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in this book, an award-winning anthropologist tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake and the revitalization of an American Indian society that he and his followers achieved in the years around 1800. "Here is a carefully crafted masterpiece of anthropological and historical investigation. It is about both the specific renaissance of the Seneca and the possible renaissance of any people. On its specific subject matter, it will probably remain the definitive study for a long time."--Christian Science Monitor "Until this volume, there has been no single book written that relates the history and life style of one of the Iroquois peoples with the encompassing depth and breadth of knowledge, clarity, and interest that the subject deserves. Finally, this book does it for the Seneca. It is enthralling history, told in a knowledgeable, highly readable way."--Alvin M. Joseph Jr., author of The Indian Heritage of America "This book is at once troubling and richly textured; for it draws skillfully and impartially on the resources of history, ethnology and psychology to chronicle the agony and decline of one of the proudest of American Indian peoples."--Morris Opler

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THE WORLD IN WHICH HANDSOME LAKE GREW TO MANHOOD, AND IN which he took his place as an active hunter and warrior, was the world of an unvanquished Indian nation: the Seneca, the most populous and the most powerful of the confederated Iroquois tribes.

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This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society that he and his followers achieved in the years around 1800.

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  • Title The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
  • Author Anthony Wallace
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Vintage Books Ed
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date April 12, 1972
  • ISBN 9780394716992 / 039471699X
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.23 x 0.78 in (20.27 x 13.28 x 1.98 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Seneca Indians, Handsome Lake
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.700

Media reviews

"Until this volume, there has been no single book written that relates the history and life style of one of the Iroquois peoples with the encompassing depth and breadth of knowledge, clarity, and interest that the subject deserves. Finally, this book does it for the Seneca. It is enthralling history, told in a knowledgeable, highly readable way."

-- Alvin M. Joseph, Jr., author of The Indian Heritage of America

"This book is at once troubling and richly textured; for it draws skillfully and impartially on the resources of history, ethnology and psychology to chronicle the agony and decline of one of the proudest of American Indian peoples."

-- Morris Opler Book World

"Here is a carefully crafted masterpiece of anthropological and historical investigation. It is about both the specific renaissance of the Seneca and the possible renaissance of any people. On its specific subject matter, it will probably remain the definitive study for a long time."

-- Christian Science Monitor

About the author

Anthony Wallace (19123-2015) was a prize-winning Canadian-American anthropologist who specialized in Native American cultures, especially the Iroquois. He served as chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylania and as a medical research scientist and director of clinical research at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. His many other books include King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung, Culture and Personality, Religion: An Anthropological View, Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans, and The Long Bitter Trail.
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