Quarter-Acre of Heartache

by Claude Clayton Smith

Book Overview

'A quarter-acre is all there is left of the oldest Indian reservation in America. It is not very much room for an Indian nation.' This book describes the life of the Paugussett Indians of Connecticut... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936015012
• ISBN13: 9780936015019
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Pocahontas Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Impressive addition to Native American studies reading lists

Quarter-Acre Of Heartache is a history of the survival of the Golden Hill Tribe in Trumbull Connecticut told in the words of Chief Big Eagle, spokesman for the oldest and smallest Indian reservation in America. In order to survive, Big Eagle and the tribe have endured many daunting legal, social and physical challenges. A history of injustice unfolds in the words of Big Eagle. Will it continue or will it be reconciled? The victory of building a traditional log cabin on the site of the Golden Hill reservation only comes after incredible legal and personal challenges and delays and more delays. Many black and white photos enrich the biographical text taken by Claude Clayton Smith. In the afterword by the author, it is stated that the entire " question of jurisdiction has been reopened with a new intensity, and the Indian tribes of Connecticut continue to squabble among themselves, as they did over three hundred years ago, while trying to unite in the face of the white man's rule (p. 168)." For varied audiences.