{"product_id":"conservatism-among-the-iroquois-at-the-six-nations-reserve","title":"Conservatism Among the Iroquois at the Six Nations Reserve","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnemarie Anrod Shimony's classic work clearly shows the contemporary cultural and religious crises that face the Longhouse Iroquois at the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. Shimony presents a lucid and eloquent account of the survival of the Native American tradition, which is struggling to maintain political and cultural autonomy in an ever-changing modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on original field work dating from 1953 to 1961, and supplemented by new material describing changes during the last thirty years, Shimony's work is once again the most comprehensive ethnography of the largest extant traditional Iroquoian community. Some of the material discussed includes the social organization, the system of hereditary chiefs, the beliefs and practices of the Longhouse religion, the events of the Iroquoian life cycle, and the extensive medicinal and witchcraft aspects of the culture. Additional areas of focus include the rituals of the agricultural calendar and Iroquois conceptions of death and burial\u003cbr\u003erituals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Elizabeth Tooker wrote in \u003ci\u003eIndians of the Northeast,\u003c\/i\u003e Shimony's monograph is, \"next to Morgan's League, the most important general description of the Iroquois.\" With its new material added,\u003ci\u003e Conservatism \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eamong the Iroquois\u003c\/i\u003e is once again required reading for anyone interested in Native American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55318591144280,"sku":"9780815626305","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780815626305.jpg?v=1778671864","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/conservatism-among-the-iroquois-at-the-six-nations-reserve","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}