This study of kinship relations, economics, and household organization among the modern Longhouse Iroquois, located in Ontario, Canada, fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of modern Iroquoian culture and history and provides a treasury of information about Longhouse social organization. Founded by nearly two thousand Iroquois allies of the British crown in 1784, the Six Nations Reserve became the first Iroquoian community to contain members of all five tribes of the original Iroquois Confederacy. By the mid-twentieth century, the reserve had divided along the lines of politics and religion into two distinct social groups, those who practiced Christianity and the followers of the more traditional Longhouse religion. In the late 1950s, Merlin G. Myers conducted fieldwork among these traditionalists. He collected data on household structure and kinship relations from 150 families and interpreted his findings within the context of structural-functional anthropology, providing a rare example of British anthropological theory from this time applied to a North American Native community. His work also features valuable Cayuga linguistic contributions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13
9780803232259
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96618216
Product Key Features
Author
Merlin G. Myers
Publication Name
Households and Families of the Longhouse Iroquois at Six Nations Reserve
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
260 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
567g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Merlin G. Myers
Series Title
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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