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The League of the Iroquoisessay 1978 • Tooker, Elisabeth
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This article presents a brief history of the League of the Iroquois, including its political organization and rituals. Some limited information is also to be found here on the fur trade, the u...Iroquois since 1820essay 1978 • Tooker, Elisabeth
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
During the first two decades of the nineteenth century, the various social, economic, and political consequences of the Iroquois defeat by the Americans in the Revolution, were apparent. Many ...The Iroquois ceremonial of MidwinterBook 1970 • Tooker, Elisabeth
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Traditionally the Midwinter Ceremonial was the largest and most complex of Iroquois rituals. This study is divided into three major parts. In part I the author describes some of the basic prin...An ethnography of the Huron Indians, 1615-1649Book 1964 • Tooker, Elisabeth
Huron/Wendat • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This work largely draws on accounts of early French explorers and missionary archival records in covering such general topics as neighboring tribes, subsistence, government, crime, religion, l...Wyandotessay 1978 • Tooker, Elisabeth
Huron/Wendat • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This document gives a history of the Wyandot, from their origin in the coalescence of Tionontati and Huron refugees following their defeat by the Iroquois, followed by a great migration across...Mohawkessay 1978 • Fenton, William N. & Tooker, Elisabeth
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This document presents a history of the Mohawk Iroquois from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century (ca. 1970s). It deals with the location of various settlements within the United Stat...Senecaessay 1978 • Abler, Thomas S. & Tooker, Elisabeth
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This is an historical survey of the Seneca Iroquois from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The article deals with the traditional and modern (i.e., twentieth century) territory of the ...Onondagaessay 1978 • Blau, Harold et al.
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
In this article, Blau, Campisi, and Tooker, provide the reader with a concise summary of Onondaga culture history from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Much of the data refers to th...Cayugaessay 1978 • White, Marian E. et al.
Iroquois • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Document 48: White et al. is an historical summary of the Cayuga Iroquois from the seventeenth century to the late nineteenth (ca. 1890). The article descibes the traditional territory of the ...