Iroquois in the West: Volume 93

by Jean Barman

Book Overview

Two centuries ago, many hundreds of Iroquois - principally from what is now Kahnaw ke - left home without leaving behind their ways of life. Recruited to man the large canoes that transported trade goods and animal pelts from and to Montreal, some Iroquois soon returned, while others were enticed ever further west by the rapidly expanding fur trade. Recounting stories of Indigenous self-determination and self-sufficiency, Iroquois in the West tracks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773556257
• ISBN13: 9780773556256
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"