Eighteenth-Century Treaties: Amended Iroquois Condolence Rituals
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael M. Pomedli
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 319-339
Description
Author examines 13 treaties made between 1736 and 1762 and collected for publication by Benjamin Franklin; argues that the texts of the treaties demonstrate not only the influence of the Iroquois signatories, but also their worldview and spiritual practice, and function as a form of ritual or ceremony.