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Atotarho, one of the legendary founders of the Iroquois League, as drawn by David Cusick "You
have your Massinahigan; (that is to say, you
have a knowledge of writing), which makes you remember
everything."
--An Algonquin captain to Champlain at Quebec, 1633 The Jesuit Relations, Vol. 5, p. 207 |
The Massinahigan
series brings together short observations, histories, and
descriptions of the North American Indians. It focuses on
the Eastern Woodlands tribes of the United States and Canada
during the early period of European settlement, with
particular attention paid to tribes and nations that did not
survive into modern times. Bringing together such
hard-to-find sources as local historical tracts and native
oral traditions written by chiefs and elders, the series
makes available obscure and inaccessible works that have
been out-of-print for more than a hundred years. The Massinahigan series will be well-appreciated by American and Canadian historians, folklorists, anthropologists, local historians, genealogists, and anyone with an interest in American Indian history and culture. Each volume contains a short preface detailing the original source of the work. Books in the series are a handy small-format (4.25" x 6.75") and feature a durable library binding using Davey(tm) acid-free binders board and moisture-resistant library book cloth. Printing is done on acid-free paper to ensure that these volumes will be part of your collection for a long time to come. Related material: The American Language Reprint (ALR) series Related material: The Colonial & Early Frontier Bookshop For ordering information, please visit our ordering page Other resources available on the internet: Links |
Brief
History of King Philip's War, 1675-1677 Including Supplemental Material from Soldiers in King Philip's War George M. Bodge (1891 & 1906) This compact and readable book
represents an amalgam of two brief summaries written by
George M. Bodge on King Philip's War. This bitter
conflict, pitting the New England colonies against the
Narraganset and Wampanoag tribes, was fought from
1675-1677. The colonial militias suffered severe reverses
before finally conquering Philip with the help of the
Mohegans and other Indian allie 2004 ~ 47 pp. ~ Clothbound ~ ISBN: 1-889758-58-2 ~ $26.00 |
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Sketches
of
Ancient History of the Six Nations David Cusick (1825) First published in 1825, this work
represents one of the earliest attempts to reconstruct
pre-contact Iroquois history. Compiled by David Cusick, a
Tuscarora historian, the book attempts to relate events as
far back as 1000 B.C. based on the oral tradition of the
Iroquois. 2004 ~ 64 pp. ~ Clothbound ~ ISBN: 1-889758-59-0 ~ $28.0 |
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The
Country of the Neutrals From Champlain to Talbot James H. Coyne (1895) This history, written in 1895, gives a
brief account of the country of the Neutral tribe, who
occupied numerous villages between the Grand and Niagara
Rivers in southern Ontario. Contact population for the
entire Neutral nation was estimated to be 30-40,000,
making them perhaps more numerous than all of the five
nations of the Iroquois nations combined. They were termed
"Neutrals" because they historically did not take sides in
the ongoing wars between their neighbors the Iroquois and
the Hurons. The Neutrals themselves were attacked and
scattered by the Iroquois in the early 1650s, leaving
hardly a trace of their language, history, and culture
save what was recorded by the few missionaries that
visited them beforehand. After their reduction by the
Iroquois, the remnants of the Neutral tribes seem to have
been absorbed by the Iroquois or coalesced with refugees
of the Petún and Hurons to form the Wyandot tribe. 2005 ~ 80 pp. ~ 2 maps ~ Clothbound ~ ISBN: 1-889758-60-4 ~ $30.00 |
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The
Annual Narrative of the Mission of the Sault From Its Foundation Until the Year 1686 Claude Chauchetiere, S.J. (1686) Chauchetiere was a French Jesuit
who penned this fascinating year-by-year chronicle of the
famous Native American mission which drew converts from
over 20 tribes. The Sault was the home of Blessed Kateri
Tekakwitha, the beloved Mohawk-Algonquin woman who is a
candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church. Drawing
from the writings of his fellow missionaries as well as
his own personal knowledge, Chauchetiere begins with the
mission's founding at La Prairie in 1667 by Catherine
Gandeaktena, an Erie convert known as the Mother of the
Poor. 2006 ~ 70 pp. ~ Paperback ~ ISBN: 1-889758-75-2 ~ $18.95 |
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The
Roman Rite in the Algonquian and Iroquoian Missions From the Colonial Period to the Second Vatican Council Claudio R. Salvucci “This is a fascinating account of how Indian custom and ancient Catholic worship came together to form a unique cultural entity. Salvucci’s illuminating introduction to this topic raises questions – including that of the more recent dismantling of this union – that will necessarily claim the attention of future scholars.” —Dr. Alcuin Reid, Author, The Organic Development of
the Liturgy
“Claudio Salvucci brings to light areas of liturgical study seldom explored, but worthy of exploration. He introduces to the field of liturgical study a topic not only of unique cultural and historical interest, but one which is generally pertinent to the question of proper and improper expressions of inculturation in the liturgy today. He further challenges the modern perception of traditional liturgical expressions as necessarily colonialist and incapable of being relevant outside of the European context.” —Shawn Tribe, Editor of The New Liturgical Movement
Representing the first general
treatment of the "Indian Mass" of the North American
Catholic missions, this volume draws on historical
descriptions as well as rare missionary manuscripts and
publications to trace the development of the distinctive
American Indian liturgies from the early hymn singing of
the mid-1600s to the adaptation of vernacular plainchant
and polyphony. Weaving together extensive primary
source quotations, Salvucci overturns popular
misconceptions of missionaries as cultural imperialists,
showing instead how native congregations and scholarly
priests worked together in adapting the rich traditions of
Counter-Reformation Roman Catholicism to the linguistic
and cultural needs of the New World. July 2008 ~ 160 pp. ~ Hardback ~ 978-1-889758-89-3 ~ $44.95 |
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