Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier: The Penguin Library of American Indian History |
| Author: Timothy J. Shannon
Publisher: Viking Adult
Category: Book
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 067001897X
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.0497
EAN: 9780670018970
ASIN: 067001897X
Publication Date: July 3, 2008
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A vividly drawn portrait of the powerful Iroquois nation during colonial America
In the fourth title in The Penguin Library of American Indian History, Timothy J. Shannon tells the story of the most influential Native American confederacy of the colonial era. The Iroquois occupied a strategic region between Canada and New York and engaged in active trade and diplomacy with their colonial Dutch, French, and British neighbors. While they were famous as fierce warriors, it was actually their intercultural diplomacy that accounted for the span and endurance of their power in early America.
By carefully maintaining their neutrality in the Anglo-French imperial wars in North America, they were able to claim an unrivaled influence in colonial America at a time when other Indian nations experienced dispossession and dispersal. Europeans who wanted to remain in the good graces of the Iroquois had to learn the ceremonies and the use of sacred objects that their diplomacy entailed. Shannons portrayal contradicts the notion of the noble savage, showing just how politically savvyand at times treacherousthe Iroquois Nation was in the face of colonialism.
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