Oneida Lives
Long-Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas
Published on 1. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
428 pages
978-0-8032-8043-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this intimate volume the long-lost voices of Wisconsin Oneida men and women speak of all aspects of life: growing up, work and economic struggles, family relations, belief and religious practice, boarding-school life, love, sex, sports, and politics. These voices are drawn from a collection of handwritten accounts recently rediscovered after more than fifty years, the result of a WPA Federal Writers' Project undertaking called the Oneida Ethnological Study (1940-42) in which a dozen Oneida men and women were hired to interview their families and friends and record their own experiences and observations. Selected from more than five hundred biographical narratives, these sixty-five chronicles, told by fifty-eight women and men, present a picture of Oneida Indian life from the 1880s, before the Dawes Allotment Act, through World War I and the Great Depression, to the beginning of World War II. Despite the narrators' struggles against harsh economic conditions, the theft of their land, and neglect, their firsthand histories are rendered with frankness and wit and present a remarkable picture of an era and a people.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lincoln
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illus.
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-8043-4 (9780803280434)
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11/2005
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University of Nebraska Press
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Persons
Herbert S. Lewis is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of After the Eagles Landed: The Yemenites of Israel and Jimma Abba Jifar, an Oromo Monarchy: Ethiopia, 1830-1932. L. Gordon McLester III is a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, the coordinator of the Oneida History Conferences, and the founder of the Oneida Historical Society. He is the coauthor of Chief Daniel Bread and the Oneida Nation of Indians of Wisconsin and the coeditor of The Oneida Indian Journey: From New York to Wisconsin, 1784-1860. Gerald L. Hill is a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and former chief counsel and special counsel for the Oneida Nation.
Content
1. A History Ida Blackhawk - Hard Times at Oneida 2. Recollections and Opinions of Elders Tom Elm - Some Recollections Solomon Wheelock - How the Oneidas Lost Their Land Hyson Doxtator - A Surprise Ceremony Mason Wheelock - Changes of Living and Customs Mason Wheelock - More on the Past and Present Marian Cornelius - Mothers, Children, and Medicine Sophie Hill - Child-rearing and Sex Education Jane Cornelius - A Preacher's Daughter Jerusha P. Cornelius - Married When I Still Liked Dolls Mrs. M. E. S. - The Attitude Toward Whites Dixon Skenandore - One Man's Life Jane Skenandore - Jane Skenandore's Perspective Jacob Denny - Changes in the Way of Living John Webster - A Lumberjack's Life 3. Working, Earning a Living, and Struggling Through Guy Elm - Report on Economic Conditions Stadler King - Three Jobs Melissa Cornelius - Trying to Get Ahead Herbert Cornelius - The Blacksmith Josiah Charles - An Entrepreneur's Career Mark Powless - Economic Life Isaiah Reed - Moving Buildings Wilson Cornelius - My Old Plantation Mary Hill - Present Day Living Mrs. James Skenandore - Struggling in the Depression Stadler King - Town Relief 4. Lives Lived and Told Oscar Archiquette Autobiography William Metoxen - My Life History Clara Webster - Growing Up Anonymous #1 - An Oneida Odyssey Andrew Beechtree - Life in Detroit Morris Wheelock - Autobiography Amelia Wheelock Jordan - Thoughts about Life Sarah Cornelius - School, Marriages, Work Lucy Elm - School, Marriage, and Childbirth Mildred Summers - Coping with Poverty Milton Summers - School, France, and Family William Webster - A Boxer's Career and Marriage Ruth Baird - A Self-portrait Curtis Denny - Associates 5. Marriages and Families Minnie Decota Danforth - A Second Marriage Jonas Smith - An Oneida Bachelor Farmer Elijah Thomas - Troubles Mrs. R. Hill - Raising Teenage Children Anonymous #2 - Two Marriages "Confidential" - Children G.O. - Travels and Travails 6. Religious Life and Beliefs Jerusha P. Cornelius - My Changing Attitude to Religion Ida Baird - Changes in Values and Behavior Ida Blackhawk - My Beliefs: Religion and Values Abbie Schuyler - The Comfort of Spiritualism Melissa Cornelius - Christian and Indian Religion Cora E. Sinnard - Life, Belief, and the War Eddie Metoxen - Sacred Ceremony 7. Boarding Schools and "Outing" John A. Skenandore - Oneida Government School Andrew Beechtree - Education and Life at Carlisle Stadler King - Back to the Blanket Guy Elm - Living and Working Outside Cora Charles - Experiences Working in New England 8. Sports and Recreation Howard Elm - Economic & Sporting Life Anderson Cornelius - An Athlete's Life Josiah Charles - Lacrosse Guy Elm - A Football Game to Remember Stadler King - Stories of Fishing and Hunting 9. Four Memorable Days Stadler King - "Fall" and "Winter" John Skenandore - "Winter" and "Summer" 10. Indians and Whites E. P. Boland - Letter to Rep. Joshua L. Johns Oscar Archiquette - Speech at General Tribal Council James G. Frechette - Letter to Rep. Joshua L. Johns Tom Elm - What Help for Oneida Now?