[NATIVE AMERICANS] [Pan-American Exposition] Iroquois: Past and Present including brief sketches of Red Jacket, Cornplanter and Mary Jemison by Edward Dinwoodie Strickland

BRUSH, Edward Hale

Verlag: [no publisher given -- Baker, Jones & Co.?], [no place, likely Buffalo], 1901

Beschreibung

12mo, 96pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, fresh and sound, with loss to the spine, else quite nice; very good or better. An extremely uncommon and well-illustrated history of the Native American tribes of Western New York. Though not expressly indicated as such, this pamphlet was certainly produced in advance of the Pan-American Exposition. A kind of dedication page bears a portrait of A. L. Benedict, MD, who was the Superintendent of Ethnology and Archaeology of the Pan-American Exposition. The numerous illustrations, may from contemporary photographs, depict aged Indigenous members of the Cayuga, Cattaraugus, and other tribes in the region. Images of longhouses, homes, and portraits enrich the text. While clearly written from a patronizing perspective, the pamphlet does convey the enduring reality of Native life in this long-"conquered" region of western New York. To this day, some of the only remaining Indian Reservations are in New York's share of the Erie Basin. We were unable to trace the pamphlet at auction, and note that OCLC records are hopelessly muddled, with digital and physical holdings not segregated. Certainly highly uncommon, especially in this condition, and worthy of study as a problematic portrait of Native American life, meant to be displayed at this world-wide event in Buffalo (which was ultimately overshadowed by the assassination of sitting president William McKinley at the expo on September 6, 1901). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10493

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [NATIVE AMERICANS] [Pan-American Exposition]...

Verlag: [no publisher given -- Baker, Jones & Co.?], [no place, likely Buffalo]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1901

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Very good +

Auflage: First Edition.