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Atotarho, one of the legendary founders of the Iroquois League, as drawn by David Cusick "You have
your Massinahigan; (that is to say, you have a knowledge of
writing), which makes you remember everything."
--An Algonquin captain to Champlain at Quebec, 1633 The Jesuit Relations, Vol. 5, p. 207 |
The Massinahigan
series brings together short observations, histories, and descriptions
of the North American Indians. It focuses on the Eastern Woodlands
tribes of the United States and Canada during the early period of
European
settlement, with particular attention paid to tribes and nations that
did not survive into modern times. Bringing together such hard-to-find
sources as local historical tracts and native oral traditions written
by chiefs and elders, the series makes available obscure and
inaccessible
works that have been out-of-print for more than a hundred years. The Massinahigan series will be well-appreciated by American and Canadian historians, folklorists, anthropologists, local historians, genealogists, and anyone with an interest in American Indian history and culture. Each volume contains a short preface detailing the original source of the work. Books in the series are a handy small-format (4.25" x 6.75") and feature a durable library binding using Davey(tm) acid-free binders board and moisture-resistant library book cloth. Printing is done on acid-free paper to ensure that these volumes will be part of your collection for a long time to come. Related material: The American Language Reprint (ALR) series Related material: The Colonial & Early Frontier Bookshop For ordering information, please visit our ordering page Other resources available on the internet: Links |
Brief
History of King
Philip's War, 1675-1677 Including Supplemental Material from Soldiers in King Philip's War George M. Bodge (1891 & 1906) This compact and readable book represents
an amalgam
of two brief summaries written by George M. Bodge on King Philip's War.
This
bitter conflict, pitting the New England colonies against the
Narraganset and Wampanoag tribes, was fought from 1675-1677. The
colonial militias suffered severe reverses before finally conquering
Philip with the help of the Mohegans and other Indian allie 2004 ~ 47 pp. ~ Clothbound ~ ISBN: 1-889758-58-2 ~ $26.00 |
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Sketches
of Ancient History
of the Six Nations David Cusick (1825) First published in 1825, this work
represents one of the earliest attempts to reconstruct pre-contact
Iroquois history. Compiled by David Cusick, a Tuscarora historian, the
book attempts to relate events as far back as 1000 B.C. based on the
oral tradition of the Iroquois. 2004 ~ 64 pp. ~ Clothbound ~ ISBN: 1-889758-59-0 ~ $28.0 |
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The
Country of the Neutrals From Champlain to Talbot James H. Coyne (1895) This history, written in 1895, gives a
brief account of the country of the Neutral tribe, who occupied
numerous villages
between the Grand and Niagara Rivers in southern Ontario. Contact
population
for the entire Neutral nation was estimated to be 30-40,000, making
them
perhaps more numerous than all of the five nations of the Iroquois
nations
combined. They were termed "Neutrals" because they historically did not
take
sides in the ongoing wars between their neighbors the Iroquois and the
Hurons. The Neutrals themselves were attacked and scattered by the
Iroquois in the
early 1650s, leaving hardly a trace of their language, history, and
culture
save what was recorded by the few missionaries that visited them
beforehand.
After their reduction by the Iroquois, the remnants of the Neutral
tribes
seem to have been absorbed by the Iroquois or coalesced with refugees
of the
Petún and Hurons to form the Wyandot tribe. 2005 ~ 80 pp. ~ 2 maps ~ Clothbound ~ ISBN: 1-889758-60-4 ~ $30.00 |
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The Annual
Narrative of the
Mission of the Sault From Its Foundation Until the Year 1686 Claude Chauchetiere, S.J. (1686) Chauchetiere was a French Jesuit who
penned this fascinating
year-by-year chronicle of the famous Native American mission which drew
converts from over 20 tribes. The Sault was the home of Blessed Kateri
Tekakwitha, the beloved Mohawk-Algonquin woman who is a candidate for
sainthood in the Catholic Church. Drawing from the writings of his
fellow missionaries as well as his own personal knowledge, Chauchetiere
begins with the mission's founding at La Prairie in 1667 by Catherine
Gandeaktena, an Erie convert known as the Mother of the Poor. 2006 ~ 70 pp. ~ Paperback ~ ISBN: 1-889758-75-2 ~ $18.95 |
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The Roman
Rite in the Algonquian and Iroquoian Missions From the Colonial Period to the Second Vatican Council Claudio R. Salvucci “This is a fascinating account of how Indian custom and ancient Catholic worship came together to form a unique cultural entity. Salvucci’s illuminating introduction to this topic raises questions – including that of the more recent dismantling of this union – that will necessarily claim the attention of future scholars.” —Dr. Alcuin Reid, Author, The
Organic Development of the Liturgy
“Claudio Salvucci brings to light areas of liturgical study seldom explored, but worthy of exploration. He introduces to the field of liturgical study a topic not only of unique cultural and historical interest, but one which is generally pertinent to the question of proper and improper expressions of inculturation in the liturgy today. He further challenges the modern perception of traditional liturgical expressions as necessarily colonialist and incapable of being relevant outside of the European context.” —Shawn Tribe, Editor of The New
Liturgical Movement
Representing the first general
treatment of the "Indian Mass" of the North American Catholic missions,
this volume draws on historical descriptions as well as rare missionary
manuscripts and publications to trace the development of the
distinctive American Indian liturgies from the early hymn singing of
the mid-1600s to the adaptation of vernacular plainchant and
polyphony. Weaving together extensive primary source quotations,
Salvucci overturns popular misconceptions of missionaries as cultural
imperialists, showing instead how native congregations and scholarly
priests worked together in adapting the rich traditions of
Counter-Reformation Roman Catholicism to the linguistic and cultural
needs of the New World. July 2008 ~ 160 pp. ~ Hardback ~ 978-1-889758-89-3 ~ $44.95 |
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