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Family life in Native America [electronic resource] / James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo.

Author: Volo, James M., 1947-

Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2007.

Description1 online resource :xx, 399 p. : ill., maps.

Note: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 Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-386) and index.

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Author:
Volo, James M., 1947-
Series Statement
Family life through history
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.
East (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.
East (U.S.) -- History.
Contributor
Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-