Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)

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A comprehensive reference work on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), containing over 200 entries covering Haudenosaunee history, present-day issues, and contributions to general North American culture. Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) is the name the Iroquois use for their confederacy (Iroquois is the name given them by the French). This encyclopedia surveys the histories of the six constituent nations of the confederacy (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora, adopted about 1725). Several entries also trace ways in which the practices of the Iroquois have filtered into general North American society.

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.,."provides clear explanations, convenient cross-references, and engaging reading--all essential attributes for undergraduate students, and frankly, all readers."-ARBA
.,."this title should be aquired by libraries supporting either formal Native American studies or interest in Native American history and culture."-Choice
...provides clear explanations, convenient cross-references, and engaging reading--all essential attributes for undergraduate students, and frankly, all readers.-ARBA
...this title should be aquired by libraries supporting either formal Native American studies or interest in Native American history and culture.-Choice
[a]n important and valuable work that deserves a place in any comprehensive collection.-MultiCultural Review
"an important and valuable work that deserves a place in any comprehensive collection."-MultiCultural Review
..."this title should be aquired by libraries supporting either formal Native American studies or interest in Native American history and culture."-Choice
"[a]n important and valuable work that deserves a place in any comprehensive collection."-MultiCultural Review
..."provides clear explanations, convenient cross-references, and engaging reading--all essential attributes for undergraduate students, and frankly, all readers."-ARBA

Author Bio

BRUCE ELLIOTT JOHANSEN is Robert T. Reilly Professor of Communication and Coordinator of the Native American Studies Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is the editor of Native American Political Systems and the Evolution of Democracy (Greenwood, 1996), The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition (Greenwood, 1998), The Encylopedia of Native-American Economic History (Greenwood, 1999), and Native America and the Evolution of Democracy (Greenwood, 1999), and Shapers of the Great Debate on Native Americans: Land, Spirit, and Power (Greenwood, 2000). BARBARA ALICE MANN teaches in the English Department at the University of Toledo, Ohio.