The author explores uniquely Iroquois components in Oneida oral narrative as it existed in the early twentieth century, drawn largely from journals by Hope Emily Allen.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
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.