The Clay We Are Made Of : Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River.
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- 9780887554575
- 971.3/40049755
- E99.I7H59 2017
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Clay We Are Made Of -- Part I : Haudenosaunee Cultural History and Relationship to Land -- Chapter 1: Karihwa'onwe-The Original Matters -- Chapter 2: Kontinonhsyonni-The Women Who Make the House -- Part II: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure: From Iroquoia to the Grand River Territory -- Chapter 3: Teyohahá:ke-Two Roads -- Chapter 4: Shotinonhsyonnih-They Built the Longhouse Again -- Chapter 5: Skanata Yoyonnih-One Village Has Been Made -- Chapter 6: Te Yonkhi'nikònhare Tsi Niyonkwarihotenhs-They Are Interfering in Our Matters -- Conclusion: Tetitewennonhtonhstha Tsi Niyonkwarihotenhs-We Are Causing Ourselves to Have Control Again, the Way We Do Things -- Appendix 1: Six Nations Censuses -- Appendix 2: Six Nations Claims Filed with the Specific Claims Branch -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
If one seeks to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, one must consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and territory informed Haudenosaunee thought and philosophy, and was a primary determinant of Haudenosaunee identity.
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