Bøger af Laurence M. Hauptman

From World War II onward, the Iroquois, one of the largest groups of Native Americans in North America, have confronted a series of crises threatening their continued existence.From the New York-Pennsylvania border, where the Army Corps of Engineers engulfed a vast tract of Seneca homeland with the Kinzua Dam, from the ambition of Robert Moses and the New York State Power Authority to develop the hydroelectric power of the Niagara Frontier (which eroded the land base of the Tuscaroras), from the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (which took land from the Mohawks and still affects their fishing industry), to the present-day battles over the Oneida land claims in New York State and the Onondaga efforts to repatriate their wampum-Laurence Hauptman documents the bitter struggles of proud people to maintain their independence and strength in the modern world.Out of these battles came a renewed sense of Iroquois nationalism and nationwide Iroquois leadership in American Indian politics. Hauptman examines events leading to the emergence of the contemporary Iroquois, concluding with the takeover at Wounded Knee in the winter-spring of 1973 and the Supreme Court's Oneida decision in 1974. His research is based on historical documents, published materials, and interviews and fieldwork in every Iroquois community in the United States and several in Canada.

The disastrous Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838 called for the Senecas' removal to Kansas (then part of the Indian Territory). From this low point, the Seneca Nation of Indians sought to rebound. Beginning with events leading to the Seneca Revolution in 1848, Laurence Hauptman traces Seneca history to the New Deal.

This collection of essays commemorates the 350th anniversary of the Pequot War, which culminated in the almost complete destruction of the tribe by Massachusetts Puritans in 1637.

Chief Chapman Scanandoah (1870-1953) was a decorated Navy veteran who served in the Spanish-American War, a skilled mechanic, and a prizewinning agronomist He was also a historian, linguist, and philosopher. In An Oneida Indian in Foreign Waters, Hauptman chronicles his remarkable life to understand the vital influence Scanandoah had on the fate of his people.

Drawing on extensive federal, state, and tribal archival research, Hauptman explores the political background of the Kinzua dam while also providing a detailed, at times very personal account of the devastating impact the dam has had on the Seneca Nation and the resilience the tribe has shown in the face of this crisis.

Traces the Six Nations' history through the lens of the remarkable leaders who shaped it. Focusing on the distinct qualities of Iroquois leadership, this title reveals how the Six Nations have survived in the face of overwhelming pressure. It explores how leaders use the past to enable cultural, economic, and political survival.

Contemporary scholarship and Indian oral tradition come together in this unique account of the history and culture of the Oneida Iroquois - particularly the Wisconsin Oneidas - who have not been the subject of the intense scholarly attention accorded other Iroquois groups.

Selects topics from the seventeenth century to the present as examples of some commonly held but erroneous views on Indian-white relationships, including stereotypes of Indians as mascots.