Book
The death and rebirth of the Seneca
Vintage Books, a division of Random House • New York • Published In 1969 • Pages:
By: Wallace, Anthony F. C., Steen, Sheila K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph traces the history of the Seneca, especially the Allegany Seneca, from the seventeenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries. The role of the Iroquois in the American Revolution and other wars of the eighteenth century is discussed. Special emphasis is placed on the aftermath of these wars, the land grants and setting up of reservations leading to the decline of the League and the subsequent rise of the prophet, Handsome Lake. Under the guidance of Handsome Lake's revelations and moral code, the Iroquois achieved a cultural revitalization that has enabled them to maintain their ethnic identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Sociocultural trends
- General character of religion
- Prophets and ascetics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iroquois
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1600-1850
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Seneca ; Allegany Reservation, New York State, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Anthony F. C. Wallace ; with the assistance of Sheila K. Steen
- 'The history and culture of the great Iroquois nation, their destruction and demoralization, and their cultural revival at the hands of the Indian visionary, Handsome Lake.'
- Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1970
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. 369-384
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79088754
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians