This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society that he and his followers achieved in the years around 1800.
WINNER
| 1971 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Anthony Wallace (19123-2015) was a prize-winning Canadian-American anthropologist who specialized in Native American cultures, especially the Iroquois. He served as chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylania and as a medical research scientist and director of clinical research at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. His many other books include King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung, Culture and Personality, Religion: An Anthropological View, Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans, and The Long Bitter Trail.View titles by Anthony Wallace
This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society that he and his followers achieved in the years around 1800.
Awards
WINNER
| 1971 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Author
Anthony Wallace (19123-2015) was a prize-winning Canadian-American anthropologist who specialized in Native American cultures, especially the Iroquois. He served as chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylania and as a medical research scientist and director of clinical research at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. His many other books include King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung, Culture and Personality, Religion: An Anthropological View, Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans, and The Long Bitter Trail.View titles by Anthony Wallace
