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A Selective Bibliography of the Mohawk People 4 *DOCUMENT RESUME ED 093 514 k 95 RC 007' 968 AUTHOR Garrow, Larry; And Others TITLE A Selected Bibliography of the Mohawk People. INSTITUTION National Indiari Education. Association, Minneapolis, Minn.' SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 53p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$3.15 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS American Indian Languages; *American Indians; *Annotated Biblio4raphies; Audiovisual Aids; Childrens Books; Cultural Background; Fiction; Government'AOle; Handicrafts; *History;'*Laws; Legends; *Media Research; Religion; Social Factors; Treaties IDENTIFIERS *Mohawks ABSTRACT Designed to cover all media on all areas.of Mobamk life, the bibliography also included general materials on the Iroguois.where nothinlg on the Mohawks had been produced. To be, vilevant to Mohawks on the St. Regis Reserve, the bibliography used an informational survey of community priorities (1972, National Indian Education Association Library Project). The approximately 343 citations, dated from 1762 through 1972, are arranged by subject and subdivided by author. Resources vary according to the priority the Mohawk people placed On the area covered--high priority items, such as history, and legal relations, include primary ,and secondary print materials, and'non-print materials; low priority items, such as anthropology, include only secondary vaterial..The sections are: arch,aology; a bibliography of bibliographies; children's books;/ fiction about Mohawks; government; history; language; Aaws and treaties; literature (folklore); maps; material culture (handicrafts); roligion; and society and culture (traditional and contemporary). (AH/KM) U S. DOPARTMINTORMIALTN, tDUCATION11WILIARI NATIONAL INSTITUT', Of 201.1CAT0011 THIS 000UMISNI HAS AttN REPRO MUM) !EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION 01410IN ATIND IT. POINTS Of VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED 00 NOI NECESSARILY REPRE SENTOfFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF .E01.11:ATION POSITION OR POLICY A A SELECTIVEIFBLIOGRAPHY OF THE.MORAWK PEOPLE by Larry barrow Richard Jock Ray Cooke Edited by Charles Townley OC Cf: National Indian Education Association LibraryProject 60 . 3036 University Avenue, South East C:>' Minneapolis, Minnesota 4: 19Th The project presented or reported herein was per- formed pursuant to a Grant from the U.S. Office of Education,Tepatment of Health, Education and. Welfare. However, thei\opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Office of Educat,ion and no official endorsd- ment by the U.S. Office of Education should be inferred." 'EDITOR'S NOTE This bibliography is designed to include all media relative to the Mohawk people in the United. States and Can- t ada. It attempts to cover all areas of Mohawk life. To do this, it has bden.necessary at times to include materials on the Iroquois in general where nothing specifically,on the Mohawks has been prod& d. The bilAiography, also attempts to make itself relevant to the present community of Mohawk people on the 'St.: Regis- Reserve. 'Recently, the Reserve was surveyed to ascertain its inforlmational priorities,.that is, what the community' most wantpd, to know about. This survey is reported in Na- t, tional Indian Education Association:, Library Project. Akwesasne: A Design fore LibrarySA,vices. S. Paul: Uni- versity of Minnesota, 1972. These informational priorities are reflected inthe organization and content of this biblio- : graphy., Archeology is, foillexample, a very low priority . Therefore, only secondary material exclusively on Mohawk 'people is included. On the other hae,d,AlistOrY and'legal .relations scored a very high interest. Hence, These sections of the bibliography include primary and secondary print, materialS and non-printmaterials. Arrangement of the bibliography is by subject divided by author. Style is in the-foriii-of. Kate Turabian. Chairies Townley June, 1974 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Note Table' of Contents I. Arnheology ............ II. Bibliography 3, 0 III. Children's Book 7 . IV. Fictfon about-"Mohawks , . 9 . V. Goyernmeni . .10 VI. Hist ry . General... .... ,. .. .12 11Before 1600 '0 16 . : 1600-1713 ... .17 1714-1815 . : . .20 1815-1890 2C 'r 25 1891-Present .---.---.. ..... .27 VII. Language . ..... .' 31 , x VIII. Laws and Treaties . - IX. Literature . '.336 . X. Maps 38 (2 . XI. Material Culture..... 39 . XII. Religion . .. 42 XI.II. Society and' Culture. 45 ARCHEOLOGY Clarke, 'Noah T. "Archeology."