Oneida Lives Long-Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas / edited by Herbert S. Lewis with the assistance of L. Gordon McLester III ; with a foreword by Gerald L. Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McLester, L. Gordon.

Lewis, Herbert S.

Series:

Iroquoians and their world.

Iroquoians and their world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oneida Indians--Social life and customs.

Oneida Indians.

Oneida Indians--Interviews.

Oneida Indians--History--Sources.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xli, 425 p. ) ill. ;

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 2005

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The long-lost voices of Wisconsin Oneida men and women speak of all aspects of life: growing up, work and economic struggles, family relations, belief and religious practice, boarding-school life, love, sex, sports, and politics. These voices are drawn from a collection of handwritten accounts recently rediscovered after more than fifty years, the result of a WPA Federal Writers' Project undertaking called the Oneida Ethnological Study (1940-42) in which a dozen Oneida men and women were hired to interview their families and friends and record their own experiences and observations.

Contents:

Boarding schools and "outing." Oneida boarding school / John A. Skenandore

Education and Life at Carlisle / Andrew Beechtree

Back to the blanket / Stadler King

Living and working outside ("outing") / Guy Elm

My experiences working for New England people / Cora Charles

Sports and recreation. My economic and sporting life / Howard Elm

An athlete's life / Anderson Cornelius

Lacrosse / Josiah Charles

A football game to remember / Guy Elm

Fishing with white men ; Fishing with Indians ; Hunting muskrats / Stadler King

Four memorable days. Fall ; Winter / Stadler King

Winter ; Summer / John A. Skenandore

Appendix: The Oneida ethnological study under attack. Letter to Rep. Joshua L. Johns / E.P. Boland

Speech at General Tribal Council / Oscar Archiquette

Letter to Rep. Joshua L. Johns / James G. Frechette.

Marriages and families. Family, two marriages, and religion / Minnie Decota Danforth

The tale of an Oneida bachelor farmer / Jonas Smith

Troubles / Elijah Thomas

Raising teenage children / Mrs. R. Hill

Two marriages / Anonymous no. 2

Children / "Confidential"

Travels and travails / G.O.

Religious life and beliefs. My changing attitude toward religion / Jerusha P. Cornelius

Changes in values and behavior / Ida Baird

My beliefs: religion and values / Ida Blackhawk

The comfort of spiritualism / Abbie Schuyler

Christian and Indian religion / Melissa Cornelius

Life, belief, and the war / Cora Elm Sinnard

A sacred ceremony / Eddie Metoxen.

The lives they led. Autobiography / Oscar Archiquette

My Life History / William H. Metoxen

Growing Up / Clara Webster

An Oneida Odyssey / Anonymous no. 1

Life in Detroit / Andrew Beechtree

Autobiography / Morris Wheelock

Thoughts about Life / Amelia Wheelock Jordan

School, Marriage, and Work / Sarah Cornelius

School, Marriage, and Childbirth / Lucy Elm

Poverty and Illness / Mildred Summers

School, France, and Family / Milton Summers

A Boxer's Career and Marriage / William Webster

A Self-Portrait / Ruth Baird

Associates / Curtis Denny.

Working, earning a living, and struggling through. Report on economic conditions before relief came into effect in Oneida / Guy Elm

Three jobs / Stadler King

Trying to get ahead / Melissa Cornelius

The blacksmith / Herbert Cornelius

An entrepreneur's career / Josiah Charles

Economic life / Mark Powless

Moving buildings and tearing down smokestacks / Isaiah Reed

My old plantation / Wilson Cornelius

Present-day living / Mary Hill

Struggling in the Depression / Mrs. James Skenandore

Distribution of town relief / Stadler King.

A brief economic and social history. Hard times at Oneida / Ida Blackhawk

Recollections and opinions of elders. Some recollections / Tom Elm

How the Oneidas lost their land / Solomon Wheelock

A surprise ceremony / Hyson Doxtator

Changes in customs and ways of living / Mason Wheelock

Mothers, children, and medicine / Marian Cornelius

Child-rearing and sex education / Sophie Hill

A preacher's daughter's life / Jane Cornelius

I was married when I still liked dolls / Jerusha P. Cornelius

Attitudes toward whites / Mrs. M.E.S.

One man's life / Dixon Skenandore

Mrs. Dixon Skenandore's perspective / Jane Skenandore

Changes in the way of living / Jacob Denny

A lumberjack's life / John Webster.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-418) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610374656

9781280374654

1280374659

9780803250864

080325086X

OCLC:

61808860

Publisher Number:

9780803229433

9780803280434