Book
Culture and power: the emergence and politics of Akwesasne Mohawk traditionalism
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: Ciborski, Sara.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation presents an interpretive study of the efforts of the Mohawk Iroquois traditionalists to build cultural and political awareness in the community of Akwesasne (St. Regis Reserve/Reservation) situated on the U.S.-Canadian border. Ciborski notes that Mohawk conceptions about Iroquois culture, their relationship to the dominant (non-Indian) society, and the continuing struggle to solve serious social and economic problems in the community, are significant contributing factors to the continuence of Akwesasne traditionalism. 'The author argues that the cultural expression and national aspirations of Akwesasne Mohawk traditionalists are a form of cultural nationalism insofar as they are responses to the experience of internal colonialism, a structural relationship to the dominant society suffered by other U.S. racial minorities ' (p. ix).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Public welfare
- Elections
- Political movements
- Ethnosociology
- Elementary education
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1994
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1985-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1985-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mohawk ; Akwesasne, New York State, United States and Quebec, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Sara Ciborski
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State University of New York at Albany, 1990
- UM: 9024952
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-277)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians