People of the Longhouse

People of the Longhouse
Author: W. Michael Gear
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765359797

Captured as slaves when their village is attacked, Odion and his little sister are pursued by their tribe's war chief and other rescuers who are unaware that an evil witch-woman is responsible for the abductions.

Iroquois

Iroquois
Author: Michael Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781770852181

An authoritative illustrated study of the People of the Longhouse. In this handsome book, Michael G. Johnson, the author of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes and its companion, Arts and Crafts of the North American Tribes, looks at the people of the Iroquois Confederacy. The tribes were the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and -- admitted into the Iroquois as a sixth nation by 1722 -- the Tuscarora. Iroquois: People of the Longhouse details their story up to the present day, when perhaps 50,000 people of Iroquois descent still live on, or near, their reserves in Canada and the U.S., with that many again living in cities. Rich with archival, contemporary and modern photographs, maps and illustrations, Iroquois: People of the Longhouse contains certainty: The Origins of the Iroquois Confederacy The Six Nations and Incorporated Tribes History 1500-1750 The French and Indian War 1754-1766 New Wars in the Old Northwest The American Revolution and the Aftermath Disintegration, Reformation and Perseverance 1783 to the Present Iroquois in the West Iroquois Social & Political Warfare Food and Flora Religion and Rituals Material Culture: Longhouses, Dress, Wampum, Masks, Decorative Art, Beadwork Important People in Six Nations History. An Iroquois gazetteer, bibliography and list of Iroquois reserves and reservations and their populations complete this authoritative reference.

Children of the Longhouse

Children of the Longhouse
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1998-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0140385045

When Ohkwa'ri overhears a group of older boys planning a raid on a neighboring village, he immediately tells his Mohawk elders. He has done the right thing—but he has also made enemies. Grabber and his friends will do anything they can to hurt him, especially during the village-wide game of Tekwaarathon (lacrosse). Ohkwa'ri believes in the path of peace, but can peaceful ways work against Grabber's wrath? "An exciting story that also offers an in-depth look at Native American life centuries ago." —Kirkus Reviews

The Ordeal of the Longhouse

The Ordeal of the Longhouse
Author: Daniel K. Richter
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807867918

Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras--to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers.

People of the Longhouse

People of the Longhouse
Author: Jillian Ridington
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN: 9781550542219

Describes every aspect of the Iroquoian way of life, as well as the impact of contact with Europeans.

Life in a Longhouse Village

Life in a Longhouse Village
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778703709

The people who lived in the northeastern woodlands belonged to many nations and spoke many languages including Iroquoian and Algonkian. Life in a Longhouse Village was a way of life all of the nations shared. Children will learn about the fascinating lifestyle of these hunters and farmers and discover what life was like in a longhouse clan.

People of the Black Sun

People of the Black Sun
Author: W. Michael Gear
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765365606

In this, the final chapter in the Iroquois saga, Dekanawida is determined to bring the five Iroquois nations together, beginning with his own people, the Standing Stone nation.

The Broken Land

The Broken Land
Author: W. Michael Gear
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466815582

A novel of North America's Forgotten Past Twelve summers after the events of The People of the Longhouse and The Dawn Country, the Iroquois nations remain locked in bitter warfare. Atotarho, the cannibal-sorcerer who leads the People of the Hills, schemes to set into motion a cataclysmic battle that threatens to destroy the Iroquoian world. His warriors spread fear and death wherever they go, taking captives and burning villages to the ground. Only five people are brave enough to challenge Atotarho. Odion, Wrass, Tutelo, Baji, and Zateri, kidnapped as children and sold into slavery, are now grown, and they have forged a desperate alliance that just might be strong enough to stop the madman. Odion, now a disgraced warrior known as Dekanawida or Sky Messenger, must convince his people that his visions of a great darkness will mean total destruction for all. His friend Wrass, who has become War Chief Hiyawento, and a powerful clan matron, Jigonsaseh, are his only hope. They must find a way to bring five warring nations together. Award-winning archaeologists and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear continue their retelling of the story of the Peacemaker, one of North America's most beautiful epics in The Broken Land. Dekanawida's message of compassion and spiritual unity is as powerful today as it was six hundred years ago—perhaps even more so. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Rotinonshonni

The Rotinonshonni
Author: Brian Rice
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2013
Genre: Iroquois Indians
ISBN: 0815652275

"In this book, Rice offers a comprehensive history based on the oral traditions of the Rotinonshonni Longhouse People, also known as the Iroquois. Drawing upon J.N.B. Hewitt's translation and the oral presentations of Cayuga Elder Jacob Thomas, Rice records the Iroquois creation story, the origin of Iroquois clans, the Great Law of Peace, the European invasion, and the life of Handsome Lake. As a participant in a 700-mile walk following the story of the Peacemaker who confederated the original five warring nations that became the Rotinonshonni, Rice traces the historic sites located in what are now known as the Mississippi River Valley, Upstate New York, southern Quebec, and Ontario. The Rotinonshonni creates from oral traditions a history that informs the reader about events that happened in the past and how those events have shaped and are still shaping Rotinonshonni society today."--Publisher's website.

The Life of the Longhouse

The Life of the Longhouse
Author: Peter Metcalf
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 052111098X

The remarkable longhouses of Borneo remain mysterious. This book describes life within them, and puts them in their historical and ethnographic context.