Tuscarora: A HistoryTuscarora is the comprehensive history of the small Iroquois Indian reservation community just north of Niagara Falls in western New York. The Tuscaroras consider themselves to be a sovereign nation, independent of the United States and the State of New York. They have preserved a system of social organization and ideal public values, along with the Tonawanda Seneca and the Onondagas that retains matrilineal clans, and a Council of Chiefs nominated by the clan matrons. Over the course of their existence, however, the Tuscarora have faced many struggles. Stemming from over sixty years of research, Anthony F. C. Wallace follows their story of overcoming war and loss of population, migration from North Carolina in the 1700s, the emotional trauma and social disorders resulting from discrimination and abusive conditions in residential boarding schools, and successful adaption to urban industrial society. Wallace weaves together historical detail, ethnography, and his own personal reflections to offer a unique and sweeping look at this fascinating group of people. |
Contents
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Tuscarora Fifty Years Later | 25 |
Tuscaroras in North Carolina Peace War and Exodus | 57 |
Policies of Accommodation | 79 |
Ethnostress Selves Lost and Found | 107 |
Siege Resistance and Renewal | 125 |
Family Household Clan and the Womans Line | 155 |
Governance Nation Community and Confederacy | 179 |
Preserving the Cycle of Life | 211 |
Saving the Seventh Generation | 239 |
A Tribute to My Big Sister | 243 |
Notes on Sources | 247 |
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