The Indian Peoples of Eastern America A Documentary History of the Sexes

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ISBN: 9780195027419 | 0195027418
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/8/1981

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Using the human life cycle as an organizational framework, Axtell has gathered a broad range of 17th and 18th century European documentation on Native North Americans. With its lucid introductions to each entry, suggestions for further reading, and bibliography, this sourcebook is invaluablefor courses in history, anthropology, and native American and women's studies.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. xv
Birth	p. 3
Infancy in Huronia	p. 4
The Powers of Pregnancy	p. 8
Micmac Mothering	p. 9
Giving Birth on the Gaspé	p. 10
The End of Infancy on the Great Lakes	p. 12
The Importance of Being Named	p. 14
Laboring Under Illusions	p. 17
The Pains of Sin in New England	p. 19
Easing Birth along the Hudson	p. 21
Moravian Indian Mothers	p. 23
The Uses of a Carolina Cradleboard	p. 25
From an Indian Mother's Mouth	p. 27
Coming of Age	p. 31
Childrearing on the Great Lakes	p. 33
Huron Mischief	p. 35
Particular Iroquois Friends	p. 37
Growing Up Delaware	p. 41
The Search for Leaders in New England	p. 43
A Dutch View of New England Leaders	p. 45
The Virginia Huskanaw	p. 46
Carolina Variations	p. 50
The Quest for a Guardian Spirit	p. 51
The Mythical Origins of Menominee Menstruation	p. 55
Female Visions Among the Illinois	p. 57
Huron Stay-At-Homes	p. 58
Seclusion among the Delawares	p. 59
	p. 61
More Micmac Menstrual Power	p. 62
Cause to Fear in Canada	p. 63
Becoming a Woman in the Midwest	p. 64
Love and Marriage	p. 71
Huron Unions	p. 73
Marital Fidelity on the Great Lakes	p. 76
Polygamy in Canada	p. 79
Micmac Modesty	p. 83
Wampum for Wives in New England	p. 87
Love Charms and Venality among the Delawares	p. 89
Married Continence in the Carolinas	p. 93
A Fox Woman Finds True Love	p. 96
Working	p. 103
The Making of the Myth	p. 105
Native Noblemen in Huronia	p. 108
Bringing Home the Bear on the Great Lakes	p. 111
In a Micmac Hunting Camp	p. 113
Squaw Drudges and Lazy Gourmands in New England	p. 118
Squaw Drudges and Lazy Gourmands in New England	p. 122
The Iroquoi's Work Bee	p. 124
Sugaring with the Delawares	p. 126
Fishing Frolics and Communal Corn in the Southeast	p. 129
Putting Down the Myth: a Male View	p. 134
Putting Down the Myth: a Female View	p. 138
Peace and War	p. 141
Of Huron Councils and Montagnais Feasts	p. 143
The Etiquette of Feasting Among the Micmacs	p. 148
The Iroquois Gynecocracy	p. 150
Sir William Meets the Matrons	p. 154
The Delawares as Women	p. 158
The Iroquois Call to War	p. 160
Warring with the Illinois	p. 166
Heaven and Earth	p. 171
The World on the Turtle's Back	p. 173
The First Ottawas	p. 179
Religion in the Native Northeast	p. 181
Religion in the Native Northeast	p. 189
The Woman Who Would Be Priest	p. 192
Idols, Priests, and Rainmakers in Virginia	p. 194
Death	p. 199
Huron Feasts of the Dead	p. 200
The Algonquian Way of Death	p. 208
Micmac Suicide	p. 214
Painted Posts and Funeral Change among the Delawares	p. 216
Taking Leave of the Dead in the Carolinas	p. 220
Full Circle Among the Fox	p. 223
Suggested Readings	p. 229
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