- New York (State). Museum. Bulletin,no. 267(1926), 57-58. A brief report of historic Mohawk burials and, artifacts. frOM Fort Plaipl, New York. Ewing, Franklin. "first Note on the Archeology of the Mohawk Town of Ossernenon." American Antiquity, XVIII(1954), 389-90. A short article about ,the town of the Turtle' Clan, Ossernenon, which is thouglA to be located at Arisville. Methods of deduction for the location of the town and the finds are included. I Frey, SaMuel L. "Relic Hunting on the Mohawk."American, Naturalist, XII(1878), 777 -778. Frey, Samuel L. "The Histori0 and Prehistoric Mohawks." American Anthrbpologist VI(1893), 277-278. Short description of the Minden Site. Grassman, Thomas. "The Mohawk Caughnawaga Excavation." Pennsylvania Archeologist, XXII(1952)., 33-36, Preliminary report which stresses the history of the sites and discusses the uncovering of the stocade, Parker, Arthur C., 'The Archeologfcal.History of New York. New York (Stale). Museum. Bulletin, nos. 235-238. Albany: N.Y.: State Printer, 1922. 475p. List different excavations throughout the state by county. Illustrated. Parker, Arthur C. "Archeology:"' New York (Statel . Museum. Bulletin, 267(1926), 5-60. A brief history of the historic Mohawk graves near Fort Plain, New York. 7 Parker, Arthur C. "Report of the Archeologist." New York (State).° Museum. Bulletin, no. 164(1913), 45-57. Material on possible Mohawk occupations near Lake George. A- descripiiOn of folklore discussed by Converse and Cusick.is included. -1- Pratt, Peter, The Bigford: Late Prehistoric.Orleida." Pennsylvania Archeologist, XXXI(1961), 46-59, This ar,t1creWFtnirehes that Bigford was a fortified Oneida town with affiliations with Onondaga, Mohawk and Seneca. Ritchie William N. The Arbheolo of New York State. ,/\ Garden City, N.Y.: Natural Kistory Press, 19654 392p.. The best contemporary work on Irlbquois archeology. BIBLIOGRAPHY Brown, Jesse Louise Preston. "A Bibliography of the Iroquois Indian." {Unpublished MA. th'esis, Columbia University, 1902. 54p. An excellent source for 19th Centuly documents. I Canada. Public Archives. Preliminary InventoryRecord Group X: Indian Affairs. Ottawa: King 's Printer, 1951. 14p. Calendar of manuscripts in the Archives of Canada consisting of field office reports and Indian land records from 1755 to 1912. If DockstaAr,FrederiCk J. The American Indian. in Graduate' Studies'; A Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foun- dation. Contributionsov. 15. New York: Heye Foun- . dation, 1957. 394'. Theses and dissertations on American Indians written between 1890 and 1955. Arranged by author with subject index. Annotated. Evan, Richard Xavier. "The Literature Relative to Kateri Takakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks, 1656-1680." Bulletin Rescherches Historique, LVI(1940), 193-209, 2-41-255. Complete list of material on the venerated Mohawk woman. Fenton, William N. "A Calendar of Manuscript Materials Re- lating to the History Of, the Six Nations."American Philosophical Society. Proceedings; XCVII(1953), 578-595. This calendar contains'information'on the Six Nations. Fenton, William N. American Indian and White Relations to +1'80: Needs and Opportunities for Study; an Essay.. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Caroline Press, 1957. 138p. Bibl4ograrhic essay and topical bibliography. Indexed by author. Freeman, John S. A Gu.,ide-to Manuscripts Relating to the AmericanIn in the Library Of the American Philosophical Society. American Philosophical Society.MeMoirs, v. 65. Philadelphia: American Philosophical-Society, 1966. 491p. A detailed calendar of the manuscripts collection. at the Arrierican Philosophical Society.' Arranged by subject'. Index to Literature of ther erican Indian. San Francisco: Indian Historian Press, 970 - An annual index toaterial on the American Indian. This bibliography co tains books, theses and mag.4zine articles. t is arranged by subject. , \ KueN,Warren F. Dissertatiopt 3,r1 History. Lexington, Ky,: ' University of Kentucky Press\ 1965. A standard work outlini\g historical theses written in the United STes and Canada. Library Services Institute for Minnesota Indians, Univer- sity of Minnesota, 1970. American Indians; an Annb- ' tated Bibliography of Selected Library Resources. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1970. 156p. , An annotated guide to all media, print, and . non-print, designed for children who are inter- ested in studying about American Indians. ,4o McC y, James C. Jesuit Relations of Canada, 1632-1673: A Bibliovaph. Paris: 1937. 310p. An index to Thwaite's classic compilation; the Jesuit Relations of Canada. McIlwraith, T. F. "Bibliography of .Canadian Anthropology." Canada. National Museum. Annual Report, 1954-1964. An annual compilation of works'on Canadian anthropology. Continues from "Recent Publica- tions Relating to Canada: Ethnology, Anthropology, and Archeology" which appeared. in the Canadian Historical Review. 1 McIlwraith, T. F. "Recent Publications Relating to Canada: Ethnology, Anthropology, and Archeology." Canadian Historical Revieta, VI-XXXV(1925-1954).
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