Economics of the IroquoisNew Era Printing Company, 1905 - 159 páginas Reprint of the 1905 ed. printed by Press of New Era Print. Co., Lancaster, Pa., which was issued as v. 1, no. 3 of Bryn Mawr College monographs, Monograph series. |
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... women's agricultural clan ...... The men's clan , primarily an organization of warriors and secondarily a hunting body .. Relative influence of the two clans upon the life of the community as a whole ; the prominence of the women's clan ...
... women's agricultural clan ...... The men's clan , primarily an organization of warriors and secondarily a hunting body .. Relative influence of the two clans upon the life of the community as a whole ; the prominence of the women's clan ...
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... women's clan .. Inheritance ..... The influence of the clan principle of distribution upon the consump- tion group ..... The place of the individual in the distributive system . The medicine men - a class above the clan and exacting ...
... women's clan .. Inheritance ..... The influence of the clan principle of distribution upon the consump- tion group ..... The place of the individual in the distributive system . The medicine men - a class above the clan and exacting ...
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... women's clan ; -the functions of the gentile government . The village or tribal government .. The council of the Elders ... The functions of the tribal council . 31110 96 97 97 ΙΟΙ 103 106 The nature of Iroquois laws , -custom - made ...
... women's clan ; -the functions of the gentile government . The village or tribal government .. The council of the Elders ... The functions of the tribal council . 31110 96 97 97 ΙΟΙ 103 106 The nature of Iroquois laws , -custom - made ...
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... women of the family looking after the other productive activities.1 The family support was further augmented by slave labor , now made possible by the abundance of the food supply , and also by the fact that the fishing implements ...
... women of the family looking after the other productive activities.1 The family support was further augmented by slave labor , now made possible by the abundance of the food supply , and also by the fact that the fishing implements ...
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... women of the group formed a sort of subsidiary and unorganized set of assistants . The means of subsistence once procured by the men's clan , the women prepared it for use . They cut up the meat , and prepared the skins for use as ...
... women of the group formed a sort of subsidiary and unorganized set of assistants . The means of subsistence once procured by the men's clan , the women prepared it for use . They cut up the meat , and prepared the skins for use as ...
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Página 32 - In order to expedite their business, and at the same time enjoy each other's company, they all work together in one field, or at whatever job they may have on hand. In the spring, they choose an old active squaw to be their driver and overseer, when at labor, for the ensuing year. She accepts the honor, and they consider themselves bound to obey her.
Página 62 - Within, upon the two sides, were arranged wide seats, also of bark boards, about two feet from the ground, well supported underneath, and reaching the entire length of the house. Upon these they spread their mats of skins, and also their blankets, using them as seats by day and couches at night. Similar berths were constructed on each side, about five feet above these, and secured to the frame of the house, thus furnishing accommodations for the family. Upon crosspoles near the roof were hung in...
Página 100 - ... or as was often done, go and start a new matrimonial alliance in some other. The women were the great power among the clans, as everywhere else They did not hesitate, when occasion required, to 'knock off the horns...
Página 28 - ... the crop, and also aided in the labors of the harvest field. This may not have been a part of their duty, but we have the authority of Charlevoix for saying that when asked to aid in gathering the crop " they did not scorn to lend a helping...
Página 71 - Property rights. — Within the area claimed by the tribe each gens occupies a smaller tract for the purpose of cultivation. The right of the gens to cultivate a particular tract is a matter settled in the council of the tribe, and the gens may abandon one tract for another only with the consent of the tribe. The women councilors partition the gentile land among the householders, and the household tracts are distinctly marked by them.
Página 133 - They pass yet beyond this, and regard him as profane Antiquity once did Ceres. According to their story, it is louskeha who gives them the wheat they eat, it is he who makes it grow and brings it to maturity. If they see their fields verdant in the Spring, if they reap good and abundant harvests, and if their Cabins are crammed with ears of corn, they owe it to louskeha. I do not know what God has in store for us this year, but to judge from the reports going round, we are threatened in earnest with...
Página 98 - In this manner there is usually one, two or more potential councillors in each gens who are expected to attend all the meetings of the council, though they take no part in the deliberations and have no vote. When a woman is installed as councillor a feast is prepared by the gens to which she belongs, and to this feast all the members of the tribe are invited. The woman is painted and dressed in her best attire, and the sachem of the tribe places upon her head the gentile chaplet of feathers, and...
Página 116 - He announced his project by giving a war dance and inviting volunteers. This method furnished a practical test of the popularity of the undertaking. If he succeeded in forming a company, which would consist of such persons as joined him in the dance, they departed immediately, while enthusiasm was at its height.
Página 74 - ... among them. Their kindness, humanity, and courtesy not only make them liberal with what they have, but cause them to possess hardly anything except in common. A whole village must be without corn before any individual can be obliged to endure privation.
Página 117 - It may be said that the life of the Iroquois was either spent in the chase, on the warpath, or at the council-fire. They formed the three leading objects of his existence, and it would be difficult to determine for which he possessed the strongest predilection.
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Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century Allen W. Trelease Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |