Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-253) and index.
Contents
A people undone -- Where the earth opened -- Sidebar: the Oneida longhouse -- The creation -- Sidebar: twins in Oneida art -- Old ones of the forest -- Sidebar: human figures on Oneida pottery -- Thunders -- Sidebar: Dan Webster's wampum string -- Something new and some things very old -- Sidebar: Reified narrative? -- The fabric of daily life -- Sidebar: Oneida basket making -- A people resurgent -- Epilogue: studying Iroquois folklore.