Author: Samuel R. Cook
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264120
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Monacans and Miners sheds new light on the indigenous and immigrant communities of southern Appalachia by comparing the political, economic, and social experiences of the Monacans, a historically significant Native American group in Amherst County, Virginia, with those of Scottish and Irish settlers who made their home in Wyoming County, West Virginia, in the late eighteenth century. The Monacans are the descendants of a powerful people who both fought and traded with the Powhatan Indians. As a tide of English settlers swept through Virginia and continued west, some Monacans took refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. For the next few centuries the Monacans, like some other Native American groups in the Southeast, were legally classified as black and not permitted to vote or hold office. Many were also forced into indentured servitude, laboring in apple orchards for large landowners. Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of Monacan ethnic and political identity and independence. They have won legal recognition as a tribe, collaborated with local universities to document their history, and worked to create a tribal museum. Samuel R. Cook tells the story of the Monacans in a uniquely comparative way. Their changing fortunes and relationships with outsiders are juxtaposed with the experiences of Scottish and Irish settlers in rural Wyoming County, West Virginia, a region now dominated by the coal industry.
Monacans and Miners
Author: Samuel R. Cook
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264120
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Monacans and Miners sheds new light on the indigenous and immigrant communities of southern Appalachia by comparing the political, economic, and social experiences of the Monacans, a historically significant Native American group in Amherst County, Virginia, with those of Scottish and Irish settlers who made their home in Wyoming County, West Virginia, in the late eighteenth century. The Monacans are the descendants of a powerful people who both fought and traded with the Powhatan Indians. As a tide of English settlers swept through Virginia and continued west, some Monacans took refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. For the next few centuries the Monacans, like some other Native American groups in the Southeast, were legally classified as black and not permitted to vote or hold office. Many were also forced into indentured servitude, laboring in apple orchards for large landowners. Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of Monacan ethnic and political identity and independence. They have won legal recognition as a tribe, collaborated with local universities to document their history, and worked to create a tribal museum. Samuel R. Cook tells the story of the Monacans in a uniquely comparative way. Their changing fortunes and relationships with outsiders are juxtaposed with the experiences of Scottish and Irish settlers in rural Wyoming County, West Virginia, a region now dominated by the coal industry.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264120
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Monacans and Miners sheds new light on the indigenous and immigrant communities of southern Appalachia by comparing the political, economic, and social experiences of the Monacans, a historically significant Native American group in Amherst County, Virginia, with those of Scottish and Irish settlers who made their home in Wyoming County, West Virginia, in the late eighteenth century. The Monacans are the descendants of a powerful people who both fought and traded with the Powhatan Indians. As a tide of English settlers swept through Virginia and continued west, some Monacans took refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. For the next few centuries the Monacans, like some other Native American groups in the Southeast, were legally classified as black and not permitted to vote or hold office. Many were also forced into indentured servitude, laboring in apple orchards for large landowners. Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of Monacan ethnic and political identity and independence. They have won legal recognition as a tribe, collaborated with local universities to document their history, and worked to create a tribal museum. Samuel R. Cook tells the story of the Monacans in a uniquely comparative way. Their changing fortunes and relationships with outsiders are juxtaposed with the experiences of Scottish and Irish settlers in rural Wyoming County, West Virginia, a region now dominated by the coal industry.
Powwow
Author: Clyde Ellis
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 080325251X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This anthology examines the origins, meanings, and enduring power of the powwow. Held on and off reservations, in rural and urban settings, powwows are an important vehicle for Native peoples to gather regularly. Although sometimes a paradoxical combination of both tribal and intertribal identities, they are a medium by which many groups maintain important practices.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 080325251X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This anthology examines the origins, meanings, and enduring power of the powwow. Held on and off reservations, in rural and urban settings, powwows are an important vehicle for Native peoples to gather regularly. Although sometimes a paradoxical combination of both tribal and intertribal identities, they are a medium by which many groups maintain important practices.
Goldenseal
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Category : Folk art
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Category : Folk art
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Appalachian Journal
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Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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A regional studies review.
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Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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A regional studies review.
Virginia Libraries
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Languages : en
Pages : 272
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American Anthropologist
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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AMERICAN ANTHOLOGIST
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Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Monacans and Mountaineers
Author: Samuel Robert Cook
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Category : Amherst County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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Category : Amherst County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail
Author: Karenne Wood
Publisher: Humanities Press International
ISBN: 9780978660437
Category : Heritage tourism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A short guide to Virginia Indian tribes, archeology, museums, reservations, events, and historical figures. Includes maps.
Publisher: Humanities Press International
ISBN: 9780978660437
Category : Heritage tourism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A short guide to Virginia Indian tribes, archeology, museums, reservations, events, and historical figures. Includes maps.
Appalachian Heritage
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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