{"product_id":"the-oneida-indian-experience-paperback","title":"The Oneida Indian Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Campisi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLaurence M. Hauptman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary scholarship and Indian oral tradition come together in this unique account of the history and culture of the Oneida Iroquois-particularly the Wisconsin Oneidas-who have not been the subject of the intense scholarly attention accorded other Iroquois groups. Contributors include Oneida educators, community leaders, historians, anthropologists, and linguists; essays vary from accounts of personal experience and oral history to presentations of academic research. The common denominator is the Oneida experience of cultural change and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I focuses on the history and adaptations of the Oneidas in their New York homeland. Part II describes the motives and methods used by New York State officials in divesting the Oneidas of their New York home and explores the aftereffects of the Indians' removal to Wisconsin and the legal implications of allotment legislation on American Indians' tribal jurisdiction today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-century attempts by whites to take the Oneidas' Wisconsin land base forced the Indians to develop strategies for survival, described in Part III. Capable leadership, the maintenance of tribal tradition, cultural revitalization, new educational initiatives, and continuing connections among the Oneida communities have fostered a tribal reemergence and have allowed the Oneidas to maintain themselves as a unique and thriving people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Campisi \u003c\/b\u003eis Visiting Professor of Anthropology at Wellesley College. He has served as an expert witness in the Oneida land claims case and is consultant to many American Indian tribes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurence M. Hauptman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History, State University of New York College at New Paltz, and is the author of numerous books and articles on the Iroquois, including \u003ci\u003eThe Iroquois and the New Deal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Iroquois Struggle for Survival: World War II to Red Power\u003c\/i\u003e (both Syracuse University Press).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.99 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130499862663,"sku":"9780815624530","price":32.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/06fa6fa367bed3ab7862d77863922036.webp?v=1732611327","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-oneida-indian-experience-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}