Kahnawa:ke by Gerald F Reid
Today Kahnaw ke (at the rapids) is a community of approximately seventy-two hundred Mohawks, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal. One of the largest Mohawk communities, it is known in the modern era for its activism-a traditionalist, energetic impulse with a long history. Kahnaw ke examines the development of traditionalism and nationalism in this Kanien'kek ka (Mohawk) community from 1870 to 1940. The core of Kahnaw ke's cultural and political revitalization involved efforts to revive and refashion the community's traditional political institutions, reforge ties to and identification with the Iroquois Confederacy, and reestablish the traditional longhouse within the community. Gerald F. Reid interprets these developments as the result of the community's efforts to deal with internal ecological, economic, and political pressures and the external pressures for assimilation, particularly as they stemmed from Canadian Indian policy. Factionalism was a consequence of these pressures and an important ingredient in the development of traditionalist and nationalist responses within the community. These responses within Kahnaw ke also contributed to and were supported by similar processes of revitalization in other Iroquois communities. Drawing on primary documents and numerous oral histories, Kahnaw ke provides a detailed ethnohistory of a major Kanien'kek ka community at a turbulent and transformative time in its history and the history of the Iroquois Confederacy. It not only makes an important contribution to the understanding of this vital but little studied community but also sheds new light on recent Iroquois history and Native political and cultural revitalization. Gerald F. Reid is an associate professor of anthropology and sociology at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
""Contributes substantially to our understanding of this complex society""—J. R. Miller, American Historical Review|“[Reid’s] most significant contribution is outlining how the Kahnawake preserved their traditional values by protesting intrusive federal policies and joining voices with similarly disenchanted groups. For this reason, students of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Native American should read his book.”—Ethnohistory|“Reid has produced a meticulous political and institutional history of governance in Kahnawà:ke, a Mohawk community south of Montreal. . . . The book represents an impressively thorough example of archives-based historical research.”—M. Harkin, Choice
Gerald F. Reid is an associate professor of anthropology and sociology at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803222557 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803222556 |
| Title | Kahnawa:ke |
| Author | Gerald F Reid |
| Series | The Iroquoians And Their World |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2007-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 235 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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