{"product_id":"kahnaw-ke-factionalism-traditionalism-and-nationalism-in-a-mohawk-community-9780803222557","title":"Kahnawà Ke: Factionalism, Traditionalism, and Nationalism in a Mohawk Community","description":"Today Kahnaw  ke (\"at the rapids\") is a community of approximately seventy-two hundred Mohawks, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal. One of the largest Mohawk communities, it is known in the modern era for its activism--a traditionalist, energetic impulse with a long history. \u003ci\u003eKahnaw  ke\u003c\/i\u003e examines the development of traditionalism and nationalism in this Kanien'kek  ka (Mohawk) community from 1870 to 1940. \u003cp\u003eThe core of Kahnaw  ke's cultural and political revitalization involved efforts to revive and refashion the community's traditional political institutions, reforge ties to and identification with the Iroquois Confederacy, and reestablish the traditional longhouse within the community. Gerald F. Reid interprets these developments as the result of the community's efforts to deal with internal ecological, economic, and political pressures and the external pressures for assimilation, particularly as they stemmed from Canadian Indian policy. Factionalism was a consequence of these pressures and an important ingredient in the development of traditionalist and nationalist responses within the community. These responses within Kahnaw  ke also contributed to and were supported by similar processes of revitalization in other Iroquois communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on primary documents and numerous oral histories, \u003ci\u003eKahnaw  ke\u003c\/i\u003e provides a detailed ethnohistory of a major Kanien'kek  ka community at a turbulent and transformative time in its history and the history of the Iroquois Confederacy. It not only makes an important contribution to the understanding of this vital but little studied community but also sheds new light on recent Iroquois history and Native political and cultural revitalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803222557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Gerald F. Reid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38013008707765,"sku":"9780803222557","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4397e2fe-6e61-4191-8ad8-d8a3ed00d9e5.jpg?v=1609138887","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kahnaw-ke-factionalism-traditionalism-and-nationalism-in-a-mohawk-community-9780803222557","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}