The Penobscot dance of resistance : tradition in the history of a people / Pauleena MacDougall

Author:: MacDougall, Pauleena
Published:: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2004]
Copyright Date:: ©2004
Physical Description:: 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

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Series:

Revisiting New England

Contents:

Dancing into view : post-World War II political activism -- Land, power, and reverence : core teachings that sustain resistance -- Facing the future : the seventeenth century -- War dance : shifting strategies in the dance of resistance -- Liberties and lands : disappointment in the promise of the new nation -- Dancing in place : retaining a land base -- Bible, primer, hoe, and plow : resistance through religion, education, and subsistence -- Spirit of a nation : retaining political sovereignty -- Paddling song : traditional skills as a tool of resistance -- Birches and baskets : commodification of culture and economic resistance -- Epilogue: The role of tradition in the story of a people.

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ISBN:

1584653817 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-244) and index.

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