From homeland to new land : a history of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 William A. Starna

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starna, William A.

Series:

Iroquoians and their world

The Iroquoians and their world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahican Indians--History.

Mahican Indians.

Ethnohistory--New York (State).

Ethnohistory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]

Summary:

"The definitive ethnohistory of the Mahicans of New York State from the colonial period to the Removal Era"-- Provided by publisher.

"This history of the Mahicans begins with the appearance of Europeans on the Hudson River in 1609 and ends with the removal of these Native people to Wisconsin in the 1830s. Marshaling the methods of history, ethnology, and archaeology, William A. Starna describes as comprehensively as the sources allow the Mahicans while in their Hudson and Housatonic Valley homeland; after their consolidation at the praying town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts; and following their move to Oneida country in central New York at the end of the Revolution and their migration west. The emphasis throughout this book is on describing and placing into historical context Mahican relations with surrounding Native groups: the Munsees of the lower Hudson, eastern Iroquoians, and the St. Lawrence and New England Algonquians. Starna also examines the Mahicans' interactions with Dutch, English, and French interlopers. The first and most transformative of these encounters was with the Dutch and the trade in furs, which ushered in culture change and the loss of Mahican lands. The Dutch presence, along with the new economy, worked to unsettle political alliances in the region that, while leading to new alignments, often engendered rivalries and war. The result is an outstanding examination of the historical record that will become the definitive work on the Mahican people from the colonial period to the Removal Era."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Landscape and environment

Natives on the land

Mahican places

Native neighbors

The ethnographic past

The Mahicans and the Dutch

The Mahican homeland

A century of Mahican history

Stockbridge and its companions

New Stockbridge and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.

Local Notes:

The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

9780803244955

0803244959

OCLC:

815824875

Publisher Number:

40022233537