Indigenous kinship, colonial texts, and the contested space of early New England / Marie Balsley Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Marie Balsley, 1981- author.

Series:

Native Americans of the Northeast Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism.

American literature.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples--New England.

Indians of North America.

Indigenous people--First contact with other peoples--New England.

Indigenous people of North America--First contact with other peoples--New England.

Indians of North America--Kinship--New England.

Indians of North America--New England--Government relations--To 1789.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people--First contact with other peoples--New England.

Indigenous people of North America--First contact with other peoples--New England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, MA : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]

Summary:

"New England history often treats Indigenous people as minor or secondary actors within the larger colonial story. Focusing on those Native Americans who were sachems, or leaders, in local tribes when Europeans began arriving, Marie Balsley Taylor reframes stories of Indigenous and British interactions and illuminates the vital role that Indigenous kinship and diplomacy played in shaping the textual production of English colonial settlers in New England from the 1630s until King Philip's War. Taylor argues that genres like the conversion narrative, the post-sermon question and answer session, and scientific treatise-despite being written in English for European audiences-were jointly created by Indigenous sachems and settlers to facilitate interaction within the contested space of colonial New England. Analyzing the writings of Thomas Shepard, John Eliot, John Winthrop Jr., and Daniel Gookin and the relationships these English Protestants formed with Indigenous leaders like Wequash, Cutshamekin, Cassacinamon, and Waban, this innovative study offers a new approach to early American literature- indicating that Native thought and culture played a profound role in shaping the words and deeds of colonial writers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Indigenous Kinship, Colonial Texts

Chapter One: Kinship, Captivity, and Diplomacy: Locating Wequash in the Indigenous Conversion Narrative

Chapter Two: Questions, Answers, and Treaty-Making: Cutshamekin's Influence on John Eliot's Political Imagination

Chapter Three: Corn, Community, and Cassacinamon: Indigenous Science in John Winthrop Jr.'s "Of Maiz"

Chapter Four: Treaties, Reciprocity, and Providence: The Role of Indigenous Justice in Daniel Gookin's Doings and Sufferings

Epilogue: Remembering and Forgetting

Notes

Index

Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Taylor, Marie Balsley Indigenous Kinship, Colonial Texts, and the Contested Space of Early New England

ISBN:

1-68575-019-2

OCLC:

1392346952