Parker on the Iroquois - Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet; The Constitution of Five Nations

A definitive ethnological study of the Iroquois' subsistence, religious traditions, laws, and customs.

List of contents

Iroquois uses of maize and other food plants, by A. C. Parker.--The code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca prophet, by Handsome Lake--The constitution of the Five Nations, by A. C. Parker.

About the author

Arthur C. Parker, a renowned anthropologist, was born on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in western New York State. Throughout a prestigious career, he was affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum at Harvard, the New York State Museum at Albany, and the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences. He died in 1955.

Summary

A definitive ethnological study of the Iroquois' subsistence, religious traditions, laws, and customs.

Product details

• Authors: William N. Fenton, Handsome Lake, Arthur Parker, Arthur C. Parker, Arthur Caswell Parker
• Assisted by: William Nelson Fenton (Illustration), William N Fenton (Editor), William N. Fenton (Editor), Arthur Parker (Editor)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1981
• EAN: 9780815601159
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0115-9
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 676 g
• Series: New York State Studies (Syracu; The Iroquois and Their Neighbors; New York State Studies (Syracu
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries