ABOUT THIS BOOK

For the first time, the traumatic removal of the Oneida Indians from New York to Wisconsin is examined in a groundbreaking collection of essays, The Oneida Indian Journey from New York to Wisconsin, 1784–1860. To shed light on this vital period of Oneida history, editors Laurence Hauptman and L. Gordon McLester, III, present a unique collaboration between an American Indian nation and the academic community. Two professional historians, a geographer, anthropologist, archivist and attorney join in with eighteen voices from the Oneida community—local historians, folklorists, genealogists, linguists, and tribal elders—discuss tribal dispossession and community; Oneida community perspectives of Oneida history; and the means of studying Oneida history.

Contributors include: Debra Anderson, Eileen Antone, Jim Antone, Abrahms Archiquette, Oscar Archiquette, Jack Campisi, Richard Chrisjohn, Amelia Cornelius, Judy Cornelius, Katie Cornelius, Melissa Cornelius, Jonas Elm, James Folts, Reginald Horsman, Elizabeth Huff, Francis Jennings, Arlinda Locklear, Jo Margaret Mano, Loretta Metoxen, Liz Obomsawin, Jessie Peters, Sarah Summers, and Rachel Swamp

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Laurence M. Hauptman, author of ten books on Native Americans, is professor of history at the State University of New York at New Paltz and has served as a historical consultant to the Oneida, Seneca, and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. L. Gordon McLester, III, an Oneida, is the coordinator of the Oneida History Conferences and founder of the Oneida Historical Society.

REVIEWS

“Provides important insights by a number of well-respected scholars and members of the Oneida community on a critical and much-neglected period of Oneida history. This book is highly recommended.”—Ronald N. Satz, author of Chippewa Treaty Rights and American Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Illustrations

Maps and Table

Foreword

Hagan, William T.

Preface

Hill, Gerald L.

Abbreviations

Contributors

Introduction

Part I.
The Way West: Tribal Dispossession and Community Rebuilding, 1784–1860

Introduction

1.
The Oneida Nation: A Composite Portrait, 1784–1816

Hauptman, Laurence M.

2.
Command Performance: Philip Schuyler and the New York State–Oneida “Treaty” of 1795

Hauptman, Laurence M.

3.
The Origins of Oneida Removal to Wisconsin, 1815–1822

Horsman, Reginald

4.
The Wisconsin Oneidas between Disasters

Campisi, Jack

5.
The Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838 and Its Legal Implications for Oneida Indian Land Claims

Locklear, Arlinda

Part II.
Oneida Community Perspectives of Oneida Indian History

Introduction

6.
Stories of the Oneida Language and Folklore Project, 1938–1941

Elders, Oneida

7.
Contemporary Oneida Perspectives of Oneida History

Cornelius, Amelia
Cornelius, Judy
Metoxen, Loretta
Antone, Eileen
Obomsawin, Liz
Chrisjohn, Richard

Part III.
Doing Oneida Indian History: Needs, Approaches, and Resources

Introduction

8.
Doing Oneida Indian History

Jennings, Francis

9.
Before the Dispersal: Records of New York's Official Relations with the Oneidas and Other Indian Nations

Folts, James D.

10.
Unmapping the Iroquois: New York State Cartography, 1792–1845

Mano, Jo Margaret

Afterword

Hill, Gerald L.

Appendix: Oneida Indian Records Prior to 1887 Owned by, or Deposited at, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin or at Its Area Research Centers

Anderson, Debra

Select Bibliography: The Oneidas in Wisconsin, the First 50 Years

Index

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