Tuscarora

"[This] is the ... history of the small Iroquois Indian reservation community just north of Niagara Falls in western New York. The Tuscaroras consider themselves to be a sovereign nation, independent of the United States and the State of New York. They have preserved a system of social organization and ideal public values, along with the Council Of Chiefs nominated by the clan matrons. ... Wallace follows their story of overcoming war and loss of population,migration from North Carolina in the 1700s, the emotional trauma and social disorders resulting from discrimination and abusive conditions in residential boarding schools, and successful [adaptation] to urban industrial society. ..."--Back cover.

שנה

2012

שפה

English

סדרה

Tribal worlds: critical studies in American Indian nation building

הוצאה

State University of New York Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

278

ISBN

9781438444291

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata