Ethnic identity and boundary maintenance in three Oneida communities
Culture:
Oneida includes: Onyota'a:ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language: English
Date: 1974
Contributor: Campisi, Jack
Subject: Anthropology | Warfare | Trade | Economic conditions | Kinship | Religion | Government relations | Land tenure | Politics and government | Social life and customs | Rites and ceremonies | Diplomacy | New York (State)--History | Wisconsin--History | Wisconsin--History | Migration | Marriage customs and rites
Type: Text
Genre: Dissertations
Extent: 520 pages
Description: This dissertation by anthropologist Jack Campisi was submitted to the State University of New York at Albany in 1974. The author organized the dissertation into chapters on methodology; war, trade, and change in Oneida society, 1600 to 1810; culture and history of the Wisconsin Oneidas; contemporary society of the Oneidas of Wisconsin; history and culture of the Oneida of the Thames; conflict and division in Oneida society, 1900-1934; contemporary society of the Oneidas of the Thames; the Oneidas of New York, 1840-present; and a conclusion with various approaches to comparing the ecologies, kinship systems, belief systems, political systems, and intra- and inter-tribal relations of the three communities as Campisi seeks to assess the evolving identities and ability to perform "boundary maintence" of each Oneida community. Campisi was a recipient of an APS Phillips Fund grant, and donated this item to the Society.
Collection: Ethnic identity and boundary maintenance in three Oneida communities Mss.970.3.C15e