In the Shadow of Kinzua
The Seneca Nation of Indians Since World War II
by Laurence M. Hauptman
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Pub Date Dec 26 2013 | Archive Date Jan 08 2014
Description
Kinzua Dam has cast a long shadow on Seneca life since World War II. The project, formally dedicated in 1966, broke the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794, flooded approximately 10,000 acres of Seneca lands in New York and Pennsylvania, and forced the relocation of hundreds of tribal members. Hauptman presents both a policy study, namely how and why Washington, Harrisburg, and Albany came up with the idea to build the dam, as well as a community study of the Seneca Nation of Indians in the postwar era. Sold to the Senecas as a flood control project, the author persuasively argues that major reasons for the dam were the push for private hydroelectric development in Pennsylvania and state transportation and park development in New York.
This important study, based on Hauptman’s forty years of archival research as well as numerous interviews with Senecas, shows that these historically resilient Native peoples adapted in spite of this disaster.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“This is a highly readable, fast-paced, and important history of the Seneca world since 1945. It also is a mature and thoughtful text, reflecting Laurence Hauptman’s devotion to Native scholarship in New York State and beyond over the last four decades.” Carl Benn, PhD, author of The Iroquois in the War of 1812 and Mohawks on the Nile
“In this engrossing, carefully documented new book, Hauptman carries forward his distinguished series of works on the Iroquois Indians' fight to preserve their lands and sovereignty from intrusion by state and federal government. The focus here is on the Seneca Nation of Indians after the flooding of the Allegany Reservation by the Kinzua Dam. He describes in fascinating detail their resourceful response to the challenge, culminating in the successful development of casinos in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and Salamanca, and the establishment of tax-free "smoke shops" by Seneca entrepreneurs.” Anthony F. C. Wallace. Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
“A paragon of research and engaging history! You are taken inside of the Seneca community, revealing the resilience of this people whose homes, schools and graves were destroyed by the construction of the Kinzua Dam. The greater threat is state and federal politics disempowering the Seneca. But Larry Hauptman convinces you to want the Seneca to win in their fight to protect their way of life—and they do!” Donald L. Fixico (Sac & Fox, Shawnee, Muscogee Creek and Seminole), Distinguished Foundation Professor of History, Arizona State University.
“Laurence Hauptman has decades of experience working with Senecas, and an unparalleled knowledge of the archives of modern Seneca history. In the Shadow of Kinzua blends these in a truly compelling fashion to show us the obvious and not-so-obvious effects of the Kinzua tragedy.” --Karim M. Tiro, Professor of History, Xavier University
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780815633280 |
| PRICE | $45.00 (USD) |
