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The Iroquois

By Barbara Graymont

Book information

Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Year
2005
ISBN
0791079937, 9780791079935, 0791083519, 9780791083512
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10754572 bytes)
Series
Indians of North America (Chelsea House Publishers : Heritage ed.)
Pages
ix, 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm\155
Time added
2013-01-24 20:00:00

Description

An agricultural and matrilineal (the women owned all property and determined kinship) society, the Iroquois Confederacy was made up of six nations--Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. The time of troubles -- The great peace -- The extended lodge flourishes -- Iroquois and Europeans -- The expansion of Iroquois power -- Warfare and diplomacy -- Decline and revival -- The modern Iroquois -- The Iroquois today and tomorrow

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