The best land : four hundred years of love and betrayal on Oneida territory / Susan A. Brewer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brewer, Susan A. (Susan Ann), 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians, Treatment of--New York (State)--Madison County--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Oneida Indians--Land tenure--New York (State)--Madison County--History.

Oneida Indians.

Oneida Indians--New York (State)--Madison County--Claims--History.

Oneida Indians--New York (State)--Madison County--History.

Settler colonialism--New York (State)--Madison County--History.

Settler colonialism.

White people--New York (State)--Madison County--Relations with Indians--History.

White people.

Madison County (N.Y.)--History.

Madison County (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This book is a history of a piece of land in central New York, the ancestral homeland of the Oneida Indians. It traces the stories over four centuries of the two families, a Mohawk/Oneida family and the author's family of early settlers, who called it home"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The People of the Standing Stone and the Axe-makers

Of One and Many People in the Mohawk Valley

For King or Country

As Long as the Grass Shall Grow

"We Shall All Be Americans" : The Story of Polly and Angel

Making Way for the Erie Canal

Squatters, Tenants, Owners

Realms of Orchards

Fire and Water

Ancestral Claims.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501777257

1501777254

9781501777240

1501777246

OCLC:

1422807090