Family life in Native America / James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Volo, James M., 1947-
Other Authors: Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:Family life through history.
Subjects:
Woodland people > Social life and customs.
Woodland people > History.
Families > East (U.S.) > History.
Kinship > East (U.S.) > History.
Social structure > East (U.S.) > History.
East (U.S.) > Social life and customs.
East (U.S.) > History.
Physical Description:xx, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • An environmental geography of the northeast Woodlands
  • The structure of Woodland society
  • Native American kinship systems
  • Child rearing from birth to marriage
  • A world wrought from nature
  • The bountiful earth mother
  • Native American ceremonies and rituals
  • The tomahawk and the cross
  • Wilderness warfare
  • The fur trade
  • Intertribal trade and conflict
  • Dispossessing the First Nations
  • The Indian alliances
  • Fighting back : the dark and bloody ground.