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Author Volo, James M., 1947-

Title Family life in Native America / James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Family life through history, 1558-6286
Family life through history.
Contents An environmental geography of the northeast Woodlands -- The structure of Woodland society -- Native American kinship systems -- Child rearing from birth to marriage -- A world wrought from nature -- The bountiful earth mother -- Native American ceremonies and rituals -- The tomahawk and the cross -- Wilderness warfare -- The fur trade -- Intertribal trade and conflict -- Dispossessing the First Nations -- The Indian alliances -- Fighting back : the dark and bloody ground
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-386) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Woodland Indians -- Social life and customs
Woodland Indians -- History
Families -- East (U.S.) -- History
Kinship -- East (U.S.) -- History
Social structure -- East (U.S.) -- History
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference.
Families
Kinship
Manners and customs
Social structure
Woodland Indians
Woodland Indians -- Social life and customs
Familie
SUBJECT East (U.S.) -- Social life and customs
East (U.S.) -- History
Subject East United States
USA
Indianer.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-
ISBN 9780313081156
0313081158
1281106747
9781281106742
9786611106744
661110674X