Record details

• ISBN: 0803229437 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780803229433 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 0803280432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780803280434 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xli, 425 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-418) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A brief economic and social history. Hard times at Oneida / Ida Blackhawk -- Recollections and opinions of elders. Some recollections / Tom Elm -- How the Oneidas lost their land / Solomon Wheelock -- A surprise ceremony / Hyson Doxtator -- Changes in customs and ways of living / Mason Wheelock -- Mothers, children, and medicine / Marian Cornelius -- Child-rearing and sex education / Sophie Hill -- A preacher's daughter's life / Jane Cornelius -- I was married when I still liked dolls / Jerusha P. Cornelius -- Attitudes toward whites / Mrs. M. E. S. -- One man's life / Dixon Skenandore -- Mrs. Dixon Skenandore's perspective / Jane Skenandore -- Changes in the way of living / Jacob Denny -- A lumberjack's life / John Webster --

Working, earning a living, and struggling through. Report on economic conditions before relief came into effect in Oneida / Guy Elm -- Three jobs / Stadler King -- Trying to get ahead / Melissa Cornelius -- The blacksmith / Herbert Cornelius -- An entrepreneur's career / Josiah Charles -- Economic life / Mark Powless -- Moving buildings and tearing down smokestacks / Isaiah Reed -- My old plantation / Wilson Cornelius -- Present-day living / Mary Hill -- Struggling in the Depression / Mrs. James Skenandore -- Distribution of town relief / Stadler King --

The lives they led. Autobiography / Oscar Archiquette -- My Life History / William H. Metoxen -- Growing Up / Clara Webster -- An Oneida Odyssey / Anonymous no. 1 -- Life in Detroit / Andrew Beechtree -- Autobiography / Morris Wheelock -- Thoughts about Life / Amelia Wheelock Jordan -- School, Marriage, and Work / Sarah Cornelius -- School, Marriage, and Childbirth / Lucy Elm -- Poverty and Illness / Mildred Summers -- School, France, and Family / Milton Summers -- A Boxer's Career and Marriage / William Webster -- A Self-Portrait / Ruth Baird -- Associates / Curtis Denny --

Marriages and families. Family, two marriages, and religion / Minnie Decota Danforth -- The tale of an Oneida bachelor farmer / Jonas Smith -- Troubles / Elijah Thomas -- Raising teenage children / Mrs. R. Hill -- Two marriages / Anonymous no. 2 -- Children / "Confidential" -- Travels and travails / G. O. -- Religious life and beliefs. My changing attitude toward religion / Jerusha P. Cornelius -- Changes in values and behavior / Ida Baird -- My beliefs: religion and values / Ida Blackhawk -- The comfort of spiritualism / Abbie Schuyler -- Christian and Indian religion / Melissa Cornelius -- Life, belief, and the war / Cora Elm Sinnard -- A sacred ceremony / Eddie Metoxen --

Boarding schools and "outing." Oneida boarding school / John A. Skenandore -- Education and Life at Carlisle / Andrew Beechtree -- Back to the blanket / Stadler King -- Living and working outside ("outing") / Guy Elm -- My experiences working for New England people / Cora Charles -- Sports and recreation. My economic and sporting life / Howard Elm -- An athlete's life / Anderson Cornelius -- Lacrosse / Josiah Charles -- A football game to remember / Guy Elm -- Fishing with white men ; Fishing with Indians ; Hunting muskrats / Stadler King -- Four memorable days. Fall ; Winter / Stadler King -- Winter ; Summer / John A. Skenandore -- Appendix: The Oneida ethnological study under attack. Letter to Rep. Joshua L. Johns / E. P. Boland -- Speech at General Tribal Council / Oscar Archiquette -- Letter to Rep. Joshua L. Johns / James G. Frechette.

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