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Oneida Lives : Long-Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas /

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 recen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Otros Autores: McLester, L. Gordon, Lewis, Herbert S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Colección:Iroquoians and their world.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.