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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Other Authors: McLester, L. Gordon, Lewis, Herbert S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Series:Iroquoians and their world.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Item Description:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (428 pages): ill., digital file.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-418) and index.
ISBN:9780803250864
Access:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.