquois IndiansFirst contact with other peoplesIroquois IndiansGovernment relationsGender & Ethnic StudiesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCEthnic & Race StudiesHILCCIroquois IndiansHistory.Iroquois IndiansFirst contact with other peoples.Iroquois IndiansGovernment relations.Gender & Ethnic StudiesSocial SciencesEthnic & Race Studies974.7004975Richter Daniel K233058Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.),AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910967120303321The Ordeal of the Longhouse4478662UNINA