The Rotinonshonni: A Traditional Iroquoian History (Dr Brian Rice, Mohawk, Syracuse 2013)

This is my initial announcement of a fine, new book by Brian Rice, Mohawk scholar.-- Syracuse Univversity Press.  Its publication date is May 2013.  Note my "blurb".  We can't reproduce the excellent cover at this point -- but you can find the cover [and the whole piece as well] by scrolling down via this link:  http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/spring-2013/syracuse-university-press-spring-2013c.pdf   (Hunter)

The Rotinonshonni

A Traditional Iroquoian History Through

the Eyes of Teharonhia:wako and Sawiskera

Brian Rice

Cloth $34.95 978-0-8156-1021-2 ebook 978-0-8156-5227-4

6 x 9, 320 pages, 10 black-and-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index

Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors



May 2013

"This is a fine and splendid book in all respects. Dr. Brian Rice, Mohawk

scholar, takes an extraordinary journey, as seen by the People of the Longhouse,

on a fascinating trail into the cosmos of the Iroquois. From the Creation

onward, he guides the reader epoch by epoch, vista by vista-all

integrally related-until this vital, living and interpretive cosmic totality is

seen in all of its great complexity and full richness. He draws both on his

own extensive and deeply reflective cultural life-and also from the oral

traditions of knowledgeable elders."

-Hunter Gray (Abenaki / Mohawk), University of North Dakota



In this book, Rice offers a comprehensive history based on the oral traditions

of the Rotinonshonni Longhouse People, also known as the Iroquois.

Drawing upon J. N. B. Hewitt's translation and the oral presentations of

Cayuga Elder Jacob Thomas, Rice records the Iroquois creation story, the

origin of Iroquois clans, the Great Law of Peace, the European invasion,

and the life of Handsome Lake. As a participant in a 700-mile walk following

the story of the Peacemaker who confederated the original five warring

nations that became the Rotinonshonni, Rice traces the historic sites located

in what are now known as the Mississippi River Valley, Upstate New York,

southern Quebec, and Ontario.

The Rotinonshonni creates from oral traditions a history that informs the

reader about events that happened in the past and how those events have

shaped and are still shaping Rotinonshonni society today.


Brian Rice is associate professor in the Department of Education

at the University of Winnipeg and adjunct professor in the Arthur

V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at the University of Manitoba.

A Mohawk scholar, Rice received his doctorate from the

Native Traditional Knowledge Program at the California Institute

of Integral Studies.


HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /St. Francis 
Abenaki/St. Regis Mohawk 
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
www.hunterbear.org 
(much social justice material)

I have always lived and worked in the Borderlands.

Key pieces from our big Jackson Mississippi Movement 
scrapbook.  Three consecutive and full pages beginning with
this Link:  http://hunterbear.org/a_piece_of__the_scrapbook.htm
And see my reflection ON BEING A MILITANT AND RADICAL
ORGANIZER -- AND AN EFFECTIVE ONE:
http://crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm

The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Expanded in Fall 2012. Photos. Material on our Native
background.)  And see Personal Background Narrative: 
http://hunterbear.org/narrative.htm  (Updated into 2012) 

For the new (11/2011) and expanded/updated
edition of my "Organizer's Book," JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- 
with a new and substantial introduction by me.
 http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm