The Mohawk

by Nancy Bonvillain

Examines the history, culture, and traditions of the Mohawk Indians

Genres: Native American

111 pages, Library Binding

First published July 28, 1996

About the author

Dr. Bonvillain is an authority on Native American cultures and languages. She is the author of books on the Mohawk language and on the Huron, the Mohawk, the Hopi, the Teton Sioux, the Navajo, the Inuit, the Zuni, and the Santee Sioux and on Native American Religion and Native American medicine. She has written on gender, linguistics, and narrative.

Dr. Bonvillain has written four textbooks: Language, Culture and Communication; Women and Men: Cultural Constructs of Gender; Native Nations: Cultures and Histories of Native North America; and Cultural Anthropology. Her articles have appeared in Anthropological Linguistics, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, International Journal of American Linguistics, Dialectic Anthropology, Papers on Iroquoian Research, and in several collections. She has taught at Columbia University, SUNY Purchase and Stonybrook, the New School for Social Research, and Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. Bonvillain has received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, and the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Her fieldwork has been with the Navajo and on the Akwesasne Mohawk Reserve.

Reviews

[Emalie Brannigan]

Used as research for Jannet Wineslowe’s character in the Inferno Series.

[AJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

It provided an excellent overview into the lives of early Mohawks until the present day. I thought the story provided enough key points and stories to understand the relevance. I think some of the writing could have been improved with additional stories and story telling. This book is recommended primer to understand the Mohawk culture and heritage.