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Seneca Possessed: Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic

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Description for Seneca Possessed: Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic Paperback. Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"-culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally-in the wake of the American Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.

Seneca Possessed examines the ordeal of a Native people in the wake of the American Revolution. As part of the once-formidable Iroquois Six Nations in western New York, Senecas occupied a significant if ambivalent place within the newly established United States. They found themselves the object of missionaries' conversion efforts while also confronting land speculators, poachers, squatters, timber-cutters, and officials from state and federal governments.

In response, Seneca communities sought to preserve their territories and culture amid a maelstrom of economic, social, religious, and political change. They succeeded through a remarkable course of cultural innovation and conservation, skillful calculation and ... Read more

But cultural reinvention did not come easily. Episodes of Seneca witch-hunting reflected the wider crises the Senecas were experiencing. Ironically, as with so much of their experience in this period, such episodes also allowed for the preservation of Seneca sovereignty, as in the case of Tommy Jemmy, a Seneca chief tried by New York in 1821 for executing a Seneca "witch." Here Senecas improbably but successfully defended their right to self-government. Through the stories of Tommy Jemmy, Handsome Lake, and others, Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"—culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally—in the era of early American independence.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
Series
Early American Studies
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812221992
SKU
V9780812221992
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About Matthew Dennis
Matthew Dennis is Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.

Reviews for Seneca Possessed: Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic
"In this lucid and fascinating book . . . Dennis provides an important new interpretation of how the Senecas adapted, and what those adaptations tell us about their history and the history of the early American Republic. . . . Dennis's book is a distinctive blend of the familiar and the new, allowing us to see old questions in a ... Read more

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