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The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas

Author : William Nelson Fenton
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806134475
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas written by William Nelson Fenton and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Seneca Iroquois Indians, song is a crucial means of renewing both medicine and heritage. Two or three times a year, the Little Water Medicine Society of western New York meets to renew the potency of its medicine bundles through singing. These bundles have been inherited from eighteenth century Iroquois war parties, handed down from generation to generation. In this long-awaited book, William N. Fenton describes the remarkable ceremonies of one of the least recorded but most significant medicine societies of the Iroquois Indians. Most of the Senecas who were members of the Little Water Society, or Society of Shamans, have passed away, and their knowledge of ceremonial healing and spiritual renewal is fading. Fenton has written this book to preserve knowledge of the ceremonies and songs for the Iroquois people and as a contribution to anthropology, folklore, ethnomusicology, and American Indian studies. In The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas, he presents his original 1933 fieldwork, along with details from the published and unpublished works of other researchers, to describe rituals, poetry, and songs drawn from his more than six decades of research among the Six Nations.

An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2

Author : Christina Pratt
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404211414
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2 written by Christina Pratt and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.

Secret Medicine-societies of the Seneca

Author : Arthur C. Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Secret Medicine-societies of the Seneca written by Arthur C. Parker and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Native American Freemasonry

Author : Joy Porter
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496219058
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Native American Freemasonry written by Joy Porter and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freemasonry has played a significant role in the history of Native Americans since the colonial era--a role whose extent and meaning are fully explored for the first time in this book. The overarching concern of Native American Freemasonry is with how Masonry met specific social and personal needs of Native Americans, a theme developed across three periods: the revolutionary era, the last third of the nineteenth century, and the years following the First World War. Joy Porter positions Freemasonry within its historical context, examining its social and political impact as a transatlantic phenomenon at the heart of the colonizing process. She then explores its meaning for many key Native leaders, for ethnic groups that sought to make connections through it, and for the bulk of its American membership--the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant middle class. Through research gleaned from archives in New York, Philadelphia, Oklahoma, California, and London, Porter shows how Freemasonry's performance of ritual provided an accessible point of entry to Native Americans and how over time, Freemasonry became a significant avenue for the exchange and co-creation of cultural forms by Indians and non-Indians.

Words to the Ganoda chant of the "Little Water Society" Niga niga ah

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Author : William Nelson Fenton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Words to the Ganoda chant of the "Little Water Society" Niga niga ah written by William Nelson Fenton and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photostatic reproduction of the text of the "Ganoda" chant of the Little Water Medicine Society of the Seneca Indians, probably transcribed by John Jacket, descendant of the Seneca chief Red Jacket, and chief singer of the "Pleasant Valley" lodge of the Society at Cattaraugus, N.Y.. One of the most important and best organized secret societies of the Seneca Indians was the Little Water Medicine Society, the ritual ceremonies of which were held on the fifth night of the new moon four times a year, to preserve the potency of the "secret medicine," or "niganĕga'á'", medicine bundles deposited by each member on the Altar of the Mystery. Members were persons for whom the ritual had been performed during sickness, or in response to dreams about the society. The ms. includes the text of the chants arranged in numbered stanzas, as well as various notations on the money contributions made by members of the Society between 1849 and 1851. There are scattered monetary entries throughout, the last one dated Sept. 14, 1870.

