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A New People In An Age Of War: The Kahnawake Iroquois, 1667--1760, Gretchen Lynn Green
A New People In An Age Of War: The Kahnawake Iroquois, 1667--1760, Gretchen Lynn Green
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This study focusses on the Kahnawake Iroquois Indians, a collection of individuals who emigrated from the Iroquois homeland to a Jesuit mission community, or reserve, outside of Montreal, starting in 1667.;Their history and development as a people is traced from the beginnings in 1667 up to the end of the French power in Canada, at the end of the Seven Years' War in 1760. Through the topics of diplomacy, warfare, and trade, these Kahnawake Indians are examined and it is determined that they were important players in the power politics and military balance between the English, the French, and the …