In the Shadow of Kinzua

by Ldaurence Marc Hauptman and Laurence M. Hauptman

The Kinzua Dam has cast a long shadow on Seneca life since World War II. The project, formally dedicated in 1966, broke the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794, flooded approximately 10,000 acres of Seneca lands in New York and Pennsylvania, and forced the relocation of hundreds of tribal members. Hauptman offers both a policy study, detailing how and why Washington, Harrisburg, and Albany came up with the idea to build the dam, and a community study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815634625
• ISBN13: 9780815634621
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"