American Indian Medicine

Author : Virgil J. Vogel
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806189770
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book American Indian Medicine written by Virgil J. Vogel and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book, says the author, is to show the effect of Indian medicinal practices on white civilization. Actually it achieves far more. It discusses Indian theories of disease and methods of combating disease and even goes into the question of which diseases were indigenous and which were brought to the Indian by the white man. It also lists Indian drugs that have won acceptance in the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary. The influence of American Indian healing arts on the medicine and healing and pharmacology of the white man was considerable. For example, such drugs as insulin and penicillin were anticipated in rudimentary form by the aborigines. Coca leaves were used as narcotics by Peruvian Indians hundreds of years before Carl Koller first used cocaine as a local anesthetic in 1884. All together, about 170 medicines, mostly botanical, were contributed to the official compendia by Indians north of the Rio Grande, about 50 more coming from natives of the Latin-American and Caribbean regions. Impressions and attitudes of early explorers, settlers, physicians, botanists, and others regarding Indian curative practices are reported by geographical regions, with British, French, and Spanish colonies and the young United States separately treated. Indian theories of disease—sorcery, taboo violation, spirit intrusion, soul loss, unfulfilled dreams and desires, and so on -and shamanistic practices used to combat them are described. Methods of treating all kinds of injuries-from fractures to snakebite-and even surgery are included. The influence of Indian healing lore upon folk or domestic medicine, as well as on the "Indian doctors" and patent medicines, are discussed. For the convenience of the reader, an index of botanical names is provided, together with a wide variety of illustrations. The disproportionate attention that has been given to the superstitious and unscientific features of aboriginal medicine has tended to obscure its real contributions to American civilization.

"the Amazing Iroquois" and the Invention of the Empire State

Author : John C. Winters
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197578225
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book "the Amazing Iroquois" and the Invention of the Empire State written by John C. Winters and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America's collective unconscious, the Haudenosaunee, known to many as the Iroquois, are viewed as an indelible part of New York's modern and democratic culture. From the Iroquois confederacy serving as a model for the US Constitution, to the connections between the matrilineal Iroquois and the woman suffrage movement, to the living legacy of the famous "Sky Walkers," the steelworkers who built the Empire State Building and the George Washington Bridge, the Iroquois are viewed as an exceptional people who helped make the state's history unique and forward-looking. John C. Winters contends that this vision was not manufactured by Anglo-Americans but was created and spread by an influential, multi-generational Seneca-Iroquois family. From the American Revolution to the Cold War, Red Jacket, Ely S. Parker, Harriet Maxwell Converse (adopted), and Arthur C. Parker used the tools of a colonial culture to shape aspects of contemporary New York culture in their own peoples' image. The result was the creation of "The Amazing Iroquois," an historical memory that entangled indigenous self-definition, colonial expectations about racial stereotypes and Native American politics, and the personalities of the people who cultivated and popularized that memory. Through the imperial politics of the eighteenth century to pioneering museum exhibitions of the twentieth, these four Seneca celebrities packaged and delivered Iroquoian stories to the broader public in defiance of the contemporary racial stereotypes and settler colonial politics that sought to bury them. Owing to their skill, fame, and the timely intervention of Iroquois leadership, this remarkable family showcases the lasting effects of indigenous agents who fashioned a popular and long-lasting historical memory that made the Iroquois an obvious and foundational part of New Yorkers' conception of their own exceptional state history and self-identity.

Anthropology at Harvard

Author : David L. Browman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0873659139
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology at Harvard written by David L. Browman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of anthropology at Harvard is told through vignettes about the people, famous and obscure, who shaped the discipline at Harvard College and the Peabody Museum. The role of amateurs and private funders in the early growth of the field is highlighted, as is the participation of women and of students and scholars of diverse ethnicities.

Secret Medicine Societies of the Seneca

Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Secret Medicine Societies of the Seneca written by Arthur Caswell Parker and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet

Author : Handsome Lake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet written by Handsome Lake and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Friend Among the Senecas

Author : David Swatzler
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811706711
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book A Friend Among the Senecas written by David Swatzler and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of a 1799 Quaker mission to a Seneca village is based on the journal of Henry Simmons and offers a captivating look at the lifestyles of both groups and their interactions.

