Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier (Penguins Library of American Indian History)

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A modern classic involves the "Black Dinner" in the Game of Thrones series. The massacre is considered a bigger afront because it occurs after the sharing of a meal. In Western Cultures, sharing of a meal creates a social contract between the person providing the meal and the person receiving the meal. Both parties acknowledge their peaceful intentions by sharing a meal.

In Native American communities specifically Iriquois the giving of gifts was seen as a declaration of peaceful intent. The acceptance of the gift was similarly perceived as such.

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While the value of the gift played a role, the act of gift giving created the social contract. Shannon also explains that Iriquois saw two states of foreign relations Either you were at war with another group or you were willing to trade with them. Western culture can involve war AND trade at the same time. The book discusses these and other cultural difference. Feb 13, Scott Taylor rated it really liked it. Focusing on the Iroquois and their unique brand of diplomacy.

The book provides an insightful, even-handed, factual account of this time frame, while avoiding a potential downfall of interpreting or providing meta-commentary beyond the very tight focus of its subject matter. I recently read an account of an earlier time in the exploration and settlement of the northeastern parts of North America, told from the European specifically, French perspective.

It was pleasing to see how well this book meshes with that one, in terms of its anthropology. It was nice to get the other side of the story, albeit in a different historical setting.

Unfortunately, while the accounts are interesting, this book could have used some more thematic direction. The accounts of various treaties and conferences gets a little repetitive after a while. Certain patterns are extremely evident to the reader, but not touched upon or expounded by the author. Though very focused and detailed, the work seemed to ramble at times on subjects you wonder are relevant or not. But, regardless, it is a fast read and it would serve very well as a book to study in a classroom setting where a group could discuss the various events and their actors.

As a book, its a bit dry. Dec 27, Nichola rated it liked it Shelves: us-history. Surprisingly readable- this covers the interactions of the Iroquois with the early settlers, the British government, the French government and the other Native Nations through the American war for Independence and shortly after. A strong but informed narrative describes their early customs and patterns of governance, the way negotiations were carried out, where the groups had their strengths and how they were undermined.

Its a complex account, showing that no group acted in completely good faith Surprisingly readable- this covers the interactions of the Iroquois with the early settlers, the British government, the French government and the other Native Nations through the American war for Independence and shortly after. Its a complex account, showing that no group acted in completely good faith all the time.

Dec 09, Nathan Albright rated it it was amazing Shelves: challenge. The author of this book seems to assume that his listening audience will be entirely unfamiliar with the complexities of Iroquois diplomacy or with any of the most notable figures of it. I had heard of some of the people involved myself, like the illustrious Brant family, but some of the names were unfamiliar to me and would likely be unfamiliar to most readers of this book. At the heart of this book is a subtle? As it is, the author praises the Iroquois not for their supposed and illusory importance in our constitutional law, nor for their military prowess or skills in government, but rather for their skills in diplomacy, and if you enjoy reading or listening to a thoughtful and complex work on diplomatic history [1], this book manages to do so in the familiar and yet sometimes alien context of American colonial and early American republican history.

The contents of this book are basically a chronological look at Iroquois diplomacy from its beginnings in prehistory to the early American republic.

Of interest to many readers or listeners will be the fact that the Iroquois confederacy itself began out of an act of diplomacy that, at least according to oft-repeated legends, ended some brutal conflicts between various Iroquoian speaking tribes. It should be noted that the Iroquois Confederacy did not include all of the speakers of that language family and that there were many children who were adopted as youth from other cultures and who acculturated as various members of first the five nations--the Mohawks, Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, and Oneidas, and then the six nations when the Tuscaroras joined in the early 18th century.

Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier: The Penguin Library of American Indian History

The book spends a lot of time discussing treaty conferences between the Iroquois and the English, Dutch, French, and later Americans, as well as the careers of particular people involved with the Iroquois or their various "props" like the Mohegans or Delaware over whom they claimed some sort of loose authority. The author also discusses the various fissures within Iroquois society between those who favored one side or another between the British and French or between the British and the Americans, and the ways that they profited off of the sale of lands belonging to other tribes over whom they held specious claims.

One of the most praiseworthy aspects of the book is the way that it respects its subject without trying to whitewash it completely of blame. If one has any reason to enjoy books about our nation's first peoples and their history, this is a worthwhile book to check out, as it demonstrates how a fairly loose confederation bound together related and culturally aligned tribes which nonetheless had a high degree of autonomy. It demonstrates the way that they used bluff and bluster to be viewed as powerful and to maintain a position of independence and dignity, and how despite the divides over acculturation with European Christianity and their widespread issues with alcoholism and economic dependence on colonial powers after they exhausted their hunting grounds and were unable to gain new ones through warfare with other tribes, they maintained a sense of identity that continues to this day.

