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Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams - Early American Studies Michael Leroy Oberg
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Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams - Early American Studies
Michael Leroy Oberg
Professional Indian tells the story of Eleazer Williams: missionary to the Mohawks, Indian confidence man, and icon of an era of dispossession and change that compelled many native peoples to refashion their identities in the wake of Anglo-American expansion.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Born in 1788, Eleazer Williams was raised in the Catholic Iroquois settlement of Kahnawake along the St Lawrence River. He achieved regional renown as a missionary to the Oneida Indians in central New York;he was also instrumental in their removal, allying with white federal officials and the Ogden Land Company to persuade Oneidas to relocate to Wisconsin. Williams accompanied them himself, making plans to minister to the transplanted Oneidas, but he left the community and his young family for long stretches of time. 'Professional Indian' follows Eleazer Williams on this odyssey across the early American republic and through the shifting spheres of the Iroquois in an era of dispossession.
Contributor Bio: Oberg, Michael Leroy Michael L. Oberg is professor of history at the State University of New York, Geneseo.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 25, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812246766 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Genre | Cultural Region > Canadian |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 25 mm · 566 g |
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