Title A clan mother's call : reconstructing Haudenosaunee cultural memory / Jeanette Rodriguez ; with Iakoiane Wakerakats:teh, Condoled Bear Clan Mother of the Kanien'keha:ka Nation

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 116 pages) Series SUNY series in critical Haudenosaunee studies Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Call of the Earth Mother; The Call of the Earth Mother; 1 Setting the Context; 2 The Epoch of Sky Woman; The Creation Story; Sustaining Creation (The Three Sisters); 3 Clans and the Epoch of the League; Haudenosaunee Clans; How a Clan Mother Came to Be; 4 Crossover Ceremonies; Life Stages; Healing through Ceremony; The Crossover Ritual for Young Women; The Crossover Ritual for Young Men; 5 Indigenous Strategies in the Global Arena; Our Oldest Home; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Letter to Jeanette Rodriguez from Wakerahkats:teh, Bear Clan Matron Appendix 2: Tasks and Responsibilities of a Clan Mother; Notes; Works Cited; About the Authors; Index Summary Addresses the importance of Haudenosaunee women in the rebuilding of the Iroquois nation. Indigenous communities around the world are gathering to both reclaim and share their ancestral wisdom. Aware of and drawing from these social movements, A Clan Mother's Call articulates Haudenosaunee women's worldview that honors women, clanship, and the earth. Over successive generations, First Nation people around the globe have experienced and survived trauma and colonization. Extensive literature documents these assaults, but few record their resilience. This book fulfills an urgent and unmet need for First Nation women to share their historical and cultural memory as a people. It is a need invoked and proclaimed by Clan Mother, Iakoiane Wakerahkats: the, of the Mohawk Nation. Utilizing ethnographic methods of participatory observation, interviewing and recording oral history, the book is an important and useful resource for capturing "living" histories. It strengthens the cultural bridge and understanding of the Haudenosaunee people within the United States and Canada. Jeanette Rodriguez is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University. She is the coauthor (with Ted Fortier) of Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith, and Identity. Iakoiane Wakerahkats:teh is Condoled Bear Clan Mother of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2017) Subject Wakerakatste, Iakoiane Wakerakatste, Iakoiane Iroquois Indians. Iroquois women -- Biography Iroquois Indians -- Social life and customs. Mohawk women -- Biography Mohawk Indians -- Social life and customs Indian women -- North America -- History Sex role -- North America Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Indian women Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies Iroquois Indians Iroquois Indians -- Social life and customs Iroquois women Mohawk Indians -- Social life and customs Mohawk women Sex role North America Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Wakerakatste, Iakoiane, contributor LC no. 2017017894 ISBN 9781438466255 1438466250 1438466234 9781438466231 9781438466248 1438466242

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