William Fenton

Author : William Nelson Fenton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803216076
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book William Fenton written by William Nelson Fenton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William N. Fenton?s contributions to the understanding of the cultures and histories of the Iroquois are formidable. Fenton grounded his studies in decades of fieldwork among the Senecas, an encyclopedic knowledge of pertinent historical accounts, a keen appreciation for interpretive theory and practice in ethnohistory and anthropology, and an enduring, generous character. ø William Fenton: Selected Writings brings together for the first time Fenton?s most influential writings on the Iroquois and anthropology, written across nearly six decades. This volume includes Fenton?s classic studies of such key issues as Iroquois folklore, factionalism, and the repatriation of material culture; discussions of theory and practice and the methodology of ?upstreaming?; obituaries of colleagues and reviews of other studies of the Iroquois; and summaries of the early Conferences on Iroquois Research. This collection reveals much about the world of the Iroquois, past and present, as well as the career and accomplishments of Fenton himself.

Seneca Indians

Author : Conservation Society of York County (Pa.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Seneca Indians written by Conservation Society of York County (Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iroquois Journey

Author : William Nelson Fenton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803220219
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Iroquois Journey written by William Nelson Fenton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iroquois Journey is the warm and illuminating memoir of William N. Fenton (1908?2005), a leading scholar who shaped Iroquois studies and modern anthropology in America. The memoir reveals the ambitions and struggles of the man and the many accomplishments of the anthropologist, the complex and sometimes volatile milieu of Native-white relations in upstate New York in the twentieth century, and key theoretical and methodological developments in American anthropology. ø Fenton?s memoir, completed shortly before his death, takes us from his ancestors? lives in the Conewango Valley in western New York to his education at Yale. It affords valuable insights into the decades of his celebrated fieldwork among the Senecas, his distinguished scholarship at the Bureau of American Ethnology in Washington, DC, and his research at the New York State Museum in Albany. Offering portraits ofø legendary scholars he encountered and enriched through wonderful personal anecdotes, Fenton?s memoir is a testament to the importance of anthropology and a reminder of how much the field has changed over the years.

Seneca Myths and Folk Tales

Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. : Buffalo Historical Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seneca Myths and Folk Tales written by Arthur Caswell Parker and published by Buffalo, N.Y. : Buffalo Historical Society. This book was released on 1923 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Origins of the Iroquois League

Author : Anthony Wonderley
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815654928
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Origins of the Iroquois League written by Anthony Wonderley and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The League of the Iroquois, the most famous native government in North America, dominated intertribal diplomacy in the Northeast and influenced the course of American colonial history for nearly two centuries. The age and early development of the League, however, have long been in dispute. In this highly original book, two anthropological archaeologists with differing approaches and distinct regional interests synthesize their research to explore the underpinnings of the confederacy. Wonderley and Sempowski endeavor to address such issues as when tribes coalesced, when intertribal alliances presaging the League were forged, when the five-nation confederation came to fruition, and what light oral tradition may shine on these developments. This groundbreaking work develops a new conversation in the field of Indigenous studies, one that deepens our understanding of the Iroquois League’s origins.

Cornplanter

Author : Thomas S. Abler
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815656092
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Cornplanter written by Thomas S. Abler and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era following the American War of Independence was one of enormous conflict for the Allegany Senecas. There was then no Seneca leader more influential than Chief Warrior Cornplanter. Yet there has been no definitive treatment of his life--until now. Complex and passionate, yet wise, Cornplanter led his people in war and along an often troubled path to peace. This incisive biography traces his rise to prominence as a Seneca military leader during the American Revolution, and his later diplomatic success in negotiations with the Federal government. The book also explores Cornplanter’s dealings with other Native American councils and with his own people. It tells how Senecas faced heavy pressure to sell their lands, and how they concurrently embraced a reformed and revitalized Iroquois religion, as inspired by Cornplanter’s visionary half-brother, Handsome Lake. Thomas S. Abler skillfully weaves together previously discordant strands of the Chief Warrior’s life into a concise, animated and enlightening portrait. Even as Cornplanter examines a critical period in American history, it gives us a multi-dimensional knowledge of politics and diplomacy from the Seneca point of view. Thoroughly researched and clearly written, this is an ideal companion for students and aficionados of the American Revolution and early nationhood, the Iroquois, and New York State history.