| Chief Daniel Bread and the Oneida Nation of Indians of Wisconsin, Volume 241 Contributor(s): Hauptman, Laurence M. (Author), McLester, L. Gordon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806134127 ISBN-13: 9780806134123 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2002 Annotation: Chief Daniel Bread (1800-1873) played a key role in establishing the Oneida Indians' presence in Wisconsin after their removal from New York, yet no monument commemorates his deeds as the Oneida community's founder. Laurence M. Hauptman and L. Gordon McLester III redress that historical oversight, connecting Bread's life story with the nineteenth-century history of the Oneida Nation. Bread was a complex individual. He was often criticized for his support of acculturation and missionary schools as well as for his working relationship with Indian agents; however, when the Federal-Menominee treaties slashed Oneida lands, he fought back, taking his people's cause to Washington and confronting President Andrew Jackson. The authors challenge the long-held views about Eleazer Williams's leadership of the Oneidas and persuasively show that Bread's was the voice vigorously defending tribal interests. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - General - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: 977.500 |
| LCCN: 2002019177 |
| Series: Civilization of the American Indian |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.93" W x 8.85" (1.00 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chief Daniel Bread (1800-1873) played a key role in establishing the Oneida Indians' presence in Wisconsin after their removal from New York, yet no monument commemorates his deeds as the community's founder. Laurence M. Hauptman and L. Gordon McLester, III, redress that historical oversight, connecting Bread's life story with the nineteenth-century history of the Oneida Nation. Bread was often criticized for his support of acculturation and missionary schools as well as for his working relationship with Indian agents; however, when the Federal-Menominee treaties slashed Oneida lands, he fought back, taking his people's cause to Washington and confronting President Andrew Jackson. The authors challenge the long-held views about Eleazer Williams's leadership of the Oneidas and persuasively show that Bread's was the voice vigorously defending tribal interests. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hauptman, Laurence M.: - Laurence M. Hauptman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History in the State University of New York, College at New Paltz, and the author of several books on the Iroquois in New York state. McLester, L. Gordon: -L. Gordon McLester III, an enrolled member and formal Tribal Secretary of the Oneida Nation of Indians of Wisconsin, is the founder of the Oneida Indian Historical Society and coordinator of the Oneida Indian History Conferences. Among their books, Hauptman and McLester are coauthors of Chief Daniel Bread and the Oneida Nation of Indians of Wisconsin. |