Spirit of the New England Tribes

Spirit of the New England Tribes

Author: William Scranton Simmons

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780874513721

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Legends, folktales, and traditions of New England Indians reflect historical events and a changing Indian identity over a 365-year period


Indian New England Before the Mayflower

Indian New England Before the Mayflower

Author: Howard S. Russell

Publisher: University Press of New England

Published: 1983-06-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0874512557

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Provides a history of the New England Indians and examines their food, housing, and lifestyle


Spirit of the New England Tribes

Spirit of the New England Tribes

Author: William S. Simmons

Publisher: University Press of New England

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1512603171

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Spanning three centuries, this collection traces the historical evolution of legends, folktales, and traditions of four major native American groups from their earliest encounters with European settlers to the present. The book is based on some 240 folklore texts gathered from early colonial writings, newspapers, magazines, diaries, local histories, anthropology and folklore publications, a variety of unpublished manuscript sources, and field research with living Indians.


The Spirit and the Flesh

The Spirit and the Flesh

Author: Walter L. Williams

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 1992-04-01

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780807046159

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Winner of the: Gay Book of the Year Award, American Library Association; Ruth Benedict Award, Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists; Award for Outstanding Scholarship, World Congress for Sexology Author’s note: Shortly after the second revised edition this book was published in 1992, the term "Two-Spirit Person" became more popular among native people than the older anthropological term "berdache." When I learned of this new term, I began strongly supporting the use of this newer term. I believe that people should be able to call themselves whatever they wish, and scholars should respect and acknowledge their change of terminology. I went on record early on in convincing other anthropologists to shift away from use of the word berdache and in favor of using Two-Spirit. Nevertheless, because this book continues to be sold with the use of berdache, many people have assumed that I am resisting the newer term. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unless continued sales of this book will justify the publication of a third revised edition in the future, it is not possible to rewrite what is already printed, Therefore, I urge readers of this book, as well as activists who are working to gain more respect for gender variance, mentally to substitute the term "Two-Spirit" in the place of "berdache" when reading this text. -- Walter L. Williams, Los Angeles, 2006


Native People of Southern New England, 1650-1775

Native People of Southern New England, 1650-1775

Author: Kathleen J. Bragdon

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2012-11-19

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0806185287

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Despite the popular assumption that Native American cultures in New England declined after Europeans arrived, evidence suggests that Indian communities continued to thrive alongside English colonists. In this sequel to her Native People of Southern New England, 1500–1650, Kathleen J. Bragdon continues the Indian story through the end of the colonial era and documents the impact of colonization. As she traces changes in Native social, cultural, and economic life, Bragdon explores what it meant to be Indian in colonial southern New England. Contrary to common belief, Bragdon argues, Indianness meant continuing Native lives and lifestyles, however distinct from those of the newcomers. She recreates Indian cosmology, moral values, community organization, and material culture to demonstrate that networks based on kinship, marriage, traditional residence patterns, and work all fostered a culture resistant to assimilation. Bragdon draws on the writings and reported speech of Indians to counter what colonists claimed to be signs of assimilation. She shows that when Indians adopted English cultural forms—such as Christianity and writing—they did so on their own terms, using these alternative tools for expressing their own ideas about power and the spirit world. Despite warfare, disease epidemics, and colonists’ attempts at cultural suppression, distinctive Indian cultures persisted. Bragdon’s scholarship gives us new insight into both the history of the tribes of southern New England and the nature of cultural contact.


Early Native Literacies in New England

Early Native Literacies in New England

Author: Kristina Bross

Publisher: Native Americans of the Northe

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781558496484

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Examines some of the work of early American writers that centered around the Algonquian Indians.


Dawnland Voices

Dawnland Voices

Author: Siobhan Senier

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 717

ISBN-13: 0803256795

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Dawnland Voices calls attention to the little-known but extraordinarily rich literary traditions of New England’s Native Americans. This pathbreaking anthology includes both classic and contemporary literary works from ten New England indigenous nations: the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Schaghticoke, and Wampanoag. Through literary collaboration and recovery, Siobhan Senier and Native tribal historians and scholars have crafted a unique volume covering a variety of genres and historical periods. From the earliest petroglyphs and petitions to contemporary stories and hip-hop poetry, this volume highlights the diversity and strength of New England Native literary traditions. Dawnland Voices introduces readers to the compelling and unique literary heritage in New England, banishing the misconception that “real” Indians and their traditions vanished from that region centuries ago.


In the Hands of the Great Spirit

In the Hands of the Great Spirit

Author: Jake Page

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004-05-03

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 0684855771

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Unprecedented, dramatic, persuasive: the first complete, one-volume history of the American Indians to explain the 20,000-year history from their point of view.