Family life in Native America
By: James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo.
Contributors: Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-
Series: Family life through history
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780313337956
Subjects: Woodland Indians -- Social life and customs; Woodland Indians -- History; Family -- East (U.S.) -- History; Kinship -- East (U.S.) -- History; Social structure -- East (U.S.) -- History; East (U.S.) -- Social life and customs; East (U.S.) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: An environmental geography of the northeast Woodlands; title: The structure of Woodland society; title: Native American kinship systems; title: Child rearing from birth to marriage; title: A world wrought from nature; title: The bountiful earth mother; title: Native American ceremonies and rituals; title: The tomahawk and the cross; title: Wilderness warfare; title: The fur trade; title: Intertribal trade and conflict; title: Dispossessing the First Nations; title: The Indian alliances; title: Fighting back : the dark and bloody ground.