Author: Arthur Caswell ParkerPublisher: [Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press
ISBN:
Category : Iroquois Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Parker on the Iroquois
Author: Arthur Caswell ParkerPublisher: [Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press
ISBN:
Category : Iroquois Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Constitution of the Five Nations
Author: Arthur Caswell ParkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Parker on the Iroquois
Author: Arthur C. ParkerPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815601159
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
A definitive ethnological study of the Iroquois' subsistence, religious traditions, laws, and customs.
The Life of General Ely S. Parker
Author: Arthur Caswell ParkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Warrior in Two Camps
Author: William H. ArmstrongPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815624950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Warrior in Two Camps is the biography of Ely S. Parker, the first native American to serve as commissioner of Indian Affairs. The name Ely Samuel Parker is seldom found among famous Indian chiefs. Indeed, the name seems somehow out of place in the company of men called Black Hawk or Crazy Horse or Geronimo. But the prosaic name is part of the story of an American Indian who chose to live his life in the white man’s world. It is a story in which a frock coat replaces the traditional deerskin, and a surveyor’s level and a soldier’s orderly book take the place of the wampum belt and the war club.
Skunny Wundy and Other Indian Tales
Author: Arthur Caswell ParkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
To Be Indian
Author: Joy PorterPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080619376X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Born on the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955) was a prominent intellectual leader both within and outside tribal circles. Of mixed Iroquois, Seneca, and Anglican descent, Parker was also a controversial figure-recognized as an advocate for Native Americans but criticized for his assimilationist stance. In this exhaustively researched biography-the first book-length examination of Parker’s life and career-Joy Porter explores complex issues of Indian identity that are as relevant today as in Parker’s time. From childhood on, Parker learned from his well-connected family how to straddle both Indian and white worlds. His great-uncle, Ely S. Parker, was Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S. Grant--the first Native American to hold the position. Influenced by family role models and a strong formal education, Parker, who became director of the Rochester Museum, was best known for his work as a "museologist" (a word he coined). Porter shows that although Parker achieved success within the dominant Euro-American culture, he was never entirely at ease with his role as assimilated Indian and voiced frustration at having "to play Indian to be Indian." In expressing this frustration, Parker articulated a challenging predicament for twentieth-century Indians: the need to negotiate imposed stereotypes, to find ways to transcend those stereotypes, and to assert an identity rooted in the present rather than in the past.
To be Indian
Author: Joy PorterPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806133171
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Born on the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955) was a prominent intellectual leader both within and outside tribal circles. Of mixed Iroquois, Seneca, and Anglican descent, Parker was also a controversial figure-recognized as an advocate for Indians but criticized for his assimilationist stance. In this exhaustively researched biography-the first book-length examination of Parker’s life and career-Joy Porter explores complex issues of Indian identity that are as relevant today as in Parker’s time. From childhood on, Parker learned from his well-connected family how to straddle both Indian and white worlds. His great-uncle, Ely S. Parker, was Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S. Grant--the first American Indian to hold the position. Influenced by family role models and a strong formal education, Parker, who became director of the Rochester Museum, was best known for his work as a "museologist" (a word he coined). Porter shows that although Parker achieved success within the dominant Euro-American culture, he was never entirely at ease with his role as assimilated Indian and voiced frustration at having "to play Indian to be Indian." In expressing this frustration, Parker articulated a challenging predicament for twentieth-century Indians: the need to negotiate imposed stereotypes, to find ways to transcend those stereotypes, and to assert an identity rooted in the present rather than in the past.
Parker on the Iroquois
Author: Arthur C. ParkerParker on the Iroquois
Author: Arthur C. ParkerPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815601159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description