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Rural Indigenousness: A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples of the Adirondacks

Rural Indigenousness: A History of Iroquoian and Algonquian Peoples of the Adirondacks

Otis, Melissa

Hardcover

Series: Iroquois and Their Neighbors

Native American HistoryIndigenous StudiesRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0815635966
ISBN13: 9780815635963
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Dec 20 2018
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.66
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The Adirondacks have been an Indigenous homeland for millennia, and the presence of Native people in the region was obvious but not well documented by Europeans, who did not venture into the interior between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. Yet, by the late nineteenth century, historians had scarcely any record of their long-lasting and vibrant existence in the area. With Rural Indigenousness, Otis shines a light on the rich history of Algonquian and Iroquoian people, offering the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Native Americans and the Adirondacks. While Otis focuses on the nineteenth century, she extends her analysis to periods before and after this era, revealing both the continuity and change that characterize the relationship over time. Otis argues that the landscape was much more than a mere hunting ground for Native residents; rather, it a location of exchange, a space of interaction where the land was woven into the fabric of

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