For those who have Iroquois heritage, this book gives a good reason to be proud of that heritage and some worthwhile names to be proud of. For those who desire to know more about the quirks of Iroquois diplomacy or its characteristic cliches like broken and polished chains, blocked or cleared paths, and the like, this book is also worthwhile in that it explores the language of Iroquois diplomacy as well as the exoticism in which Iroquois statesmen were viewed by Europeans and also the sordid matters of corrupt land deals and economic subsidies and annuities to fiercely proud but often dependent leaders.

This book encourages its readers to place within their own mental maps a space for appreciating and remembering the remarkable achievements of the Iroquois confederacy, and presents an excellent case for the historical importance of its sachems and chiefs. Mar 13, Gary rated it really liked it. As a native of Upstate New York, I found this book to be a very interesting, very readable study of the Iroquois and their interactions with the early European settlers.

There are two competing narratives about the Iroquois that dominate popular conceptions of themthat they were an independent and warlike people who rose up against colonial encroachments on their territory, and that they were politically advanced culture whose form of government was a major source of inspiration for the American founders.

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Shannon provides an evidence-based history that shows that neither of these views is particularly accurate. Far from a federalist system, the Iroquois peopl There are two competing narratives about the Iroquois that dominate popular conceptions of themthat they were an independent and warlike people who rose up against colonial encroachments on their territory, and that they were politically advanced culture whose form of government was a major source of inspiration for the American founders.

Far from a federalist system, the Iroquois peoples were more of a loose confederacy based largely on a clan system, often with individual towns or villages acting independently of the larger group, and all of them basically acting pragmatically in their dealings with foreign powers. He paints a picture of them as neither "noble savages", nor just plain savages though still emerging from a state of savagery in their recent history , with large and relatively politically complex settlements.

Neither the European colonists nor the Iroquois were entirely to blame for their eventual fate, though there was plenty of blame to go around on both sides. It was more a case of two very different cultures at different stages of development that very often simply couldn't understand each other. The descriptions of the ongoing diplomatic negotiations are sometimes a bit dry, but on the whole this is a very interesting read for anyone interested in Native American, or just plain American, history. May 22, David Bates rated it it was amazing.

Formed one to two centuries after the onset of the Little Ice Age, sometime after southern migrations of the related Susquehannocks and Tuscaroras, the League gave the Iroquois a competitive advantage under the twin stresses of European contact — disease and competition for access to trade. Rather than turn on each other the Iroquois decimated their competitors, restoring their numbers through captivity and winning valuable trade partnerships with European colonies, creating the shattered Algonquian world described by White in the Middle Ground.

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Playing the English, Dutch and French off against each other, and aggressively capturing and assimilating, or subordinating, other peoples, the Iroquois occupied a powerful role in the western Pennsylvania and Ohio Country which became the focus of imperial competition in the 18th century. Nov 13, Vilo rated it really liked it. This is a detailed account of the diplomacy practiced by Six Nations among themselves and with Europeans from the 's through the American Revolution.

Thinking about the vast cultural differences it was amazing how often the Six Nations and the Europeans did manage to understand each other. Unfortunately from the beginning the Iroquois became dependent on European goods, which put them at a disadvantage. Incidentally, the first Europeans settling in Ohio were illegal aliens.

Britain and the I This is a detailed account of the diplomacy practiced by Six Nations among themselves and with Europeans from the 's through the American Revolution. Britain and the Iroquois had agreed through treaty that was Indian land but "squatters" came anyway.. Seeing the French and Indian wars and the American Revolution through an Iroquois perspective was interesting.

The Revolution was devastating to the tribes. They never recovered. And the Americans were much less concerned about diplomacy with natives. The author ends with a thought that perhaps we should have more descriptions of heroes who gave speeches and negotiated rather than those who used war to express themselves. Jul 28, Homer H Blass added it.

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Using as a textbook in my graduate course in American Diplomatic History for the first week. I found it interesting and insightful and my students found it easier going than the other text; Schiff's account of Franklin on Paris. I would like to read or at least skim the other volumes in this Penguin series on American Indian tribes and American foreign relations. In the Iroquois nation was invited to attend the internat Using as a textbook in my graduate course in American Diplomatic History for the first week. In the Iroquois nation was invited to attend the international La crosse championships in England.

The Iroquois team tried to use Iroquois passpports and the English government initally insisted on American ones or the team would not be allowed to enter the country. Oct 28, Skuli Saeland rated it liked it Shelves: history , political , non-fiction , culture.

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